The Video You Need To Watch If You’re Mad At Politics Cheapening The Aurora Tragedy

I live in Colorado, so waking up on that Friday morning meant six text messages from people mourning the tragedy and asking questions. It felt like the dust hadn’t even settled, however, before concern mutated into everyone drawing party lines and criticizing one another. How do we have a discussion centering on such an emotionally…

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Rollie Williams

Jul 26, 2012

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The Video You Need To Watch If You’re Mad At Politics Cheapening The Aurora Tragedy

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