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12 Important Twitter Reactions to the Charleston Church Massacre That Accurately Frame the Issue

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Surreace Cox, of North Charleston, S.C., holds a sign during a prayer vigil down the street from the Emanuel AME Church early Thursday, June 18, 2015, following a shooting Wednesday night in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Surreace Cox, of North Charleston, S.C., holds a sign during a prayer vigil down the street from the Emanuel AME Church early Thursday, June 18, 2015, following a shooting Wednesday night in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

 

On the Initial Reaction

On Correctly Labeling the Issue

Ava DuVernay Challenges the Media’s Rush to Empathize With the Shooter

Alicia Keys and John Legend Have Heavy Hearts

On the Motivations of the Act

On Al Sharpton’s ‘Stay Calm’ Rhetoric

On Using Gun Control to Go Off Topic

On Mental Illness Rhetoric

On If It Were a Muslim

Keri Hilson Calls It Domestic Terrorism

Jesse Jackson Alludes to the Systematic Nature of the Issue 

Sen. Bernie Sanders Reminds Us This Is Part of American History

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