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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"We still won’t do jack s***. Yeah. That’s us." - Jon Stewart
Read Jon Stewarts blistering monologue about race, terrorism and gun violence after Charleston church massacreNine people shot in a church. What about that? Hey, what are you gonna do? Crazy is as crazy is, right? Thats the part that I cannot, for the life of me, wrap my head around, and you know it. You know that its going to go down the same path. This is a terrible tragedy. Theyre already using the nuanced language of lack of effort for this. This is a terrorist attack. This is a violent attack on the Emanuel Church in South Carolina, which is a symbol for the black community. It has stood in that part of Charleston for 100 and some years and has been attacked viciously many times, as many black churches have.
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So our guest tonight is an incredible person who suffered unspeakable violence by extremists, and her perseverance and determination through that to continue on is an incredible inspiration. And to be quite honest with you, I dont think theres anyone else in the world I would rather talk to tonight than Malala. So thats what were going to do. And sorry about no jokes.
onecaliberal
(32,878 posts)Getting gunned down, so yeah.
The NRA owns a majority of congress.
Butterbean
(1,014 posts)alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)One of the best tweets I saw on this: They won't even do shit when their own babies are shot dead in elementary schools: you think they'll care about blacks folks?
We're governed by profiteers and morons.
Quayblue
(1,045 posts)I knew at that point, these people truly give 0 fucks.
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,790 posts)Sandy Hook (and I realize I'm skipping other noteworthy mass shootings) should have been the day of reckoning for the NRA. In my opinion, they emerged stronger than ever, with a renewed commitment to pushing for open carry.
The liquor industry saw that drunk driving was never a big deal until MADD came along. Attempts to build a counterweight to the NRA have been disjointed and unsuccesful. Until an organization rises with a coherent, clear alternative message to the NRA, nothing will be done.