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Grammy23

(6,100 posts)
12. Thank you for reminding us that every life mattered and now they are gone.
Mon May 25, 2020, 04:14 PM
May 2020

It is easy to get jaded to the numbers. It becomes a defense mechanism against the horror of so many lives taken so cruelly, so quickly. One minute they’re here with us and then, in the twinkling of an eye, they leave us.

They must not die anonymously. Just as victims of other tragedies get remembered, they deserved their moment in time on that front page. As do all the rest deserve recognition.

I never expect tRump to acknowledge or request a special memorial to them. In some ways that would be the ultimate insult. But someone will come along who is appropriate to the task. We need to remember them and never ever forget why they died. Our mission should be to try to work so no one ever has to be sacrificed as they were. And history needs to record why and who was at fault. It is only fair. tRump made his mark on history. Let all who come after us know what he did.

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Thank you for posting ---we must NEVER forget!! bobbieinok May 2020 #1
If you have access, go through the interactive version. Ms. Toad May 2020 #2
wow...just wow FirstLight May 2020 #6
I looked at the front page earlier, Ms. Toad May 2020 #9
no subscription, but yes it worked for me FirstLight May 2020 #15
I scrolled quickly through it - Ms. Toad May 2020 #22
Thank you for this link. Niagara May 2020 #21
Yes, it's impossible not to get choked up reading these. nt tblue37 May 2020 #3
🕯🕯🕯 blm May 2020 #4
K&R Thank you FirstLight. alwaysinasnit May 2020 #5
When Trump is in prison for life I would donate to pay for people to read rurallib May 2020 #7
ooooh! nice punishment FirstLight May 2020 #8
I agree and also the presidents virgogal May 2020 #19
I'm not crying, YOU'RE crying. A HERETIC I AM May 2020 #10
Thank you for this powerful post. All of us have amazing lives. We need to acknowledge all. Evolve Dammit May 2020 #11
Thank you for reminding us that every life mattered and now they are gone. Grammy23 May 2020 #12
+ a MILLION! FirstLight May 2020 #16
Yes. Delphinus May 2020 #17
Trump could read one or two of those names between each hole of golf. keithbvadu2 May 2020 #13
My eyes are sweating now. CaptYossarian May 2020 #14
This one touched me a lot flamingdem May 2020 #18
Thank you for sharing this, FirstLight. Niagara May 2020 #20
I have run out of words for the sense of loss. crickets May 2020 #23
What a beautiful post malaise May 2020 #24
thanks, I read it first thing today and it's been haunting me all day... FirstLight May 2020 #25
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