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you say fifty people I SAY FIFTY GAY PEOPLE you say nightclub I SAY GAY NIGHTCLUB you say the shooter was mentally ill I SAY HOW DARE YOU PERPETUATE THE STIGMA THAT MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE ARE SOMEHOW DANGEROUS WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS NEUROTYPICALS THAT HAVE DONE HORRIBLE THINGS OF THEIR OWN VOLITION you say this was isis I SAY HOW DARE YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS ISLAMOPHOBIA THIS WAS THE WORK OF ONE MAN ONE MAN WITH A GUN AND NOW FIFTY OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE DEAD SO I SAY HOW DARE YOU TRY TO MAKE THIS ANYTHING ELSE THAN WHAT IS OBVIOUSLY IS THIS WAS A HATE CRIME AND THE WORST SLAUGHTER -BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IT WAS- IN HUNDREDS OF YEARS AND IT WAS A HATE CRIME AGAINST THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY SO HOW DARE YOU TRY TO DOWNPLAY THIS TO A MENTAL ILLNESS AND AN AFFILIATION WITH ISIS BECAUSE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE DEAD AND YOU SAYING well this happens to other people all the time ERASES THE FACT THAT YES I KNOW THIS HAPPENS TO OTHER PEOPLE BUT THIS HAPPENED TO GAY PEOPLE AT A GAY NIGHTCLUB AND NOW A PLACE THAT SHOULD BE SAFE FOR MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND FOR ME IS NO LONGER SAFE BECAUSE A MAN WITH A GUN DECIDED THAT SINCE WE ARE DIFFERENT THAN HE IS WE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO LIVE
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Jun 20, 2016
Jun 20, 2016 at 3:39 PM UTC
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you say fifty people I SAY FIFTY GAY PEOPLE you say nightclub I SAY GAY NIGHTCLUB you say the shooter was mentally ill I SAY HOW DARE YOU PERPETUATE THE STIGMA THAT MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE ARE SOMEHOW DANGEROUS WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS NEUROTYPICALS THAT HAVE DONE HORRIBLE THINGS OF THEIR OWN VOLITION you say this was isis I SAY HOW DARE YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS ISLAMOPHOBIA THIS WAS THE WORK OF ONE MAN ONE MAN WITH A GUN AND NOW FIFTY OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE DEAD SO I SAY HOW DARE YOU TRY TO MAKE THIS ANYTHING ELSE THAN WHAT IS OBVIOUSLY IS THIS WAS A HATE CRIME AND THE WORST SLAUGHTER -BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IT WAS- IN HUNDREDS OF YEARS AND IT WAS A HATE CRIME AGAINST THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY SO HOW DARE YOU TRY TO DOWNPLAY THIS TO A MENTAL ILLNESS AND AN AFFILIATION WITH ISIS BECAUSE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE DEAD AND YOU SAYING well this happens to other people all the time ERASES THE FACT THAT YES I KNOW THIS HAPPENS TO OTHER PEOPLE BUT THIS HAPPENED TO GAY PEOPLE AT A GAY NIGHTCLUB AND NOW A PLACE THAT SHOULD BE SAFE FOR MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND FOR ME IS NO LONGER SAFE BECAUSE A MAN WITH A GUN DECIDED THAT SINCE WE ARE DIFFERENT THAN HE IS WE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO LIVE
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Jun 20, 2016
Jun 20, 2016 at 3:39 PM UTC
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