As of early this morning, this is now the largest mass shooting in US history. At least 50 are dead and 53 injured at a popular gay nightclub in Orlando, just a day after Christina Grimmie was shot and killed after a concert in the same city.
Urgent call for blood donations as well. Oneblood is asking all eligible O Negative, O Positive, and AB donors to donate today. You can call 1-888-9DONATE to find a donation center near you.
At the moment the blood banks seem to be overwhelmed, but will need more donations in the coming days.
No one is safe in this godforsaken nation.
I'd like to donate, but I'm severely iron-deficiency anemic at the moment (have to take two iron pills a day).
Ugh. ._.
No worries! There are plenty of people responding, I think they will be quite covered.
(06-12-2016, 02:01 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: [ -> ]I'd like to donate, but I'm severely iron-deficiency anemic at the moment (have to take two iron pills a day).
Ugh. Â ._.
Awww, I feel for you. I would as well but I already donate 2x a week for plasma and if I donated blood, I'd have to wait a year again
It seems to be getting worse every year x.x
You guys really need to get some gun regulations out of the way.
I wish the families all the best to get through these hard times.
(06-13-2016, 03:43 AM)Lyriell Wrote: [ -> ]It seems to be getting worse every year x.x
You guys really need to get some gun regulations out of the way.
I wish the families all the best to get through these hard times.
Turns out it was a terrorist attack. Gun regs worked real well in Paris.
I am very upset by this. The man was interrogated by FBI twice and yet they didn't look through enough that he would carry very dangerous fire arms. I really doubt anyone would have expected that this tragedy would happen in a city where everyone loves visiting for vacations such as Disney World, Universal Orlando, Sea World etc including myself. This affects me because the security increase will have all tourists and customers on edge and feel uncomfortable, and no one should feel that way :/ I have to go on August and I hope people will feel a bit lightened by it.
But no one should deserve to die, no one should lose the ones they love and care about, no one should deserve to be hated because of their preferable standards, and no one should deserve to be affected by these tragedy from the start, at least it should have never happened.
No one should kill first of all even if there is hatred of what you don't like.
The FBI investigated him twice, actually, and neither revealed enough information or a strong-enough tie to warrant larger interest. It's not their fault, really; It's not as if people have hidden "I AM A TERRORIST" somewhere in their emails or personal life.
The weapons were purchased legally. The worst thing he'd done prior to this was beat his wife, express intolerance for gay people and make some questionable comments around co-workers about suicide bombers. If that's supposed to be enough to hassle someone for being a potential terrorist, well, a huge portion of the country meets two out of three of those qualifications.
This is a terrible tragedy, and I am disheartened that it's happened.
As someone who grew up in Florida, lived in the area, and had friends who frequented Pulse but (thankfully) weren't there that evening, there's one thing we've all agreed upon across all boards. Things to keep in mind for the future and especially with this sort of tragedy.
#dontsayhisname, #dontsharehisstory : Don't talk about the gunman. Don't share his story, possible motives, his history. A lot of people commit mass slaughter like this SPECIFICALLY for the notoriety it gives them after death. Leaving their mark on the world so to speak. Instead? Focus on the victims. On those who suffered either with injury or death and the families they left behind. Talk about them instead and share their story. One of them worked with a friend of mine at the Harry Potter theme park and they closed down the ride he operated in honor of his memory.
Don't make this into a political debate : It's barely been 36 hours and already there's so many political stances sprouting up and using this tragedy as some sort of cannon fodder for political gains and reasons. Just...don't. Please, just don't. Right now it's a time to grieve and a time to reflect.
Don't let this fuel Islamophobia : People so often forget how putrid Christians, Jews, and other religions are/have been/can be when it comes to their radical sects. Don't use this to point fingers at all of Islam and say that they should stay out of our country. There are plenty of LGBTQ members of the Islamic community and non who had nothing to do with this.
Even if you're not in the area and are of sound health, donate blood : This tragedy brought up just how much we need a sound blood supply. One person can go through bags upon bags of blood, not including the 50+ wounded the Orlando and Palmer hospitals went through within the first hours.
Just wanted to say as well how wonderful it's been that, through all of the darkness, there's been so many people offering comfort, support, and holding vigils all over our country and beyond. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
The more I read about this story the more wrung out I feel. Then seeing it used as a game piece in pushing agendas/restrictions/arguments just is more depressing.
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Hearing about the media on-site having to ignore all of the ringing phones of the deceased as family members tried to find out if their friends and family were safe is probably going to stick with me for a long time.
I haven't felt this heartsick about an incident that's happened in... ever. It fucking sucks.
Even though I am in Miami, that does not diminish the amount of pain and fear I feel right now. I was at an in-game vigil last night and I prayed my heart out for all those in Orlando to be safe...and for those who passed on to be granted by God a safe trip to Heaven.
(06-13-2016, 11:16 AM)Warren Castille Wrote: [ -> ]The more I read about this story the more wrung out I feel. Then seeing it used as a game piece in pushing agendas/restrictions/arguments just is more depressing.
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Hearing about the media on-site having to ignore all of the ringing phones of the deceased as family members tried to find out if their friends and family were safe is probably going to stick with me for a long time.
I haven't felt this heartsick about an incident that's happened in... ever. It fucking sucks.
It plays right into certain people's demagoguery, which absolutely sucks.
Yeah, I wish everyone would just shut the fuck up and be sad for a while.