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Almost one week ago forty-nine people lost their lives to a deranged man with evil in his heart. They went to the Pulse nightclub to have fun and because it was someplace safe where they could be themselves without fear of being judged or attacked. That itself makes me both sad and angry. People who are LGBT shouldn’t have to have “safe havens”. They shouldn’t have to worry about being seen in public, holding hands or kissing. They shouldn’t have to fight for the most basic of rights afforded to other U.S. citizens. Likewise, those of the Muslim faith shouldn’t have to be afraid of being accosted by so-called Christians because their religion is being hijacked by one segment of its followers. Donald Trump and others like him are trying to use this tragedy as fuel for their bigoted, racist agendas and it’s up to us to tell them that we’re not going to buy into their hateful and dangerous rhetoric. Enough is enough! It’s time to stop judging and hating people based on their race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other reason. What is it going to take for us to stop? Isn’t America supposed to be the “great melting pot”? If the massacre that took place in the early hours of Sunday June 12th can teach us anything it’s that there is no place in our society for bigotry of any kind. If we continue down this path it’s not going to be a matter of if another mass shooting/killing will occur, but when. The forty-nine people who lost their lives last week had family and friends who loved them. They had hopes and dreams just like all of us. They were us. Please let their deaths not be in vain.
Lovely post.
I still can’t believe the horror those people went through in that club, and if I, as a stranger, am so heartbroken over what happened, I cannot even imagine what the survivors, and the families and friends of the victims are going through. I don’t know how one person can have such hatred in his heart that he would take the lives of fifty innocent people, shoot another 53 just for being who they are.
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Thank you so much Aimal. It’s hard to fathom the amount of hate so many people have in their hearts. I’ll never understand it.😕
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True words, Kim. Such a sad incident. It’s really shameful what humans are becoming and how our thinking is getting affected in the wrong way by such incidents.
I feel so bad when something like this happens and politicians jump in to use it for their good rather than help find the suspect and treat the situation properly.
May every one of those souls, who lost their lives that day, rest in peace.
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Thanks Heena.😢
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😦
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I still can’t believe this happened. How can some people be so hateful to do such things?
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I honestly don’t know Vinnie. I don’t understand bigotry in whatever form it takes, and I never shall.😔
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I don’t understand prejudice or bigotry at all. Everyone is different and the sooner some people get that, the better.
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Hear Hear!😊
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Life is too short to judge other people. If someone is happy living their life the way they do, it’s got nothing to do with anyone else.
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Lovely tribute Kims, I can’t imagine the pain these poor peoples families must be feeling. My thoughts to all of them. Very sh*t world sometimes 😦 xxxxx
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Thanks Dear Ems. It can be a very sh*t world indeed.😞
xoxo
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Kim, you’re a hero. This was an awesome post. Aaron told me the other day when I was thinking about the shooting that over time it’ll get easier, but that sucks. I don’t want it to get easier. It has only been a week later and already people have stopped talking about the shooting.Thank you for spreading your love.
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Oh Gosh Jonathan. I’m no hero. I’m glad you liked the post though. I know I keep saying this, but I wish there was something more I could do. I really hope this isn’t forgotten. I will NEVER forget, and if all I can do is write posts and vote for politicians who are LGBTQ friendly, than that’s what I’ll do.
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I promise never to forget either and will continue to stand up for LGBTQ rights.
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Yes! United We Stand!
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Yes we do.
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AMEN!
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It’s a lovely post Kim. I am very saddened about this shooting, and I think that the worst is that people forget and move on till the next shooting.
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Thank you so much Natasha. Do you ever get the feeling that the media has ADHD? I swear, they have the attention span of a gnat.😡 I really hope that they and the politicians don’t forget this, but I’m not holding out a lot of hope.😞
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They do Kim. When they are tired or bored of a story it is simply cut, and they would rather focus on sensational nonsense than real problems like gun control 😦
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So aggravating K😡
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