J.J. Watt has offered to pay for the funerals of all the victims of the Santa Fe High School shootin

[Gothmog]

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[ChubbyStar]

1. What a fine and generous man!

[Marie Marie]

2. Some people step up while others (GOP) just stand down.

[Control-Z]

4. And mouth off.

I read what David Hogg is putting up with today. Twitter humpers and trumpsters.
Cruel bastards.

[Heartstrings]

3. Great Guy from Wisconsin! ❤️

So proud of him and all of his humanitarian endeavors!
On Wisconsin!

[Gothmog]

12. Houston is also proud of JJ Watt

[Heartstrings]

13. Happy to share!

[a kennedy]

14. Makes me so proud......born and raised in Madison.

He is just a good and decent man.

[Lil Missy]

5. A magnanimous offer from a generous person. n/t

[Thekaspervote]

6. Why can't we have heroes and heroines like that running our country...

[backtoblue]

18. +1000000 nt

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. Oh, my.

I know how expensive funerals can be, and I'm in awe of his generous offer.

[smirkymonkey]

8. It's nice to see that there are still some decent people in this day and age.

What a kind thing to do. I am not familiar with this person, but I applaud his generous gesture.

[beachbum bob]

9. JJ Watt and other like him should stand up and say enough is enough....

time to lose the NRA's grip on america


until that happens, his money is just money to ease HIS conscience

[mythology]

21. It amazes me that people will always look to find the bad in something

[Orsino]

22. Paying to bury the students comes across as an almost literal sweeping under the rug.

It's a lovely gesture, and I can't call it wrong, but somehow I want this guy to take a proactive stance.

[ProfessorGAC]

23. Hold The Phone, Orsino

A star football player and celebrity offering to pay for the funerals is increasing the attention, after the fact.

This is not sweeping anything under the rug. Sheesh, if Watt wanted that, he would have done nothing. And, nobody could fault him for doing nothing, because he doesn't owe those families the cost of the funerals. He's doing a fine thing and keeping the issue out front.

Don't get your response on this issue.

[Orsino]

24. I can't gauge its net effect yet.

One thing that this star football player is doing is making funeral arrangements a lot easier on the families, preventing any economic hardship in planning for burials. That's one sort of story we won't see as a result.

We can hope that the player's stardom really does bring more attention to the matter at hand, whether or not that's enough to move any legislatures to action. What I haven't found, yet, is any follow-up by the football player on pushing elected representatives to help prevent future tragedies.

I don't suspect a sinister motive on his part. Sure, let's make it easier on the victims' families...but I also see the deed making it just the tiniest bit easier on the GOP.

[ProfessorGAC]

27. I See Your Point

I disagree, but in an agreeable sort of way. In this case, i really don't care about the GOP. He's doing a kind thing and the families' lives are a tad less horrible this week.

[treestar]

28. We don't know why he is doing it?

Why pick this charitable act in particular? Is it to protest easily available guns? Or to make it easier on those people whose children are sacrifices to the guns? Seems likely to be the former, as it would be tough to justify the latter.

[IluvPitties]

10. Good man.

[Gothmog]

11. .J. Watt offers to pay for funerals of all Santa Fe High School shooting victims

Here is some more on this offer http://www.fox26houston.com/sports/jj-watt-offers-to-pay-for-funerals-of-all-santa-fe-high-school-shooting-victims

The gesture is only the latest in a series of philanthropic efforts by Watt, who along with Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve, was named the Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year in 2017 for his contributions in helping the city of Houston following the devastation of Hurricane Harvey. He had established the Houston Flood Relief Fund on the YouCaring crowdfunding platform which would end up raising $37 million. Those funds were distributed among the Americares, Feeding America, SBP and Save the Children organizations.

[GoCubsGo]

15. I wish he was able to spend his money on some other cause.

Not saying I disagree with what he's doing. I am saying I wish there was no reason for him to do this. I am sure he wishes the same.

[Vinca]

16. What a compassionate and generous thing to do.

[Gothmog]

17. From my twitter feed

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[Gothmog]

19. JJ Watt visits Santa Fe victims in Hospital

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[panader0]

20. Touching--thanks to Mr Watt.

[Demsrule86]

25. What a wonderful man.

[Gothmog]

26. From my twitter feed

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