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SoCalDem

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17. It's sad, but not the same

Reply to texanwitch (Original post)

Sun Dec 16, 2012, 09:58 PM

Dec 2012

When JFK was shot, we (the younger ones like I was) never thought this was even possible.. We had read about Abe Lincoln and McKinley & Garfield, but those were distant past for us, and we were "modern"..and all things were possible for us, largely due to this young exciting president we had.

We were also still very worried about imminent nuclear annihilation..

While it's abominable that innocent children were massacred, it's not the same as having the president assassinated.

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For the younger members of DU, this is what it felt like when JFK was killed. [View all] texanwitch Dec 2012 OP

Struggling with senseless loss and the shock therefrom...nt PCIntern Dec 2012 #1

Pretty close. proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 #2

It was pretty awful Floyd_Gondolli Dec 2012 #5

Your right it is that way for me. I haven't been able to stop crying. I feel so southernyankeebelle Dec 2012 #3

I was only 8 when JFK was killed but do remember being devastated. A Brand New World Dec 2012 #4

I was 23 years old and at home with a small baby RebelOne Dec 2012 #20

I didn't know if I should have posted this but it has felt the same to me. texanwitch Dec 2012 #6

I wondered about that at school on Friday RayOfHope Dec 2012 #7

This has to be so hard on you being a kindergarten teacher. texanwitch Dec 2012 #8

I was a senior in high school when JFK was shot. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #10

This will be a event that everyone will remember where they were when they heard the news. texanwitch Dec 2012 #12

My coworker is from Newtown Sisaruus Dec 2012 #18

Yes...that is what it is like..but worse when Kennedy was killed...How could it be worse??? Stuart G Dec 2012 #14

I am 18 years old PennsylvaniaMatt Dec 2012 #9

For me, the breaking point this weekend was reading about the 27-year-old teacher coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #11

She was very brave. texanwitch Dec 2012 #13

I was too young to remember JFK. Cobalt Violet Dec 2012 #15

This is definitely one of those gut-wrenching collective horrors. TygrBright Dec 2012 #16

It's sad, but not the same SoCalDem Dec 2012 #17

What I am meaning is the national grief and pain. texanwitch Dec 2012 #19