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31. I've been trying to analyze the gut-punch I got

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Dec 2, 2016, 09:03 PM

Dec 2016

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from that ad. I think it's because the ad took me there. It made me actually feel in my very being what students, workers, others, felt when their very ordinary days were interrupted. I felt the gut-wrenching fear, the knowledge that yes, this could be the end of my life, or the lives of people I care about.

Wow.

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This ad!!! Whoa! [View all] Are_grits_groceries Dec 2016 OP

Wow, I have goosebumps after watching that. Never expected OnDoutside Dec 2016 #1

Well done! Dem2 Dec 2016 #2

Wow! Loryn Dec 2016 #3

Powerful. MissB Dec 2016 #4

Oh my....goosebumps and tears. Excellent ad. livetohike Dec 2016 #5

K&R. nt DLevine Dec 2016 #6

That was a gut punch. Raine1967 Dec 2016 #7

Thank you for this, my dear grits...wow. Powerful. Moving. Scary. Eye-opening. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2016 #8

OMG ... I don't know what to say ... thank you so much for posting this etherealtruth Dec 2016 #9

EXCELLENT AD!!!! heaven05 Dec 2016 #10

Holy Shit! sheshe2 Dec 2016 #41

Intensely powerful. suffragette Dec 2016 #11

Jesus. That was incredible. And sad. And terrifying. nolabear Dec 2016 #12

could you please do a link jodymarie aimee Dec 2016 #13

Here's a link: LisaM Dec 2016 #16

Yeah. Wow, just wow. TreasonousBastard Dec 2016 #14

Oh. My. God. LisaM Dec 2016 #15

The one and only Alex Jones nbsmom Dec 2016 #22

WOW bdamomma Dec 2016 #17

I expect this to go viral lunatica Dec 2016 #18

Thanks so much billh58 Dec 2016 #19

K & R democrank Dec 2016 #20

Speechless. Powerful. SticksnStones Dec 2016 #21

wow. Liberal_in_LA Dec 2016 #23

What's it about? JohnnyRingo Dec 2016 #24

The short version MissB Dec 2016 #37

"But I need it to protect myself!" baldguy Dec 2016 #25

I am stealing "Trumpist Dumbfuckistan." rzemanfl Dec 2016 #27

Be my guest. baldguy Dec 2016 #46

The saddest, saddest thing about this is... TygrBright Dec 2016 #26

Did you read Dylan Klebold's mother's book? MichMary Dec 2016 #28

teenagers are as opaque as they can make themselves, especially mopinko Dec 2016 #35

My heart goes out to any parent in this situation MichMary Dec 2016 #42

it is terrible. mopinko Dec 2016 #43

Here's the article for folks who missed it TexasBushwhacker Dec 2016 #54

With the Klebolds yes... with the Harris's? not so much... the garage was a complete mess and smell uponit7771 Dec 2016 #48

That was frightening. boston bean Dec 2016 #29

k trof Dec 2016 #30

I've been trying to analyze the gut-punch I got NastyRiffraff Dec 2016 #31

My heart dropped! Very effective ad ecstatic Dec 2016 #56

Now how far can this go??? a kennedy Dec 2016 #32

Geez. One can never know. benld74 Dec 2016 #33

Took my breath away. This is what happens. MontanaMama Dec 2016 #34

Dear AGG... DeadLetterOffice Dec 2016 #36

so sorry to hear... I can only imagine what you felt Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #39

so sorry to hear... I can only imagine what you felt Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #40

holy fucking wow Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #38

That was really good JDC Dec 2016 #44

Damn. Kablooie Dec 2016 #45

The message here is very very loud and no one raised their voice uponit7771 Dec 2016 #47

VERY well done. Excellent points made. nt jmg257 Dec 2016 #49

And I almost passed it by..... Lifelong Protester Dec 2016 #50

Jaysus. Guilded Lilly Dec 2016 #51

Holy cow! DemonGoddess Dec 2016 #52

shared on facebook Thanks eom LittleGirl Dec 2016 #53

Notice the standard cadre of gun humpers have absented themselves from this thread. baldguy Dec 2016 #55

What I got from this ad: It's not just about guns. There are lots of opportunities for intervention RedWedge Dec 2016 #57

Amazing! MarianJack Dec 2016 #58

Wow workinclasszero Dec 2016 #59

Well I am goddam confused .... Shoonra Dec 2016 #60

FFS! Are_grits_groceries Dec 2016 #62

Yes, you are confused. And there's no excuse for it. baldguy Dec 2016 #64

K&R... spanone Dec 2016 #61

Watched it twice tiredtoo Dec 2016 #63

Incredible WiffenPoof Dec 2016 #65