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Feeling the Bern

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Thu Dec 3, 2015, 11:33 PM Dec 2015

Opinion piece: The Day We Finally Told Politicians To Shove Their Thoughts & Prayers Up Their Asses

While the fallout continues from yesterday’s shooting in San Bernardino that left at least 14 dead — the 355th mass shooting of the year — it was hard not to notice a dramatic turning point in the conversation around mass shooting yesterday. The sense in the past is that we in the media — social, Internet, and mainstream — shouldn’t be quick to politicize these tragic deaths, but the tide has begun to turn. We’re beginning to fight against this idea that we shouldn’t politicize something that can only be fixed through politics.

I've said it for years. Fuck giving me your prayers!
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