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A Bag of Milk posted:Here's an emotional article about one of the 16 year old survivors of the Oregon community college shooting that happened recently. It really just has to be read. Quoting and bolding chunks will do it no justice. Yeah thanks too.
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A Bag of Milk posted:Here's an emotional article about one of the 16 year old survivors of the Oregon community college shooting that happened recently. It really just has to be read. Quoting and bolding chunks will do it no justice. quote:On the second day of class she had decided she wanted to become a nurse. On the third day she had said maybe neonatal. On the fourth day she had shown up early for Writing 115 and came home utterly dependent. Holy poo poo this is rough, but everybody absolutely must read it.
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Dec 6, 2015 23:40
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A Bag of Milk posted:Here's an emotional article about one of the 16 year old survivors of the Oregon community college shooting that happened recently. It really just has to be read. Quoting and bolding chunks will do it no justice. I keep having to pause and collect myself. Hard as hell to read but worth reading. I'd send it to some fervent 2nd amendment advocates I know but not sure whether they'd take it to heart or twist it in some excitingly depressing new way.
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Dec 6, 2015 23:47
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farfegnugent posted:I keep having to pause and collect myself. Hard as hell to read but worth reading. I'd send it to some fervent 2nd amendment advocates I know but not sure whether they'd take it to heart or twist it in some excitingly depressing new way. Well maybe if she was carrying...we need to lower the CCW age!
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Dec 6, 2015 23:49
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farfegnugent posted:I keep having to pause and collect myself. Hard as hell to read but worth reading. I'd send it to some fervent 2nd amendment advocates I know but not sure whether they'd take it to heart or twist it in some excitingly depressing new way. They'd blame Obama for not letting everyone have guns on them at all times because if only a good person with a gun were there this wouldn't have happened.
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I hope our gun laws stay the same, and people get better access to mental healthcare. Trying to confiscate guns would trigger another civil war and is more authoritarian nonsense that D&D is always pushing.
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Dec 6, 2015 23:56
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OK now write a Bush era article about someone who survived the Twin Towers or Pentagon with life-altering injuries. It'll be for the cause of regulations and agencies against something that's roughly as likely to end your life as a mass shooting.
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Dec 7, 2015 00:05
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This poster loves police brutality, but only when its against minorities!
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His Purple Majesty posted:I hope our gun laws stay the same, and people get better access to mental healthcare. Well I've got good news and bad news...
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Dec 7, 2015 00:08
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announcement of executive order banning all guns at 8 tonight.
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Dec 7, 2015 00:12
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sparatuvs posted:announcement of executive order banning all guns at 8 tonight. Wishful thinking. It's largely platitudes about how we're fighting terrorism.
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Dec 7, 2015 00:13
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DeusExMachinima posted:OK now write a Bush era article about someone who survived the Twin Towers or Pentagon with life-altering injuries. It'll be for the cause of regulations and agencies against something that's roughly as likely to end your life as a mass shooting. How about you do it. I was waiting for somebody to read this (if you even read it) and whine about it making the right wing nutjobs look bad. Guilty conscience much? It's about mental health and how horrifically people with trauma and their loved ones are failed by this country. It's about PTSD but not on a clinical level and yes, this will mimic the exact sort of aftermath that a lot of victims and their families had following 9/11 Before you say, "we need to improve mental healthcare then" make sure you also make a proposal for something to change
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Dec 7, 2015 00:14
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sparatuvs posted:announcement of executive order banning all guns at 8 tonight. Also institutes single-payer healthcare and every American gets a unicorn.
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Dec 7, 2015 00:15
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El Disco posted:Also institutes single-payer healthcare and every American gets a unicorn. Ted Cruz to be burned at the stake.
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His Purple Majesty posted:I hope our gun laws stay the same, and people get better access to mental healthcare. Trying to confiscate guns would trigger another civil war and is more authoritarian nonsense that D&D is always pushing. I actually kind of agree, I don't think pushing for more gun laws is a good idea. All it does is push the right further away. Work towards something that you actually have some chance of accomplishing.
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Dec 7, 2015 00:18
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My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw guns forever. We begin confiscating in five minutes.
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Dec 7, 2015 00:18
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Slate Action posted:Ted Cruz to be burned at the stake. How can I vote for this
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I didn't see this posted yet, but the field continues to write its own attack ads.Ben Carson posted:If people actually listened to what I have been saying, they will see that it makes perfectly good sense,” the candidate insisted. “I believe that the American people are smart enough to recognize that we’re in a very different time right now, and it’s not necessarily the one who shouts the loudest, it’s not necessarily the one who claims to have all this great experience.” And yeah, there's video. Edit: Sorry, thought I was posting in the GOP thread. discoukulele fucked around with this message at 00:25 on Dec 7, 2015 |
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Dec 7, 2015 00:22
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El Disco posted:Also institutes single-payer healthcare and every American gets a unicorn. Oh boy I hope I get Big-E but I'll settle for Xavier or Kofi.
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Dec 7, 2015 00:24
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Slate Action posted:Ted Cruz to be burned at the stake. Could this be the olive branch Obama needs to finally convince some of the GOP to work with him?
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His Purple Majesty posted:I hope our gun laws stay the same, and people get better access to mental healthcare. Trying to confiscate guns would trigger another civil war and is more authoritarian nonsense that D&D is always pushing. Yeah, this comes from Douthat who is certainly not very respected around here but I can't say I disagree with the basic premise. It's hard to imagine starting up a new prohibition and giving the criminal justice system all sorts of new people to arrest without it disproportionately affecting minorities and the poor as basically everything in the criminal justice system does. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/opinion/sunday/liberalisms-gun-problem.html quote:I suspect liberals imagine, at some level, that a Prohibition-style campaign against guns would mostly involve busting up gun shows and disarming Robert Dear-like trailer-park loners. But in practice it would probably look more like Michael Bloomberg’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy, with a counterterrorism component that ended up heavily targeting Muslim Americans. In areas where gun ownership is high but crime rates low, like Bernie Sanders’ Vermont, authorities would mostly turn a blind eye to illegal guns, while poor and minority communities bore the brunt of raids and fines and jail terms.
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Dec 7, 2015 00:32
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ComradeCosmobot posted:Wishful thinking. It's largely platitudes about how we're fighting terrorism. quote:The president has relied on airstrikes, financial sanctions and targeted special operations to counter the growth of the Islamic State, while building a diplomatic coalition of dozens of nations and resisting any call for the introduction of large numbers of American ground troops in the Middle East. It's not going to work; he could livestream video an airstrike during the speech and it wouldn't convince Republicans that he's doing anything about ISIL.
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Dec 7, 2015 00:37
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Dec 7, 2015 00:38
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Because I hate joy here is the Fox News' fanbase reaction to Jimmy Carter being declared cancer-free I'm not sure if comment censor for Fox News' facebook page is the easiest or hardest job in the world
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Dec 7, 2015 01:24
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This is the greatest thing to ever appear in Politicoquote:“Marco does have a water thing,” said one longtime Rubio associate who has been affiliated with his past campaigns. “I don’t know what it is. He says he just gets thirsty, but it’s clear it’s just a nervous tic. It’s something he just has to have around, like a security blanket or something.” There's more.
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Dec 7, 2015 01:27
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http://news.groopspeak.com/sen-graham-goes-off-script-and-tells-the-truth-about-the-republican-party-video/ Graham went off about the GOP outreach issues yesterday.
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Dec 7, 2015 01:30
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I remember mocking Rubio's SOTU, with chocolate rain reference. I never would have thought his drinking thing would take off.
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Dec 7, 2015 01:39
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Epic High Five posted:Because I hate joy here is the Fox News' fanbase reaction to Jimmy Carter being declared cancer-free I'm just happy that Jimmy will die in his destined manner, assassinated by a soviet robot.
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Dec 7, 2015 01:39
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Klaus88 posted:I'm just happy that Jimmy will die in his destined manner, assassinated by a soviet robot. Just like the gypsy woman said
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Dec 7, 2015 01:42
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A Bag of Milk posted:Here's an emotional article about one of the 16 year old survivors of the Oregon community college shooting that happened recently. It really just has to be read. Quoting and bolding chunks will do it no justice. jesus christ, i legit can't read this right now
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Dapper_Swindler posted:http://news.groopspeak.com/sen-graham-goes-off-script-and-tells-the-truth-about-the-republican-party-video/ This is hilarious. Graham wants off the GOP's crazy ride.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:http://news.groopspeak.com/sen-graham-goes-off-script-and-tells-the-truth-about-the-republican-party-video/ Holy gently caress this is an intense moment of lucidity.
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Dec 7, 2015 01:45
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MaxxBot posted:Yeah, this comes from Douthat who is certainly not very respected around here but I can't say I disagree with the basic premise. It's hard to imagine starting up a new prohibition and giving the criminal justice system all sorts of new people to arrest without it disproportionately affecting minorities and the poor as basically everything in the criminal justice system does. That's a good editorial. Douthat, like Frum, can be enlightening at times. Unfortunately, neither of them speaks for political conservatives and being reasonable and sensible never wins the GOP primary. I've said this before but, the gun debate has been lost for at least the next generation of voters; at least 20 years into the future in my opinion. The Democrats need to just stay as far away from it as possible; calling for closing of the gun show loophole is as far as any Democrat should go. Democrats should just adopt a 10th Amendment strategy; no new federal laws are needed it just needs to be up to each state to decide. The argument can't be won at this point and Douthat's right, it would be almost impossible to implement a comprehensive solution; there are just too many guns already in circulation to ever make a difference.
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Dec 7, 2015 02:00
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http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/12/0...ews.google.com/ I think the thing that bothers me with this is they keep referring to him as Mr. Obama. Pretty sure you are suppose to refer to him as President Obama. Just a weird nitpicky thing.
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Dec 7, 2015 02:01
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President is live and so is Trump
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Dec 7, 2015 02:02
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He said "radical" and then some words and then "Islam".
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Dec 7, 2015 02:03
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Hollismason posted:http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/12/0...ews.google.com/ That's a NYT style that they use for all presidents. I'm not entirely sure why they do it though.
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Dec 7, 2015 02:04
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Why did Obama set up a podium instead of just talking from the Resolute Desk? It looks a little weird.
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Joementum posted:He said "radical" and then some words and then "Islam". Mission accomplished
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Dec 7, 2015 02:04
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Over/under on Obama laying down some crazy Patriot Act stuff?
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Silver Nitrate posted:Over/under on Obama laying down some crazy Patriot Act stuff? This is not how over/under works.
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