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Andrew Nemr, hello:

I am just seeing your powerful Notes. I would have definitely dropped this link on the countless posts following the senseless killing of Kirk. People could benefit, emotionally; perhaps even physiologically. Could this tragedy simply be a severe case of one individual denying The First Amendment rights of another human being. Charlie Kirk was silenced. We should be sad based on this alone. Oh..."Good afternoon. I'm hear to speak to you about ..and you may or may not agree.' Then here come the rifles. Are we desensitized? Absolutely. The truth is America is to blame. We're a nation built on violence, imperialism, genocide, free labor, etc. It's a long list.

I thought about Erika Kirk, and her innocent children, Kirk's children - who are now without a father. They join the dozens of American children who were raised by their mothers, because their fathers served the country in one way or another. Husbands, fathers, brothers and sons, gone too soon. The idea that it's business as usual, is sad. It's like the saying, if a tree falls and no one is there, does it make a sound... I'm paraphrasing, but if none sheds a tear, publicly, it's misleading.

I think we are sad...and sadly, we are just overwhelmed and would rather say," I'll think about it tomorrow."

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