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Post by queenzod on Mar 23, 2021 1:14:28 GMT
So there’s just been a mass shooting this afternoon in my town. It was in south Boulder, Colorado in a large grocery store I’ve been in probably 100 times. Multiple casualties (they won’t say how many), including a police officer.
Christ, I hate this country. Please send us good thoughts. I’m very upset! 😣
oh, and they have a suspect in hospital. White guy, of course.
update: 10 dead, including a police officer. My town is shook.
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Post by mllemass on Mar 23, 2021 4:25:33 GMT
This must be so scary for you! I’m glad you’re safe. I hope the shooter doesn’t get any sympathy in the media. I’m so tired of hearing excuses for the actions of killers.
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Post by queenzod on Mar 23, 2021 4:42:41 GMT
Nobody knows anything about him at this point but I agree with you. Right now it’s the futile search for a motive, like that makes any difference at all. Upset white guy, just like dozens of others. I’m disgusted, but safe and starting to calm down now. Thank you! 🤗
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Post by MagdaFR on Mar 23, 2021 6:27:40 GMT
I thought of you when I saw what was happening. Then I checked on twitter that you were safe.
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Post by queenzod on Mar 23, 2021 7:38:00 GMT
Thanks, Magda. 🤗
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Post by roverpup on Mar 23, 2021 11:58:39 GMT
Sounds really scary QZ!
And it seems like something that would shake you to the emotional core.
In some small way (infinitesimally small way) I sort of was shaken because of a murder that happened in our town (we've never had a mass shooting). The woman who was murdered was someone I worked fairly closely with for 7 years. I wasn't a friend of her but I worked side by side with her for all that time and now she was murdered. And they STILL haven't caught the perpetrator! It's a rare unsolved murder in our city. Very, very disturbing and it gives me a strange feeling to actually have known her personally.
This happened in late January and I still find myself thinking about it.
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Post by ellie on Mar 23, 2021 13:15:34 GMT
Dreadful news QZ. You must have had such a shock. A friend’s sister lives not too far from Boulder so I checked in to see if all was well. She was saying what a nice town Boulder is and it was such a shock to have something like that happen there. But I guess nowhere is safe from the gun toting maniacs.
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Post by queenzod on Mar 23, 2021 18:22:39 GMT
I’m in complete shock and rather depressed today, which is normal, I suppose. Been seriously thinking about moving out of this hellhole of a country to the British Isles somewhere, but the UK govt is just as stupid as ours, so 🤷🏻♀️
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Post by ellie on Mar 23, 2021 19:45:46 GMT
I’m in complete shock and rather depressed today, which is normal, I suppose. Been seriously thinking about moving out of this hellhole of a country to the British Isles somewhere, but the UK govt is just as stupid as ours, so 🤷🏻♀️ You can come to Ireland QZ. Our Gov isn’t too bad by comparison. Only problem is we have the strictest lockdown in Europe right now so the social highlight of your day will be getting to go for a walk within a 5km radius of your house! It is sooooooooooo boring, you might be better off taking your chances in the US.
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Post by queenzod on Mar 23, 2021 19:58:39 GMT
Ireland’s top of my list, actually. Maybe I can live in some old, falling down famine cottage in the west and ignore the rest of the world, lol.
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