My name is Emily Penrod, I am a 22 year old college student and I was born on November 3, 1994. Since then, there have been 79 considered “mass shootings” in the United States. Now, 13 of those incidents included over ten fatalities and 66 of those had ten or less and more than likely you didn’t hear about them until now.
Tag: politics
Hot Seat: Should president’s be allowed to use Twitter negatively for their own perks?
Freedom of speech has been seen as a right of passage for all walks of life. I imagine that back in “horse and carriage days” our ancestors dipped their toes in gossip and shared their opinions over the butter churner. Fast forward to the year 2017 and people are sharing their opinions through social media platforms (i.e. Twitter, Instagram, Facebook (repeat offender) and public forums) within their techie toys for the whole world to see. All it takes is one screenshot, one news article, one curious set of eyes to see something that perhaps cannot go unseen, let’s use Twitter as our shining star.