IS THIS

AMERICA?
W E G R I E V E T H E M A N Y L I V E S T H A T H A V E B E E N L O S T O R P A I N F U L LY
TRANSFORMED IN RECENT WEEKS THROUGH EXTREME ACTS OF VIOLENCE.

AND WE ARE APPALLED BY THE SURGE OF DIVISIVE RHETORIC

THAT SOWS THE SEEDS OF MORE VIOLENCE TO COME.
A D A N G E R O U S T I D E O F H AT R E D , V I O L E N C E , A N D S U S P I C I O N I S R I S I N G
I N A M E R I C A W H E T H E R A I M E D AT A R A B A N D M U S L I M A M E R I C A N S , W O M E N
A N D T H E P L A C E S W E S E E K H E A LT H C A R E , B L A C K P E O P L E , I M M I G R A N T S A N D
R E F U G E E S , O R P E O P L E J U S T G O I N G A B O U T T H E I R D A I LY L I V E S . T H I S T I D E I S
M A D E M O R E DA N G E RO U S B Y E A S Y AC C E S S TO G U N S .

WHEN HAS HATE EVER LED TO PROGRESS?

I S THIS REALLY WHAT WE WANT A MERICA TO BE?
WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS.

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