Emma.

[sheshe2]

Dear GOP/NRA.

She is bigger than you and brighter than you and she shines as a survivor of a tragedy. Emma never crawled away. She stood and spoke for the victims and the survivors and then DEMANDS CHANGE! Days, it only took them days to raise the money and organize massive marches. Millions turned out. Millions. You all are such small people attacking her, for her shaved hair, your crude comments on her sexuality, as if you even know her. You want to diminish her voice and the students at Parkland. The NRA and GOP and any fucking politician that does not demand change now are phathetic wimps on the payroll of the NRA. Fact. You wimped out after Sandy Hook. You are all incredible losers. In the end the children will win.

Our children found their voice. Beware they are coming for you in the voting booth. Fact. They are fearless. They are our future.

They are the world. They are our future. They are the ones to make a better life for you and me.

[Tatiana]

1. She's so beautiful, it just makes you want to cry.

Beautiful on the inside and outside, too.

She has a big heart, a fierce spirit, and a bright future.

[sheshe2]

4. Beauty.

Inside and out, Tatiana. She shines and her heart holds them all, not just Parkland.

She is just a child and smarter than many of us.

[The_jackalope]

8. Yes, a fierce beauty through and through.

She and David Hogg are the faces of the new generation that is dawning.

[thbobby]

24. Want to cry?

I shed tears by the bucket when I listen to her. Her silence was outlasted by my weeping. Fuck the NRA and gop. Emma is a national treasure and she makes me cry like a baby.

[Aristus]

50. I agree.

She gives me so much hope for the future.

[BigOleDummy]

2. Well said ....

.... this young woman is an inspiration. I am humbled by her determination and bravery. A shining example of who and what we should strive for as a Nation.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

3. Poderoso! Powerful...'They are fearless. They are our future.'

An inspirational quote by African Proverb about the value of Team Work: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

Forward together. Gotv!!!!

[sheshe2]

6. This.

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

This says it all, RestoreAmerica. Some politicians just want the quick route that will never get us anywhere. We do it together or not at all.

It is about we, not me. Forward together.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

29. Paz. Peace.

[sheshe2]

31. Back at you.

Thanks.

[Hekate]

5. Emma

[sheshe2]

7. I so love that child.

[Lucky Luciano]

32. Not a child anymore! She is 18 and can vote! nt

[sheshe2]

33. Yep.

She said she is voting 2018!!!!

She will vote as if her and her fellows lives depends upon it. It does.

[cilla4progress]

9. All the kids...

including those who are not in the spotlight.

I am quite struck by Sam Zeif. He speaks in poetry ... simple and true, yet charged.

[The_jackalope]

10. This event has awakened a powerful force.

In language the right might understand, it is the force of righteousness. People underestimate it at their peril, IMO.

[sheshe2]

11. Steve King campaign mocks the 'look' of Parkland survivor Emma Gonzalez in Facebook post

“Are you SERIOUSLY mocking a school shooting survivor for her ethnic identity?!” wrote Brandon Wolf, a survivor of Orlando's Pulse nightclub shooting in June 2016. “When it was my community, where were you? When it was Sandy Hook? Columbine?"

"Only a brainwashed Lefty could possibly look at this meme and deduce there's racial prejudice," said King in a post signed "Team King."

snip

King made a name for himself criticizing immigrants. He's argued, "We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies" and questioned whether non-whites added anything to civilization. He's been praised by former KKK leader David Duke, toasted an immigrant's deportation and displayed a Confederate flag on his desk, despite being a native Iowan representing a state that remained in the Union during the Civil War.

Fuck Steve.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/steve-king-campaign-mocks-the-look-of-parkland-survivor-emma-gonzalez-in-facebook-post/ar-BBKJK1W

[Cha]

12. The Sea Change is here Thanks to the KIDS at

MSDH.. the world is so profoundly grateful. Those who didn't survive did not die in vain.. bless their hearts

Emma and all the surviving Activist KIDS have done an incredible job organizing the World against the continuing, brainless, slaughter from the NRA.



Beautiful pic of Emma, she~Mahalo!

[sheshe2]

18. Your picture Cha.

The blue wave. When I look at it I see a picture, a woman's face. I have a touch screen and can enlarge the image. I am not kidding here, it is a woman's face emerging. Our future.

Women rising. May the GOP fear us forever more.

[Cha]

27. A beautiful woman's face.. Awesome, she!

And, may the Sea Change and the Blue Wave come Even More in November, when it is needed to assist in our Planet and her People's survival!

Link to tweet

Wisconsin Students Are Marching 50 Miles to Talk to Paul Ryan About Guns

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/wisconsin-students-marching-50-miles-151029595.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw

[kydo]

21. That's a really beautiful blue wave

And yeah I too think Emma is a beautiful human being. Same with the other kids. That David guy, whoa, does he remind me of RFK with the intense eyes. I have always loved RFK. I could go on and talk about all those kids, but this is an Emma thread, so... But damn that's a pretty blue wave coming into the shore. Hopefully we get that come Nov.

[Cha]

28. Yes Emma is beautiful, kydo..

Emma and all the KIDS across the Universe out there assisting in the BLUE WAVE

Link to tweet

Wisconsin Students Are Marching 50 Miles to Talk to Paul Ryan About Guns

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/wisconsin-students-marching-50-miles-151029595.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw

[heaven05]

52. hopefully their vote

+++ will be heard by the slugs in Congress.

[Docreed2003]

13. I'll forever love this young lady not only for her courage and strength and sencerity

But because she shares the same name with my teenager daughter...inspiring her generation to make a difference!!!

[sheshe2]

15. To your Emma, Docreed.

She is a huge part of our future. Change, Sweet change.

[Docreed2003]

17. I truly believe that!!

Thank you sheshe!!!

[sheshe2]

20. No.

Thank you for your beautiful daughter, Dorceed.

She will continue the fight that the rest of us started long ago.

[jimlup]

14. She gives us hope

and we need that right now!

[iluvtennis]

57. Indeed.

[cilla4progress]

16. They shouldnt have to do this but

This is where history finds them.

One thing these kids ALREADY GET is the intersectionality of their movement

Wise beyond their years.

[brer cat]

19. If King and the others only knew

how childish they look with their little attacks. They only make the survivors stronger.

[sheshe2]

23. That is a fact, brer.

It makes them stronger.

I we now have a new generation to take up the mantle. It is their time. We have done the fight for years. It is their time and we will have their backs every step of the way. I will give Donnie and the gop credit for one thing. We woke and we will never go back.

[SunSeeker]

22. K & R

[Honeycombe8]

25. I'm getting concerned about this girl becoming too much of a focus.

That's a lot for a young person. Almost total adoration on one side, and bullying if not outright verbal attacks on the other.

I hope her mother is keeping tabs on how her daughter is coping with all this.

Then again, maybe she can write a book when this is all over, and get her college paid for. But I hope she doesn't crumble in the process. She's a special person, but she's so young.

[GaryCnf]

26. Yes to everything you all have said already

AND

She's already beat one Republican without even running against him

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/03/17/republican-who-called-parkland-teen-a-skinhead-lesbian-drops-out-of-maine-house-race/

That's what I call a warrior

[sheshe2]

30. Good.

I want to see them take down any and every politician against common sense gun laws. Every single one of them. It is way past time.

[47of74]

34. Fornicate EVERYONE who attacked Emma and the other Parkland survivors.

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Satan, The Force, The Flying Spaghetti Monster, Cthulhu, Kahless, and anyone I'm forgetting.

[sheshe2]

35. This!!!

[Leghorn21]

46. BAM!!! Its just that fuckin simple, 47!!

[caballojm]

36. These kids give this cynical bastard hope for the first time in a long time.

They won't let this country go down to the right-wing Trumpian fascist scum.

[IluvPitties]

37. She is a special human being

with a lot to offer to our country.

[Gothmog]

38. I admire this young lady

[sheshe2]

40. The children built a million strong march in days.

They get shit done. The slackers in Washington can't get shit done in a year.

[Puzzler]

39. K&R!!!

-Puzzler

[AnotherMother4Peace]

41. Emma has some excellent instincts. Did you see her huddle with Jennifer Hudson towards the

end of her song, and then dramatically the song became a back and forth chant with the audience - I'm pretty sure Emma instigated that. What a woman. And she was so cute when an interviewer asked her group how they felt about the hate attacks & name calling. Emma and the girls laughed, and said it was stupid - just like kids would respond - too cute.

[sheshe2]

48. I am sorry to say that I missed that.

I will try to find a video, thank you AM4P.

[First Speaker]

42. Sometimes, history thrusts itself upon people without warning...

...this happened to Martin Luther King in Birmingham, in 1955. The Boycott was a mass movement, but he became its face--and was ready for the role. Something similar has happened to Emma Gonzalez, for better or worse. She has star quality, and the weight of history has been thrust upon her shoulders. It's a big weight for anyone, much less someone her age. I think she--and her generation--are equal to the task. There will be conflicts, disappointments, ups, and definitely downs, in the days and years to come. I wish I could live to see more than a fraction of what their generation will do for this country, for us all.

[BobTheSubgenius]

43. As amazing and fearless and powerful as these young people are...

...and they are, at least a nod to the curriculum and staff at MSD. They gave them tools and, I believe, heart to do this astounding thing.

[fleabiscuit]

44. Awesome!

[sheshe2]

49. ...

[oasis]

45. Emma deserves much praise for her dedication, determination and

courage to take on the powerful. She possesses the strength of character of one who really can make a difference.

[heaven05]

47. they will vote

And soon....😎

[sheshe2]

51. That they will, heaven.

[Politicub]

53. Hope personified

And the face of the revolution.

[niyad]

54. She is a true inspiration, and the attacks on her and the other MSD people is beyond disgusting.

[Iggo]

55. Emma Gonzalez. (n/t)

[Sancho]

56. I have rarely been so moved...

[LanternWaste]

58. She and the other students have given a voice to a large segment of the population

She and the other students have given a voice to a large segment of the population who have had quieted their own voices due to hacks and idiots who argue terminology over ethics, polls over safety, the Now-is-not-the-timers, the That'll-lose-us-the-election-for-sure downers, and a host of other shrill bullet points irrelevant to what she watched happen with her own eyes.

These kids are slapping conventional wisdom before conventional wisdom has even focused-grouped its PR points of the week. I think it's why (even on DU) it's only been this week that the guns-for-profit industry has finally begun focusing on them... they see a threat not simply to their profits of today, but to their very existence tomorrow.

[paulkienitz]

59. I know Emma is a star, but let's not overemphasize her

One thing I discovered when going to my local little marchforourlives is that every city has its eloquent young activists, and if she disappears there are hundreds more like her.

[sheshe2]

60. I never said she was the star.

I made an OP featuring her. I never said she stood alone or above anyone else.

Many activists have risen and will continue to rise.

I said.

Our children found their voice. Beware they are coming for you in the voting booth. Fact. They are fearless. They are our future.

They are the world. They are our future. They are the ones to make a better life for you and me.