The thing about "thoughts and prayers" is the knowledge that there is nothing you can do to help them is implicit in the statement. There's a certain humility to it. That's why it's thoughts and prayers to xxx mass shooting, and not "let's do another pointless gun grabbing law that benefits the Democrats".
The thing about "thoughts and prayers" is the knowledge that there is nothing you can do to help them is implicit in the statement. There's a certain humility to it. That's why it's thoughts and prayers to xxx mass shooting, and not "let's do another pointless gun grabbing law that benefits the Democrats".