i despair

I don't want to live in a country where this can happen.



More later. I'll write about our day and night later. Right now I'm too stunned, upset and depressed to write.

Comments

  1. Anonymous3 November 2004 at 12:06

    Please pull it together. We need to unite in our times of grief and get out of here.

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  2. Anonymous3 November 2004 at 12:11

    America is a hopeless sinking ship, I'm out of here. There is nothing worth fighting for there. The bigots, homophobes, racists and Christians are so mindless that they cannot be reasoned with.

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  3. laura k3 November 2004 at 12:35

    Anon #1: Thank you. I'm sure I will pull it together... but for now I need to grieve.

    Anon #2: You're right. They cannot be reasoned with because they do not value reason. As long as I live in this country, I'll fight to improve it. But I don't want to spend the rest of my time on earth fighting a losing battle. Let's get the hell out of here.

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