by Robin Meyers

Politicians love to say that kids are the future and that nothing matters more than helping them be safe, happy and prosperous. Now the kids are talking back, telling politicians they just want to survive.

After the latest “new normal school shooting” (kill, grieve, pray, repeat), the script was as predictable as it was pathetic: a moment of silence, obligatory thoughts and prayers and “This is no time to politicize this tragedy,” which is precisely a political position. However, one thing did change. The kids spoke up. They loaded into buses and headed to Tallahassee, Florida, and just last week held protests around the country to ask lawmakers to pay more attention to their lives than to the National Rifle Association (NRA).

Read the full article at The Oklahoma Gazette