Please!! Jesus Christ! ...Please..

[busterbrown]

Stop with the "Thoughts and Prayers" bullshit already.

Those Officials currently being interviewed in Odessa including Police and Govt. are once again going to the the thoughts and Prayers card...

Thought, Prayers and God are not the answer to the lunacy we are currently experiencing in our country..

And while I'm still on the subject.. I will also state that the Mental illness conversation which is now the fav of all pro gun advocates and Republicans is complete bullshit as well..

[Brainfodder]

1. If T&P worked, we'd not have guns in the first place?

Capitalism is at fault for all of this, but those with it firmly owning themselves would never admit it?

[riverine]

3. Yes, capitalism is to blame and I say that as an avid capitalist.

In his great book Guns, Germs, and Steel, the noted anthropologist observed:

The book attempts to explain why Eurasian and North African civilizations have survived and conquered others, while arguing against the idea that Eurasian hegemony is due to any form of Eurasian intellectual, moral, or inherent genetic superiority. Diamond argues that the gaps in power and technology between human societies originate primarily in environmental differences, which are amplified by various positive feedback loops. When cultural or genetic differences have favored Eurasians (for example, written language or the development among Eurasians of resistance to endemic diseases), he asserts that these advantages occurred because of the influence of geography on societies and cultures (for example, by facilitating commerce and trade between different cultures) and were not inherent in the Eurasian genomes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns,_Germs,_and_Steel

But humans love the great wealth created by capitalism even though we are destroying most other life on Earth.

It is quite the dilemma. No doubt life on Earth would be better off if all us humans were still foraging for food.

[CDerekGo]

2. can we do this instead?

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

15. That needs to be turned into a greeting card.

Mail it to the representative of the congressional district where a mass shooting has occurred. The message inside: "DO SOMETHING!"

[KY_EnviroGuy]

19. If you sent those, they would at least feed someone in need.

Far more productive than thoughts and prayers.......

[tblue37]

4. I was surprised that Kamala Harris fell into the thoughts and prayers cliche. No one should *ever*

say that after a mass shooting. No one. Not ever.

[shraby]

5. If prayers and God were the answer, I would venture to guess that

WWII would have been a lot shorter if those worked.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

16. Also, all football games would end in a tie, since both teams pray for victory.

[Skittles]

6. thoughts and prayers is SOP in gun humping Texas

[bluestarone]

7. I look at it this way

The fucking prayers HAVE been answered! EVERYONE can vote these fuckers out to get rid of ALL the assault weapons!! It's in OUR hands now!

[lunasun]

8. Mental illness all around the world . It's guns in US which is big $$$$

[tclambert]

9. You are SO right. Quick, let's blame video games again.

They have those same video games in other countries that don't have mass shootings? Well, what about violent TV shows? America must lead the world in violence on TV. Or junk food. Everyone knows we have a problem with junk food. Not sure the exact mechanism by which food choices lead to mass shootings, but, hey, what about Hillary's emails?

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

14. Or single moms

Seriously. This argument, though debunked, keeps showing up again, most recently reguritated by Republican Rep. Steve Womack of Arkansas.

Blame single moms (but not the men who deserted the family), mental health, video games, lack of Christian religion in the schools, the sun coming up in the east.

Just don't use the g-word.

REPEAL THE SECOND AMENDMENT!

[3Hotdogs]

23. Yeah, video games. That's what it is. Oh, and comic books.

And boys being told they gotta stop playing with themselves, so they need an object to transfer their frustration.

Oh, and don't forget titties on television. And when boys don't get to play with any, they get frustrated.

[Sogo]

10. No more thoughts and prayers.

Being in farm country, I'm gonna say what they say about the farmers who are in a world of hurt because of the tariffs: No sympathy. You voted for the mofos who gave you these laws....



The shootings in West Texas took place a day before a series of new state laws easing gun restrictions were set to take effect.

The new laws were passed in August and will go into effect Sunday, September 1.

Among the new laws:

House Bill 1143 says a school district cannot prohibit licensed gun owners, including school employees, from storing a firearm or ammunition in a locked vehicle on a school parking lot -- provided they are not in plain view.
Senate Bill 535 clarifies the possession of firearms at churches, synagogues or other places of worship. It allows licensed handgun owners to legally carry their weapons in places of worship.
House Bill 1387 loosens restrictions on how many armed school marshals a school district can appoint.
House Bill 302 bans homeowners or landlords of rental property from prohibiting residents from lawfully possessing, carrying, transporting or storing a firearm or ammunition on the property.
House Bill 1177 prohibits residents from being charged with a crime for carrying a handgun while evacuating from a state or local disaster area.
House Bill 2363 allows some foster homes to store firearms and ammunition in a safe, locked and secure place for personal protection.
The NRA informed their members of the new laws on Thursday, stating that the bills were “protecting your second amendment rights.”

[Karadeniz]

11. So right. I'd think cops would be leading the charge to blame guns. They surely don't think

it's good to have guns in people's hands when they make traffic stops, knock on a door with a search warrant, etc.

[Ferrets are Cool]

12. Amen

[paleotn]

13. God's apparently not listening....

She's probably thinking...I gave you a perfectly good brain...use it! Fix the damn problem! Humans....Ugh!!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

17. Why not instead express sympathy and love for the victims.

"Thoughts and Prayers" go no further than the person's brain who is expressing them and may only provide meditative relief for them only. So in that light, "Thoughts and Prayers" are selfish.

One can also express intent to commit to action, as in donations to charity or a gun control organization or to donate blood.

I feel if the victims hear of those type things from fellow citizens it would help far more than "Thoughts and Prayers".

KY..........

[BobTheSubgenius]

18. Anthony Jeselnik put it very well..

Saying "thoughts and prayers" is the same as saying "Don't forget about me. This gives me sads."

[Timewas]

20. They are

Asking the same entity that caused the problem to solve he problem..............

[Crunchy Frog]

21. Maybe they're all just crisis actors.

Bring that one out to keep things from getting too repetitive.

[The Wizard]

22. How do we know

the shooter wasn't taking orders from God. Maybe it happened because the prayers of those who wanted it to happen were stronger than the prayers of normal people.

[Martin Eden]

24. If they actually engaged in any real thoughts ...

... they'd do more than offer "thoughts and prayers."

[elocs]

25. Thoughts & prayers is spiritual masturbation that makes you feel good,

but does nothing to help those in actual need.
Even the Bible is clear about this when it says if you meet someone homeless who needs food and clothes and you simply say, "God bless you, be clothed and fed" when you could have done something to feed and clothe them you have done nothing.

[lark]

26. Thoughts and prayers really means it's ok if other people die for my political profit.

RW means more than people to the killers and their enablers, the Russian Repugs.