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OrlandoDem1

(73 posts)
Wed Mar 14, 2018, 09:14 PM Mar 2018

Perhaps we need a walkout on the 14th of every month until Congress passes serious gun control.

A general strike would help. Shit everything down. The GOP really thinks they can wait this out. It’s time to call their bluff.

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Perhaps we need a walkout on the 14th of every month until Congress passes serious gun control. (Original Post) OrlandoDem1 Mar 2018 OP
That will radicalize all the youth against assault weapons. Do it! applegrove Mar 2018 #1
Another idea would be to walk out during AP and IB exams May. OrlandoDem1 Mar 2018 #2
No that would hurt them. We want the students to go as far as they can in schools. applegrove Mar 2018 #3
I know some students who are willing to take the risk. OrlandoDem1 Mar 2018 #5
That is wrong to encourage them to risk not passing a course. applegrove Mar 2018 #6
They can pass the course regardless of their exam score. OrlandoDem1 Mar 2018 #7
I don't think we should be encouraging kids to create mayhem with applegrove Mar 2018 #9
Here you go... YvonneCa Mar 2018 #4
Id rather they had mandatory active shooter drills, Lars39 Mar 2018 #8
 

OrlandoDem1

(73 posts)
2. Another idea would be to walk out during AP and IB exams May.
Wed Mar 14, 2018, 09:17 PM
Mar 2018

Don’t sit for them!! Pit the testing industry against the gun lobby. It’s time for more radical action because Congress won’t act until we shut the country down.

applegrove

(131,123 posts)
9. I don't think we should be encouraging kids to create mayhem with
Thu Mar 15, 2018, 03:01 PM
Mar 2018

their marks or their passing. That is just reckless on our parts.

Lars39

(26,509 posts)
8. Id rather they had mandatory active shooter drills,
Thu Mar 15, 2018, 06:53 AM
Mar 2018

with someone firing blanks in the lobby “so they’ll know what gunfire sounds like” the way some of these schools do. Oh, and learning their “dead” pose like some kids have to do. They need their fair share of anxiety disorders.

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