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swilton

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1. The hugs and well-wishes, prayers, etc.

Reply to Mira (Original post)

Mon Dec 14, 2015, 01:56 PM

Dec 2015

didn't prevent further mass shootings within the past year, nor did it bring the children back. Elevating/embellishing the President's celebrity status or comparing him favorably to the latest/former Republican whose bars were set so low they were in the negatives does nothing to make me feel safer or change my opinion that the country is headed in the wrong direction.

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Joshua Dubois: What the President secretly did at Sandy Hook Elementary School | Vox Populi [View all] Mira Dec 2015 OP

The hugs and well-wishes, prayers, etc. swilton Dec 2015 #1

Swilton, if you think meeting with the bereaved parents and... Nitram Dec 2015 #2

This is an unnecessary post, murielm99 Dec 2015 #4

Maybe you could consider shitting on some other thread Orrex Dec 2015 #6

your post is shameful Botany Dec 2015 #7

What's the French word for shower? I forget... n/t cactusfractal Dec 2015 #8

That is the most inappropriate post I have ever seen on DU. Darb Dec 2015 #9

I believe in the butterfly effect. His act of kindness may have inspired them to feel less powerless lostnfound Dec 2015 #10

Not going there wouldn't do it either treestar Dec 2015 #11

But the guns are still there. nt valerief Dec 2015 #3

With a few rare exceptions... TygrBright Dec 2015 #5