In a monologue last night, Stephen Colbert talked about the mass shooting Sunday in Sutherland Springs, TX which killed 26 and wounded 20 churchgoers. Colbert said, “You want to do something, but nothing gets done. No one does anything. And that seems insane. And it can make you feel hopeless. Now, I don’t know what to do, but I know that hopelessness is not the answer.”
He sees the central problem we face:
"This hopelessness, this powerfulness you feel when nothing gets done is something you can’t give into, because I think there are some truly evil people out there who want you to feel powerless, just for a buck. Because if you feel powerless enough, you know what might make you feel more powerful? Going to buy a gun.”He also sees the solution: voting the NRA coin- operated Republicans out of office (how about starting today in New Jersey and Virginia).
