I’ve never made a political social media post in my life, and I’m 100% comfortable posting this. It’s not political. I’m posting it because my wife is a teacher. And because we have 2 school-aged kids. And because I’m proud to work with @CoachBrentKey and call him a friend.
I have posted this before but ..
26 years ago, a gunman entered
Dunblane Primary School in Scotland,
killing 16 kids and a teacher. The UK
govt responded by enacting tight gun
control legislation. In the 9400+ days
since, there have been a total of O
school shootings in the UK.
In 2016, Pharrell Williams visited an N.Y.U. music production class to critique student songs.
After he listened to a song called “Alaska” by a student named Maggie Rogers, he explained why “I have zero, zero, zero notes for that:”
“What you’re telling me is that you don’t mind infringing on free speech to protect children from [drag shows] but when it comes to kids who have died from guns, you don’t give a flying f.”
Professional athletes are required to face the media after every game and account for their performance. Meanwhile politicians, whose actions have a much bigger impact on our lives, largely face the political media on their own terms. That needs to change.
Getting a lot of emails with ideas for gun reform.
But there isn't a lack of good ideas.
The problem is that the GOP refuses to consider *anything at all.*
They will support nothing, even ideas fully within the 2nd Amendment.
They have refused for years.
That's the issue.
florida high school class president zander moricz was told by his school that they would cut his microphone if he said “gay” in his grad speech, so he replaced gay with “having curly hair.” i am in awe
Sen Chris Murphy (D-CT): “Spare me the bullshit about mental illness. We don't have any more mental illness than any other country in the world. You cannot explain this through a prism of mental illness because we don't – we're not an outlier on mental illness.”
26 years ago, a gunman entered
Dunblane Primary School in Scotland,
killing 16 kids and a teacher. The UK
govt responded by enacting tight gun
control legislation. In the 9400+ days
since, there have been a total of O
school shootings in the UK. #Uvalde
Steve Kerr’s reaction is the only reaction for a human being to have. The fact that we are all still expected to keep moving through this without screaming is beyond. Enough. Scream wherever you are. I’m screaming.