The Stoneman Douglas High school drama club performs “Shine,” a song they wrote in the wake of the shooting at their Parkland, Florida, school.
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The kids have something to teach us, if we are receptive to it.
What we must do is resolve to join them in the moment and stay
in it with them for the duration. All recognize it will not be a simple matter, and realistically will not be accomplished quickly, but it is imperative that, together, and for social survival, we bring down the terrorist NRA, and permanently rid our society of the weapons of war now proliferate on our streets, down to their very production. Nothing less will do.