Hypothetical:
Yes, all of those Parkland kids have parents. I'm sure they wouldn't give up their home to come and live with me. But what if, they were all in need of a home?
For me, it would be like going to the Humane Society and being told to pick out an animal to take home. I would probably want all of them, which would be bad for the animals and me because I wouldn't be taking the dogs and cats out of the shelter. I'd be moving the shelter to my house. The one benefit for sure is, I wouldn't be killing them just for hanging around for too long, but...I digress.
The first time I was aware of the shooting at Parkland, I was watching a news program, probably MSNBC. They cut to an interview with David Hogg. David is a student. He is on the staff of their in-school TV station. His on-air presence and clarity of thought were riveting. He has been one of their top spokespersons since. He has been unerringly on message and factual.
Then, I like thousands of Americans met the face of one of the gun rights factions worst enemy. The young woman who was called a "skinhead lesbian" by a political candidate, who quit after the reaction to his dickheaded remark. (I intentionally used the term Dickheaded because I'm sure that is where this guys brain is located.) Emma shaves her head down to peachfuzz and has stated she is Bi-sexual.
Emma Gonzalez #emma4change stood up in front of hundreds of people at a rally and called out politicians, lobbyists and frankly all of us about our inaction by allowing gun violence to become normalized. As she recited our sins of omission in controlling and our acceptance of guns in our society, she asked the crowd to join her in saying BS (short for bullshit). This she did between frequent wipes of tears from her face.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=23&v=u46HzTGVQhg
Yesterday, March 24, 2018, she stood in Washington, DC and after a short statement, she made 7-8 hundred thousand people stand in silence for the six minutes and twenty seconds that it took for the accused gunman to kill 14 of her fellow students and 3 teachers
With her shaved head, torn pantleg jeans and military style jacket, she again took us to the horror we allowed by not doing anything about this madness.
But if I took one of these two home with me, I wouldn't be able to take Sarah Chadwick, Jaclyn Corin, Delany Tarr, Lex Michael, Matt Dietsch, or Cameron "Yes I'm an actor but if anyone saw me they wouldn't pay for it", Kaskey. And there are others, but I can't follow them all on twitter. There are too many of them and I have a dog to feed and walk.
Oh yes, the voice of decent, Kyle Kashuv, the student who stands in opposition to what his classmates are proposing. Kyle, I would take you home but you'd have to make a better argument than you have so far. I applaud you for standing up for your beliefs, while I respectfully disagree with your logic.
I like a lot of us, watching this drama play out, wonder what's next. I do know, that whatever it is, these young people and hundreds of them all over the country will be the ones that do it. Maybe, this time their parents and grandparents will stand up with them and we will get this done.
Yes, all of those Parkland kids have parents. I'm sure they wouldn't give up their home to come and live with me. But what if, they were all in need of a home?
For me, it would be like going to the Humane Society and being told to pick out an animal to take home. I would probably want all of them, which would be bad for the animals and me because I wouldn't be taking the dogs and cats out of the shelter. I'd be moving the shelter to my house. The one benefit for sure is, I wouldn't be killing them just for hanging around for too long, but...I digress.
The first time I was aware of the shooting at Parkland, I was watching a news program, probably MSNBC. They cut to an interview with David Hogg. David is a student. He is on the staff of their in-school TV station. His on-air presence and clarity of thought were riveting. He has been one of their top spokespersons since. He has been unerringly on message and factual.
Then, I like thousands of Americans met the face of one of the gun rights factions worst enemy. The young woman who was called a "skinhead lesbian" by a political candidate, who quit after the reaction to his dickheaded remark. (I intentionally used the term Dickheaded because I'm sure that is where this guys brain is located.) Emma shaves her head down to peachfuzz and has stated she is Bi-sexual.
Emma Gonzalez #emma4change stood up in front of hundreds of people at a rally and called out politicians, lobbyists and frankly all of us about our inaction by allowing gun violence to become normalized. As she recited our sins of omission in controlling and our acceptance of guns in our society, she asked the crowd to join her in saying BS (short for bullshit). This she did between frequent wipes of tears from her face.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=23&v=u46HzTGVQhg
Yesterday, March 24, 2018, she stood in Washington, DC and after a short statement, she made 7-8 hundred thousand people stand in silence for the six minutes and twenty seconds that it took for the accused gunman to kill 14 of her fellow students and 3 teachers
With her shaved head, torn pantleg jeans and military style jacket, she again took us to the horror we allowed by not doing anything about this madness.
But if I took one of these two home with me, I wouldn't be able to take Sarah Chadwick, Jaclyn Corin, Delany Tarr, Lex Michael, Matt Dietsch, or Cameron "Yes I'm an actor but if anyone saw me they wouldn't pay for it", Kaskey. And there are others, but I can't follow them all on twitter. There are too many of them and I have a dog to feed and walk.
Oh yes, the voice of decent, Kyle Kashuv, the student who stands in opposition to what his classmates are proposing. Kyle, I would take you home but you'd have to make a better argument than you have so far. I applaud you for standing up for your beliefs, while I respectfully disagree with your logic.
I like a lot of us, watching this drama play out, wonder what's next. I do know, that whatever it is, these young people and hundreds of them all over the country will be the ones that do it. Maybe, this time their parents and grandparents will stand up with them and we will get this done.
We marched Saturday in Austin, quite inspiring and hopeful,and I couldn't agree more, I am standing.
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