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Are we really prepared to say that we’re powerless in the face of such carnage, that the politics are too hard? Are we prepared to say that such violence visited on our children year after year after year is somehow the price of our freedom?
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker challenges listeners with rhetorical questions, refusing the idea that repeated slaughter is beyond remedy. Calling the politics too hard is treated as an excuse, and children's deaths year after year are rejected as any fair price for freedom. It is a solemn demand for action.
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