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MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

The first graders who survived Sandy Hook will vote in their first presidential election

www.nbcnews.com

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The first graders who survived Sandy Hook will vote in their first presidential election

www.nbcnews.com

MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago
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It’s a monumental moment that has given some survivors hope for change, nearly 12 years after 26 first graders and educators were killed in the shooting.
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    Wow, had no idea it’s been that long already! 🤯

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      Probably because Alex Jones’s court case about it was so recent.

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        The gears of justice move slowly (or some similar line of dismissive bullshit)

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      Man, I was like why are 12 year olds voting?

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    This is my unsurprised face as 40%+ of them continue to vote republican, just like their parents always have.

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      i imagine that i would want to conceal carry. I don’t know that conceal carry rights are actually in danger, but I can see why conservatives are worried about it

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        Not a single civilized country has this issue.

        So it says a lot about America

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            Your safety against knife attacks isn’t more important than society’s safety against guns.

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                Very self centered way to read that. Would you not prefer a world where school shootings are significantly more rare but you didn’t have a gun when you feel you needed one? Crazy. If I was you, I’d prefer the one where I’m dead.

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              I think the whole point of pandora’s box is that you don’t contain it at all once it has been opened, but I could be rusty on my mythology.

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        If only that 1st grade class were conceal carrying smh.

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          they’re not in 1st grade anymore

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          it’s difficult or nearly impossible to conceal carry in a lot of states

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    I wonder which way many of these new voters lean. Willing to bet on the general direction of the group as a whole. There’s always outliers, but I’m pretty confident on this one.

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      I remember a story from one of schools that got shot up. There was always one that got highlighted in right wing news. They were going to be the Kyle Rittenhouse spokes like person but I think they couldn’t stand being ridiculed by everyone

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      I know a guy who was a student there when it happened. Newtown is white-bread upper-middle Connecticut. Fairly conservative, in the actual sense, not the Republican sense. They’ve been fairly evenly split in the past few presidential elections. While some of the people directly affected might lean more left, I’m not sure if it’s a significant number.

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    I am older than the Sun

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      The big yellow one is the sun!

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      Hang in there. Don’t forget your meds.

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      I truly doubt that you’re 4.604 billion years old

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    Will this allow the USA gun laws like Switzerland?

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