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One year on, the man still fighting to #BringBackOurGirls
CNN ^ | April 13, 2015 | Bonnie Turner

Posted on 04/13/2015 10:03:11 PM PDT by Chad_the_Impaler

)—If you cared deeply about something, would you protest? Make a sign? Join a demonstration? How long could you keep going for, in the face of indifference and inaction?

When more than 200 Nigerian girls were kidnapped from their school a year ago by Boko Haram militants, millions of people around the world joined a social media campaign to plead for their safe return.

Charles Alasholuyi was one of those people -- from celebrities to world leaders -- voicing their anger via #BringBackOurGirls, one of the top Twitter hashtags of 2014, used in more than four million tweets.

But as weeks turned into months, there was still no sign of the missing girls. The spotlight on the campaign faded. People stopped tweeting. They stopped marching. They stopped pleading with the Nigerian government to do more to rescue the young students.

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Daily Mail (04/08/2015): Smoking hot! Salma Hayek puffs on a cigarette as she steps out in smart suit and leopard print blouse

1 posted on 04/13/2015 10:03:11 PM PDT by Chad_the_Impaler
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To: Chad_the_Impaler

Here is a much better “tweet” that I believe in wholeheartedly:

#KillAllTheMuslimFanaticJihadists

Of course, that means about a couple million unwashed ignorant islamist idiots becoming part of the lower food chain, but I believe I can live with that.


2 posted on 04/13/2015 10:11:00 PM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them)
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To: Chad_the_Impaler

She looks like wot’s-is-name, that pathetic brit comedian who is forever hating anything american.

Did he simply grow his hair out for this session? The ciggie seems to suggest so.


3 posted on 04/13/2015 10:13:15 PM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them)
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To: Chad_the_Impaler

Slavery of black people is only horrific when it happened hundreds of years ago in America, where some say its an excuse for poverty and crime today. But in Africa today? Obama sends our tweets, not our troops.


4 posted on 04/13/2015 10:18:40 PM PDT by Rainier1789 (My Constitution has a 2nd and 10th Amendment)
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To: Chad_the_Impaler
MO Twit photo MO-Twit_zps4152799f.jpg

5 posted on 04/13/2015 10:23:14 PM PDT by Col Freeper (FR: A smorgasbord of Conservative Mindfood - dig in and enjoy it!)
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To: Chad_the_Impaler

#HashActivismDoesnotWork


6 posted on 04/13/2015 10:23:44 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: GraceG

Howsabout we just ARM THE CHRISTIANS and let them deal with the problem?


7 posted on 04/14/2015 3:26:38 AM PDT by Flintlock (Our soapbox is gone, the ballot box stolen--we're left with the bullet box now.)
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