"The notion that all elected officials have are their thoughts and prayers, regardless of by whom it is uttered, is a direct attack on the purpose of government itself. It is not a response to the anarchy of gun violence. It is a normalization of it and one of the preconditions to its repetition and spread."

~ Timothy Snyder

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What a terrible thing it is

Mass shootings as regime change

^{Timothy Snyder (Thinking about...)}

"Thoughts and prayers. The laziest phrase in the American lexicon. It costs nothing. It risks nothing. And it changes absolutely nothing."

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"Thoughts and prayers for the students senselessly murdered at Brown University. Thoughts and prayers for Jewish families in Australia who gathered at Bondi Beach to celebrate the start of Hanukkah, only to watch Day Two transform into a memorial after antisemitic violence shattered what should have been joy."

~ Michael Cohen

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The Politics of Hollow Platitudes

Thoughts and prayers have become America’s ritual of surrender; comforting the powerful, silencing accountability, and ensuring the next memorial is already being planned.

^{Michael Cohen (Meidas+)}

"One day, one way or another, in a land with more firearms than people, gun violence is going to come home."

~ Will Bunch

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Mass shooting at Brown U.: When gun heartbreak comes home

A mass shooting at my alma mater is a gutting reminder that no one is safe until we tackle America's gun crisis.

^{Will Bunch (The Philadelphia Inquirer)}

Another day, another…🚨 “..active shooting Saturday on campus at Brown University in Providence..multiple gunshot victims. Officials initially said suspect in custody, before saying that was not in fact the case & ..still searching for a suspect or suspects” #GunViolenceapnews.com/article/brow...

Multiple victims reported in s...