The condemnation of "thoughts and prayers" seems to have really taken off once people realized that these are conservative markers, and most people do not want to be conservatives any more. (The fact that the outgroup is responsible for the situation has not changed, of course.)
"Thoughts and prayers" is the Christian conservative's way of saying that they are deeply concerned about the situation. It betrays lack of empathy to say that it means they do not want actually want to change it. (Of course they prefer different policies than progressives.)
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I understand what you meant. In some cases, of course, a person means this when they say it. In other cases it is a smokescreen hiding inactivity while at the same time knowing that a situation requires some kind of response.
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I think that most people agree that a situation they find horrible might require some kind of response, but in the context of politics are afraid that the other side is just going to use it as a pretext to implement their nefarious agenda.
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I am sure that it easier to convince conservatives to pass laws against violent media than against guns, for instance. That might be empirically wrong, but people in NO political camp pick their policy preferences based on empirical data. It is always the other way around.
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It isn't "sibling rivalry" when one kid tries to kill the other and the one who is nearly killed asks a parent to intervene.
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According to the child that complains to me, that is absolutely always the case
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