Christina Grimmie and shooting against the lgbt+ community
This has been some terrible days for the world. Beside of the two things mentioned in the title, there has been some just as terrible actions in Lebanon and other places. I havn’t had the time to read into those things, so I am not gonna focus on them in this post, but keep in mind, that just because they happen in another part of the world, doesn’t mean I think they’re not as horrible. That’s one of the saddest things in this world. Yes, terror organisations make terroractions in the western part of the world, and that’s terrible. But what’s even more terrible is that things like this (even sometimes done by us), happens double (if not more) as many times as it does here. And only rarely the media tell us about it. When such actions happens in the US and Europa it’s terror. But when we do it to the east part of the world it’s power and control.... Exactly the same actions, just different names, so the world leaders don’t feel as terrible about it as they should. And so that everybody just buys it, and not stand up against it. So unfair.
That, however, is another talk. As written in the title I will be talking about Christina Grimmie and the Orlando shootings.
To be honest I didn’t knew who Christina Grimmie was before she got shot. I afterwards, watched her audition for The Voice, and oh my god, what a beautiful voice she had. So sad she had to die so young, and in such a way. When that’s said I want to point out that young people get killed everyday, and (don’t get me wrong), just because she was beautiful, talented, and probably kind, doesn’t mean we should treat her like a saint, just like we don’t do with anyone else who dies. Of course I think we should honor her, grief, pray for her family, have her in our thoughts and so on, but I’ve realized that lately, when famous people die, some people tend to stop their whole life, and act like the world is coming to an end. How come? I mean those people probably didn’t even know him or her. I understand when it’s someone close to you, but why act like that when someone famous die? It’s not that I don’t care they die, it just bothers me how people act like those famous peoples lives matters more than the ones in for example the east part of the world, who dies everyday because of war, terror, and hunger. I know we can’t grief for everyone who dies everyday, but I find it unfair, that famous people are being honored more, when those who die from, for example hunger, in most cases have struggled more up to their death. And don’t have the whole world to support them. I don’t know if any of that even made sense, but I have been thinking about it for a long time, and I really needed to get it out.
Now to the Orlando Shootings. How crazy, it’s not even three months ago I’ve been there. I was really chocked when I first heard. The people I saw on the street or in Wallmart could have been killed in this shooting. Or could have lost a family member, or a close friend. And when I saw them, they where just living their life, like always with no idea what would happen a couple months later. In the title I wrote “the shooting against the lgbt+ community”. I did that, because this was not just a shooting against a club. This was a shooting against a whole community of people, who just wants to live their life, and be able to love the person they love, and be the person they are. It’s difficult to discuss shootings like this in the USA, without talking about the gunlaw, which, now we’re talking about it, is the worst kind of bullshit I’ve ever heard.
This is an important point, and whoever end up being the president should consider the gunlaw as the first change in the US.
Scrolling down twitter I also saw someone who shared this facebook post:
These pictures tell almost everything I have to say about this. Change that god damn gunlaw.. Maybe even seek a little inspiration in a country like Denmark’s law about it....
- Filled (and very frustrated) heart
