Discussion: 2016 Candidates React To Mass Shooting In San Bernardino

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Dear Republican candidates - enough with the thoughts and prayers already.

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At what point will, say, 75 percent of American voters finally lose patience with an entire party that can only say “pray for the victims” when it’s so obvious that our lack of safe gun laws is the problem?

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Notice that Republicans only ever offer their “thoughts and prayers”. They never, ever, EVER call for action. They are content with the status quo.

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The GOP speed-dial response to gun violence in America:

  • White Perp = Unfortunate; stuff happens; thoughts and prayers, yadda yadda yadda.

  • Nonwhite Perp = America under siege! Martial law! Emergency legislation! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!

Rinse. Repeat. Forever.

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Pretty typical. Democrats say, ‘let’s do something’ and Republicans say, ‘nah, we’ll just pray a little’.

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I was wondering if there was any sense of who the perps are, but as you’ve pointed out, the twitter reactions have already told me.

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Words are cheap. Hear that Obama? A big mouth is about all we’ve got in the White House anymore, at best.

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Dear GOP candidates:Fuck you and your prayers. It’s time to get off your knees and do something.

Edit to add: I hate that these turds have me so riled up that I resort to cursing all the time.

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GOP response: “Need more guns!”

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So the Democrats all talk about gun control, the Republicans are all down on their knees? (Sighs)

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Along with the NRA, the NRA-whore Republican candidates just want everyone to pray that no innocent guns were harmed in this tragedy.

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If these “thoughts and prayers” are so fucking effective, then these Republican assholes must be “praying” for these mass shootings … because they sure do seem to be happening as often as the Republicans pray.

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Oh, right, because freaking “praying” is going to change the outcome for those people who were killed. Just shut up GOP. Just shut up unless you’re willing to get your hands dirty to try to change things.

We know you aren’t.

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Kindly fuck off and die.

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Republicans …

          prayers .......... prayers ......prayers

Democrats…

              DO SOMETHING ! !     DO SOMETHING ! !
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Yep. Blowing the NRA.

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On there knees and offering prayers? That’s a laugh. Never happened, never will happen.

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I if you’re going to say something in such a situation you owe the dead a sincere comment. How often do you offer " thoughts and prayers" and expect to be taken seriously? Every Republican offers after the fact platitudes whereas every Democrat demands pro-Action.

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If the only thing you have to offer in response to horrific violence and major societal ills are ‘thoughts and prayers,’ maybe you should consider joining the clergy or teaching yoga instead of running for President? Just a suggestion…

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