A Country in Tears, ITT: The Florida Shooting

[drmyshottyizsik]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/breakingn ... AAgWA6b|11

I just want everyone on here to know that no matter how much we piss each other off, or disagree you are all amazing. Things like this really puts things into perspective. I am crying and so disgusted right now.

[Egg]

Absolutely terrible.

[Kappy]

I am literally watching a TV news report on this right now.

[drmyshottyizsik]

I am literally watching a TV news report on this right now.

just makes me want to hug people

[Psyche]

you ask why im always so angry
next time i'll remind you

[drmyshottyizsik]

you ask why im always so angry
next time i'll remind you

Because the world sucks and people are evil?

[Mina]

You should change the topic to something more general, because there should be a general thread on the attack.

It's horrifying that this and the Christina Grimmie murder happened right after the other in Orlando.

[Zachrulez]

What's horrifying is the pivoting that is going to be done to try to argue against any kind of gun control in the U.S.

[drmyshottyizsik]

What's horrifying is the pivoting that is going to be done to try to argue against any kind of gun control in the U.S.

Please can we leave the politics out of this one.

[Mina]

This is like designed to hit every single hot-button political issue:

-A mass shooting
-At a gay nightclub
-By a Muslim guy.

The only way to make it more of a political minefield would be if he'd been a refugee.

[drmyshottyizsik]

This is like designed to hit every single hot-button political issue:

-A mass shooting
-At a gay nightclub
-By a Muslim guy.

The only way to make it more of a political minefield would be if he'd been a refugee.

His father was, and has ties to terrorism, and ran for president of Afghanistan

[Mina]

Leaving aside that his father seemed horrified by this in the statement of his I read, I thought you said you didn't want to discuss politics in this thread.

[Zachrulez]

What's horrifying is the pivoting that is going to be done to try to argue against any kind of gun control in the U.S.

Please can we leave the politics out of this one.

It shouldn't be politics, it should be common sense.

[drmyshottyizsik]

Leaving aside that his father seemed horrified by this in the statement of his I read, I thought you said you didn't want to discuss politics in this thread.

I can play pretend too. Go listen to some of the things his father has preached

[Psyche]

What's horrifying is the pivoting that is going to be done to try to argue against any kind of gun control in the U.S.

Please can we leave the politics out of this one.

please do not dictate other people's reactions to tragedy

[Psyche]

also the thread's title is pretty ham-fisted

[racefan12]

As a gay man in the American South, this really hits home for me in the worst way possible. Obviously all mass shootings like this are tragic events, but this is the first time I've truly looked at an event like this and thought,

That could have been me

. I knew I might face challenges in my life after coming out as gay in an area not known for its tolerance or acceptance toward LGBT individuals. But for the first time since coming out a little over a year ago, I'm scared. I'm scared for my future; that this might not be the last such attack on the LGBT community. I'm scared as I'm preparing to move to a larger city, reconsidering whether or not I'm making the right decision. I'm scared seeing latent homophobia exposed by certain reactions (or lack thereof) to this unspeakable tragedy.

I realize that I have met only a very few of you in my short time so far on MafiaScum, and I realize that many of you may not be interested in hearing a story like this from someone who you don't know. But it is precisely because of that unfamiliarity that I feel comfortable sharing my feelings of fear and vulnerability. My friends in real life wouldn't understand why I'm feeling the way I do, or they would attempt to provide bare reassurance without being able to provide a real connection.

...Just my rambling thoughts after a tragedy that is still so unimaginably raw and horrific for me to truly put words to.

[Zachrulez]

^ actually a really good post for perspective.

[Psyche]

i felt this way during the charleston shooting
and now it's the same thing
nothing's really changed since last time
of course this isn't one i can grieve openly about with my family

[drmyshottyizsik]

What's horrifying is the pivoting that is going to be done to try to argue against any kind of gun control in the U.S.

Please can we leave the politics out of this one.

please do not dictate other people's reactions to tragedy

This is using a tragedy as a way to spring board an agenda, and it is wrong. It was wrong of Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders. The only person who handled this right was President Obama. Right now we need to pray, and love and remember what unites us as a country. Do not let this tragedy polarize us further. For a day, just one day we should all take a step back and just be still. Take in what today feels like. Remember it and use it for fuel later, but today be still. Today remember everyone who died this morning, remember everyone else who has ever been subject to hate and mindless violence, but don't make it about you or guns or not guns, leave today for those who suffered, and for once just be still.

[Mina]

^ actually a really good post for perspective.

Agreed. You should post more--we don't bite!

also the thread's title is pretty ham-fisted

The original was "I'm in tears."

[Psyche]

just go away shotty

[drmyshottyizsik]

As a gay man in the American South, this really hits home for me in the worst way possible. Obviously all mass shootings like this are tragic events, but this is the first time I've truly looked at an event like this and thought,

That could have been me

. I knew I might face challenges in my life after coming out as gay in an area not known for its tolerance or acceptance toward LGBT individuals. But for the first time since coming out a little over a year ago, I'm scared. I'm scared for my future; that this might not be the last such attack on the LGBT community. I'm scared as I'm preparing to move to a larger city, reconsidering whether or not I'm making the right decision. I'm scared seeing latent homophobia exposed by certain reactions (or lack thereof) to this unspeakable tragedy.

I realize that I have met only a very few of you in my short time so far on MafiaScum, and I realize that many of you may not be interested in hearing a story like this from someone who you don't know. But it is precisely because of that unfamiliarity that I feel comfortable sharing my feelings of fear and vulnerability. My friends in real life wouldn't understand why I'm feeling the way I do, or they would attempt to provide bare reassurance without being able to provide a real connection.

...Just my rambling thoughts after a tragedy that is still so unimaginably raw and horrific for me to truly put words to.

I feel for you. I live in Ft. Worth, and on a regular basis I hear thing like, "I'd shoot the [insert homophobic slur here], but they aren't worth the bullet" and other just God awful things, and as much as I want to say we have moved on and evolved as a society, for a lot of, at least Texas, we haven't. Some cites are better, Austin, Denton, even parts of Dallas are great and very progressive, but the majority of the town are not and it is awful. I'm so sorry you have to feel this way or ever be scared for your life because of who you choose to love. It is tragic.

[drmyshottyizsik]

just go away shotty

Psyche stop acting like a child. This isn't about you.

[Mina]

I would definitely not say that Psyche is the person in this thread who's the most guilty of making this about himself. His posts were fine.