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鈥楢ll of These Tweets Are People鈥檚 Futures鈥�: After Texas Tragedy, Hashtag #IfIDieInASchoolShooting Gives Voice to Students鈥� Despair

By Taylor Swaak

May 22, 2018

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If Twitter user dies in a school shooting, he wants someone to tell his siblings he loves them.

鲍蝉别谤听 wants someone to put his body in the NRA parking lot. And wants people to know she 鈥渨asn鈥檛 surprised鈥� it happened.

Since Sunday, tweets with the hashtag have flooded Twitter, as students鈥� fear, desperation, and anger over gun violence 鈥� the most recent case being Friday鈥檚 attack at a Santa Fe, Texas, high school 鈥� has once again reached a fever pitch. The hashtag had been tweeted as of Monday, joining a string of viral school-shooting-linked hashtags such as #NeverAgain and #EnoughIsEnough, which gained traction following February鈥檚 Parkland, Florida, massacre.

Eighteen-year-old Andrew Schneidawind started the hashtag on Sunday with no expectations but with a hope: to 鈥渟hame the people who are not doing anything into possibly changing their minds.鈥�

鈥淎ll of these tweets are people鈥檚 futures; they鈥檙e people鈥檚 families that they want to have, things they want to do,鈥� Schneidawind, a freshman at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia, told the 74.

The notifications quickly started piling up 鈥� more than 1,500 retweets and 6,100 likes on his initial post, as of Tuesday 鈥� including from Parkland student activists such as Emma Gonz谩lez, who responded, 鈥� I鈥檇 get to see Carmen again,鈥� referencing one of the Parkland victims.

https://twitter.com/Emma4Change/status/998318464711438336

With the hashtag clearly striking a chord on social media, Schneidawind said he intends to physically send some of the tweets to legislators in the coming weeks.

鈥淚 hope others send [tweets] too, and maybe a few [legislators] will be so uncomfortable that they鈥檒l change their minds just to make it stop,鈥� he said. 鈥淚f that鈥檚 what it takes, we鈥檒l have to do it. That鈥檚 how desperate we are.鈥�

Here鈥檚 a roundup of some of the most powerful #IfIDieInASchoolShooting tweets we鈥檝e seen so far 鈥� including those from teachers and onlookers:

https://twitter.com/idioticjenna/status/998302346999422979

https://twitter.com/iRun4Jules/status/998896787560726528

https://twitter.com/Boo4Change/status/998307986492702720

https://twitter.com/ohstephany_/status/998321744472571908

https://twitter.com/_naomi_abigail_/status/998320877107367942

https://twitter.com/AAlhanti/status/998700104625377280

https://twitter.com/EmmaBeeblebrox/status/998655822782652418

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                <h2>鈥楢ll of These Tweets Are People鈥檚 Futures鈥�: After Texas Tragedy, Hashtag #IfIDieInASchoolShooting Gives Voice to Students鈥� Despair</h2>

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                <p class="sans">By <a rel="author" href="/contributor/523753/">Taylor Swaak</a></p>

                <img src="/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/hashtaggrab.jpg">

                <p>This story first appeared at <a href="/">社区黑料</a>, a nonprofit news site covering education. <a href="/about/newsletters/?utm_source=republish-button&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=republish">Sign up for free newsletters from 社区黑料</a> to get more like this in your inbox.</p>
                <p>If Twitter user  dies in a school shooting, he wants someone to tell his siblings he loves them.</p>
<p>鲍蝉别谤听 wants someone to put his body in the NRA parking lot. And  wants people to know she 鈥渨asn鈥檛 surprised鈥� it happened.</p>
<p>Since Sunday, tweets with the hashtag  have flooded Twitter, as students鈥� fear, desperation, and anger over gun violence 鈥� the most recent case being Friday鈥檚 attack at a Santa Fe, Texas, high school 鈥� has once again reached a fever pitch. The hashtag had been tweeted  as of Monday, joining a string of viral school-shooting-linked hashtags such as #NeverAgain and #EnoughIsEnough, which gained traction following February鈥檚 Parkland, Florida, massacre.</p>
<aside class="inline_story shortcode simple"><a href="/the-revolution-will-be-hashtagged-social-media-savvy-irreverent-and-maybe-a-bit-entitled-parkland-students-succeed-where-others-have-failed-to-launch-a-national-movement-around-guns/"><figure style="background-image: url(/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Parkland-collage-4.jpg);"></figure><div><span class="sans related_tag">Related</span><h4 class="sans">The Revolution Will Be Hashtagged. Social-Media-Savvy, Irreverent, and Maybe a Bit Entitled, Parkland Students Succeed Where Others Have Failed to Launch a National Movement Around Guns</h4></div></a></aside>
<p>Eighteen-year-old Andrew Schneidawind started the hashtag on Sunday with no expectations but with a hope: to 鈥渟hame the people who are not doing anything into possibly changing their minds.鈥�</p>
<p>鈥淎ll of these tweets are people鈥檚 futures; they鈥檙e people鈥檚 families that they want to have, things they want to do,鈥� Schneidawind, a freshman at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia, told the 74.</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I'm gonna try and get a hashtag trending called . If you wanna join, feel free.  I will never be able to finish my animated TV series, I'll never be able to see my sister again, and I will have to become a martyr. </p>
<p>— PolishPierogi 馃嚨馃嚤馃嚭馃嚫 (@narchistTallBoy) </p></blockquote>
<p></div>
<p>The notifications quickly started piling up 鈥� more than 1,500 retweets and 6,100 likes on his initial post, as of Tuesday 鈥� including from Parkland student activists such as Emma Gonz谩lez, who responded, 鈥� I鈥檇 get to see Carmen again,鈥� referencing one of the Parkland victims.</p>
<p>https://twitter.com/Emma4Change/status/998318464711438336</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr"> plaster my face outside of every politician Who accepts money from the NRA鈥檚 office so every day as they walk into work they have to look into the eyes of someone who died because of their inaction and think of their own children or someone they know.</p>
<p>— Lauren Hogg (@lauren_hoggs) </p></blockquote>
<p></div>
<p>With the hashtag clearly striking a chord on social media, Schneidawind said he intends to physically send some of the tweets to legislators in the coming weeks.</p>
<p>鈥淚 hope others send [tweets] too, and maybe a few [legislators] will be so uncomfortable that they鈥檒l change their minds just to make it stop,鈥� he said. 鈥淚f that鈥檚 what it takes, we鈥檒l have to do it. That鈥檚 how desperate we are.鈥�</p>
<div class="social-container">
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here are only a handful of the letters I'm writing. I'm gonna send many more, and I encourage everyone to send them to your reps! </p>
<p>— PolishPierogi 馃嚨馃嚤馃嚭馃嚫 (@narchistTallBoy) </p></blockquote>
<p></div>
<p>Here鈥檚 a roundup of some of the most powerful #IfIDieInASchoolShooting tweets we鈥檝e seen so far 鈥� including those from teachers and onlookers:</p>
<p>https://twitter.com/idioticjenna/status/998302346999422979</p>
<div class="social-container">
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr"> deliver my heart to dana loesch on a silver platter because she鈥檚 a heartless woman and clearly needs a new one.</p>
<p>— jordyn (@jordynzoe_) </p></blockquote>
<p></div>
<p>https://twitter.com/iRun4Jules/status/998896787560726528</p>
<p>https://twitter.com/Boo4Change/status/998307986492702720</p>
<p>https://twitter.com/ohstephany_/status/998321744472571908</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Teacher here  use my name in protest- for gun control and better school funding. Hopefully my death will have saved my students.</p>
<p>— cheeseplz (@mackanncheese) </p></blockquote>
<p></div>
<p>https://twitter.com/_naomi_abigail_/status/998320877107367942</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr"> have the GOP put my casket in the ground so that they can let me down one last time.</p>
<p>— Brieana Shelton (@More140) </p></blockquote>
<p></div>
<p>https://twitter.com/AAlhanti/status/998700104625377280</p>
<p>https://twitter.com/EmmaBeeblebrox/status/998655822782652418</p>
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