'Thoughts And Prayers' Are Nothing More Than A Cheap Dodge
If you missed this segment on MSNBC last night during the hours-long coverage of the latest gun terrorist attack on the United States, take a few minutes and watch it. ThinkProgress editor Igor Volsky was brilliant, passionate, and perfect.
This followed his hours-long Twitter call-to-account for all the politicians that stopped to offer their "thoughts and prayers" following yesterday's shooting in San Bernardino.
Those tweets are damning, and perfectly illustrate why "thoughts and prayers" don't even rise to the level of a Hallmark card.
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) had some choice thoughts, too:
Chris Murphy: I'm just sick and tired of people's "to do list" after these shootings beginning and ending with tweeting out "thoughts and prayers." Thoughts and prayers are important, but they don't change the reality on the ground in America today.