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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLOOK: This is the line of *HUNDREDS of people outside of Vitalant in West El Paso waiting to donate
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THIS is my America, and you fuckers can't break us.
dalton99a
(81,475 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,611 posts)tblue37
(65,340 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(9,985 posts)hlthe2b
(102,239 posts)malaise
(268,976 posts)demmiblue
(36,845 posts)Poiuyt
(18,123 posts)Disasters do occur, but that's when people come out to help however they can.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)This was murder most foul caused by republican ginned up hate and made possible by republican gun laws. Or lack thereof.
blm
(113,052 posts).
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)zackymilly
(2,375 posts)Delmette2.0
(4,164 posts)There is a nationwide donor shortage.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)the blood banks would very much prefer your platelets
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)It might be their way of saying "my El Paso isn't like that".
I remember there were crowds like that in Orlando after the shooting there.
My daughter wanted to drive 60 miles to donate but the news reports said
they had enough.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,329 posts)Lisa0825
(14,487 posts)calimary
(81,238 posts)Watching the pizza guy passing slices out, and seeing the bottled water donations, that kind of thing shows you there are still angels in our midst.
A comfort, however small, to know those gestures haven't died out completely.
rurallib
(62,411 posts)And now I am crying as we just got a note from a young friend in El Paso that he is OK.
SamKnause
(13,101 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,762 posts)warmfeet
(3,321 posts)We have been broken for a very long time. There are many, many caring, empathetic individuals in the good old U.S.A. There are many, many uncaring assholes in the U.S.A. The orange asshole worshipers are a symptom of our broken society. I have no confidence that it can be repaired, at this point. Prove me wrong. Please prove me wrong!
calimary
(81,238 posts)But they're okay with this domestic terrorism because heaven forbid somebody keep us from getting guns.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)what happened until I checked DU, I haven't been to the news section yet but it sounds like the fascists will be doing their hopes and prayers again.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)THEY are the ones whose donated blood is going into the victims right now