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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat the headline in today's Amtrak accident should have read
REPUBLICANS IN TRAINWRECK WITH WHITE TRASH truck
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What the headline in today's Amtrak accident should have read (Original Post)
Julian Englis
Jan 2018
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gopiscrap
(23,768 posts)1. Excellent
Ms. Toad
(34,131 posts)2. I'm sure the family of the (deceased) truck passenger
appreciates the accident that killed him or her being used as a cheap political shot.
blitzen
(4,572 posts)3. You win! Best one I've seen n/t
Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)4. I'm sure the families of the two men in the truck* will find that funny
* One dead and another in critical condition
malaise
(269,336 posts)5. Same way the families of the children of Sandy Hook and
the 50+ dead and over 500 injured in Las Vegas feel when they hear that it's too soon to discuss slaughter by guns so take some thoughts and prayers.
That crash was a metaphor for people who don't give a rats ass when people are killed by assault rifles and the vast majority of people I know used two words for the politicians on the train and not for the poor victims - karma and metaphor.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)7. Exactly..
Skittles
(153,314 posts)6. are you aware someone was killed?
Raine
(30,547 posts)8. The guy in the trash truck was killed
Geesh!