March 15, 2019
AOC: To hell with your 'thoughts and prayers' for victims of New Zealand massacre
By Rick Moran
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https://www.americanthinker.com/blo...yers_for_victims_of_new_zealand_massacre.html
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is mad again. Her perpetual outrage at the world around her is one of her more endearing qualities - that and her wide-eyed innocence and towering ignorance.
AOC criticized the prime minister of New Zealand who asked for the world's "thoughts and prayers" following the mosque massacre that killed 49 in Christchurch.
This is perfectly understandable. "Thoughts and prayers" involve the two least favorite things for the left; thinking and praying.
The congresswoman was referencing the 2015 Charleston shooting at the Emmanuel A.M.E. Church that left nine dead, the 2017 Sutherland Springs shooting at the First Baptist Church that left 27 dead, and the 2018 Pittsburgh shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue that left 11 dead.
“What good are your thoughts & prayers when they don’t even keep the pews safe?” she asked.
That sparked plenty of backlash on social media.
I suppose if you believe that thinking about the victims and praying for them is a waste of time, then yes, mocking prayer is a perfectly acceptable response - moronic, but acceptable.
If AOC thinks that praying for the victims is useless, how useless are the various gun control schemes she wants to impose on us? The doltish notion that any gun control proposal would prevent any mass shooting makes "thoughts and prayers" look like intelligent activism.
Many of the gun control measures in New Zealand have been proposed for the US.
Sydney Morning Herald:
Someone determined to carry out mass murder will find a way to get a gun regardless of the law. We don't know the exact circumstances of how the shooter got a hold of a firearm, but it wouldn't surprise us if he obtained it illegally. If that's the case, all the laws in the world would not have stopped this massacre.
Ocasio-Cortez is frustrated. And like any frustrated two year old, she is lashing out without reason or logic. Thankfully, few people will not offer their thoughts and prayers to the victims because most of us have a spark of humanity that allows us to feel for the victims.
AOC? Not so much.
AOC: To hell with your 'thoughts and prayers' for victims of New Zealand massacre
By Rick Moran
A
https://www.americanthinker.com/blo...yers_for_victims_of_new_zealand_massacre.html
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is mad again. Her perpetual outrage at the world around her is one of her more endearing qualities - that and her wide-eyed innocence and towering ignorance.
AOC criticized the prime minister of New Zealand who asked for the world's "thoughts and prayers" following the mosque massacre that killed 49 in Christchurch.
This is perfectly understandable. "Thoughts and prayers" involve the two least favorite things for the left; thinking and praying.
The congresswoman was referencing the 2015 Charleston shooting at the Emmanuel A.M.E. Church that left nine dead, the 2017 Sutherland Springs shooting at the First Baptist Church that left 27 dead, and the 2018 Pittsburgh shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue that left 11 dead.
“What good are your thoughts & prayers when they don’t even keep the pews safe?” she asked.
That sparked plenty of backlash on social media.
I suppose if you believe that thinking about the victims and praying for them is a waste of time, then yes, mocking prayer is a perfectly acceptable response - moronic, but acceptable.
If AOC thinks that praying for the victims is useless, how useless are the various gun control schemes she wants to impose on us? The doltish notion that any gun control proposal would prevent any mass shooting makes "thoughts and prayers" look like intelligent activism.
Many of the gun control measures in New Zealand have been proposed for the US.
Sydney Morning Herald:
Someone determined to carry out mass murder will find a way to get a gun regardless of the law. We don't know the exact circumstances of how the shooter got a hold of a firearm, but it wouldn't surprise us if he obtained it illegally. If that's the case, all the laws in the world would not have stopped this massacre.
Ocasio-Cortez is frustrated. And like any frustrated two year old, she is lashing out without reason or logic. Thankfully, few people will not offer their thoughts and prayers to the victims because most of us have a spark of humanity that allows us to feel for the victims.
AOC? Not so much.
