To celebrate, Mina Lobo from Some Dark Romantic is holding a blogfest!
Here's her pitch: For Resurrection Blogfest II, I invite folks to resurrect a blog post published between November 8, 2012 and November 6, 2013 (or, since my first Resurrection Blogfest, whether you participated or not) that you think ought to see the light of day one more time before it shuffles off this mortal coil.
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I chose this blog post because it seemed to resonate with some folks and because it's still relevant.
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12/17/2012Dear [_______],
Dear News Media, you suck. Whatever happened to journalism? Fact finding? Truth before reporting? You're nothing more than sleazy lawyers hanging out in hospital parking lots looking for unsuspecting clients. I stopped watching your sensationalist 'news' a long time ago and I refuse to start again until you grow the fuck up.
Dear Law Enforcement officials, you're stronger than they are. Don't cave to the news media and government officials when they beg and threaten you for inaccurate crumbs to feed to the tabloid media machine. Just say no.
Dear Law Enforcement and First Responders, we love you. We're so sorry that you have to see such terrible things. We hope our love and support is enough to get you through each day. There is no one we trust more than you.
Dear Mr. President, don't tell the people that we will do everything we can so that this terrible tragedy doesn't happen again. You can't prevent them. No one can. If someone wants to harm others they will. It's not pretty but its the truth.
Dear Families in Newtown, we are all thinking of you. We are all sending our love and support. We are so sorry. We know it can never be enough.
Dear America, nothing is black and white. You should know that by now. It's not something we can fix by saying if we take away A then B will never happen. Life doesn't work that way.
Stop trying to place blame everywhere except where it belongs.
It's not non-religious people vs. religious people. It's not gun owners vs. non-gun owners. It's not Democrats vs. Republicans.
It's just people. We need to care more. We need to pay more attention to our kids. We need to help each other.
And not just when tragedy strikes.
I'm sure my words aren't new. I'm sure my words will anger some. But, they are my words and I will stand by them.
My heart breaks for these children. The same age as my own son. I had the luxury of waking him for school this morning. I didn't want to let him out of my sight and I cried after I put him on the bus. If you knew me, you would know that was rare.
My comfort is this, for every [insert deviant type here] out there, who wants to harm others to fill whatever hole they have in their lives, there are thousands of good people doing the right thing for others without wanting a thing in return.
Maybe one day the news media will report those stories.
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And yet nothing has changed! Truly sad!
ReplyDeleteI live in CT, 30 minutes from Newtown. I have friends in Newtown. It was a horrible event. All the news coverage couldn't possibly begin to show the devastating heartbreak we all felt here. I agree with Yolanda, so sad nothing has changed.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what the answer is. Of course it's not as simple as take A away and B won't happen again, but I think the saddest thing is the dialogue to try and reach a compromise seems to be over and the mass shootings continue.
Sadly it still is very true. And we do need to care more.
ReplyDeleteA very powerful letter.
ReplyDelete"It's not non-religious people vs. religious people. It's not gun owners vs. non-gun owners. It's not Democrats vs. Republicans.
ReplyDeleteIt's just people. We need to care more. We need to pay more attention to our kids. We need to help each other.
And not just when tragedy strikes."
Amen, Heather. Amen. Thanks for this, I agree 100%, and thanks for joining in the 'hop. <3
I was horrified when this happened, and I still am. The finger-pointing that follows doesn't help, either.
ReplyDeleteI agree that we need to pay more attention. When we see someone who is struggling, someone who may be capable of harming themselves or others, we need to reach out and try to make a difference.
Tragedy will still happen, but life will be better all around for everyone if we all make an effort to take care of each other.
Great Post, Heather! So true! People need to take care of people. Unity and Respect goes a long way!
ReplyDeleteIt absolutely breaks my heart that this is still so relevant and could so easily be applied to so many other horrific events which have taken place since then.
ReplyDeleteStand by your words and we stand by you.
Thanks for the visit and follow. I'm following you too now (via Bloglovin). Have a lovely day.
ReplyDeleteWe do need to do more for each other. The news from that day still makes me cry.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your great comments and for visiting me today!
ReplyDeleteHeather
Very powerful. I got chills. Thanks for resurrecting this.
ReplyDeleteMy heart breaks for those families as the first anniversary draws nearer.
ReplyDeleteThis was a very powerful post.
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Never a truer word spoken - or written - and I'm sure there are many, MANY, more people out there who agree, just as I do. Great post to resurrect.
ReplyDeleteI love it! I think sometimes we're afraid to say what we really think for fear of being ostracized. Maybe you don't fall into that category, but I hate that we can't always be completely open with what we thing. Barring situations of tact.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the blog love everyone!
ReplyDeleteHeather