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In the case of Elizabeth Warren, it is not an actual ethnic background that he is attacking. It is a bogus, mythical, family story background. Not the biggest deal, all of us have dodgy claims in our family histories, and she seems to have believed in her (tiny, long ago) native heritage sincerely. That it reached a stage where a place like Harvard claimed a law professor to be Native American because that professor was told as a kid that some gr-gr-gr-grandmother was part Cherokee is a little bit funny, fair game for low-grade comedy satirizing identity politics. Still, a constant refrain of "Pocohantas" probably would be offensive to actual Native Americans. And certainly fails on any measure of being "presidential'.
Anti-gay conservatives? Did you completely miss my point? I was calling people out for their disingenuousness. Compassion is great, but how many people that claim to be heartbroken truly are? Who are they praying to when most of them don't even believe in God, and probably condemn Him when it's convenient. This has nothing to do with gay people, but victims, in general (irrespective of their religion, sexual orientation, gender, etc.), that are murdered in large numbers. I'm not lumping everyone together, but let's be real. Many people just latch onto things like this because it's trendy to look sympathetic. It gives one a sense of comfort that they are doing the right thing (regardless if their hearts are in their words or not). If one is honestly saddened by what occurred, then there's no fault in that, but if you don't believe in God, stop pretending that you're praying. That's just an empty gesture.
It's done nothing because it isn't genuine. And people have a misconception about prayer in that they expect that whatever they ask for will/ought to be answered precisely as they want. That's not how prayer works.
