Good evening everyone and
welcome to The Magical Mystery Blog.
You know, as mysterious as
this blog is life is also mysterious. It’s strange how on the same day gay pride
parades are held everywhere, the largest mass shooting in America against homosexuals
takes place.
Pulse, a gay nightclub was
where 50 victims fell to Omar Mateen’s artillery on June 12th, 2016
in Orlando, Florida. Mrteen held people hostage in the bathroom, praised ISIS
to the police while making the attack, and was ultimately shot by officials.
Mateen has been noted as a
suspicious character from abusing his wife to purchasing guns as a part of his
security job at G4 Secure Solutions – one of the world’s biggest private
security companies. From 2013- 2014, he was interviewed by the FBI due to his
remarks regarding ISIS and suicide bombers. They halted his investigation
because they found nothing to keep continuing it.
However, no sooner this
tragedy unraveled another one nearly sparked in Santa Monica, California.
James Howell had informed a police officer that he was going to harm the gay
pride parade. This message was tweeted, only for the officer to retract what
Howell had said, believing there was a
miscommunication. Howell was still
detained for his extensive and harmful collection located in his car when he
made that statement. There has been no connection between him and Mateen.
Vigils and ceremonies for
the passing innocents have been held throughout the nation. People have been
donating blood to those who have suffered an incredible blood loss from the
incident. Celebrities and government officials have given their respectful
thoughts and prayers to this situation.
The absolute rage I feel about
this incident is unfathomable. Even collecting information for this entry is
just filling me with even more anger. For the record, I am a heterosexual woman
with many bisexual, homosexual, and transgender friends and I stand by them.
Frankly, I’m proud of them for their bravery to be themselves in a dark and
cruel world. They’re wonderful people. For this to occur as well as the
homophobic comments that followed this situation (most notably Trump’s
unneeded, unnecessary, unwanted ego stroke) have indefinitely caused
my blood to boil.
It feels as though we took
three steps forward and two steps back. Three steps forward in allowing
homosexuals to marry everywhere, fighting for their rights as well as
transgender rights, and generally improving on the LQBT community. Two steps
backward in the prejudice still shown to this collective group and now this
ungodly shooting. We need to be on the same level.
Always advancing forward
and yet, there will always be people like Omar Mateen and James Howell. These
people are viruses in our society that must be reprimanded in proper fashion.
From these horrific situations, we must find the strength to be there for each
other regardless of sexuality. We must accept each other for who we are and
what we are. Homosexuals, bisexuals, transgenders, and other sexuals are no
different from heterosexuals because in the end we’re all humans who want to
love who we love without repercussions.
I believe John Lennon said
something years ago that still holds true to this day : “all you need is love.”
All we need is love and love can come in many forms of acceptance, friendship,
strength, and comfort. I know it’s an incredibly overused phrase to say,
but it still rings true. All we need is love to love each other, all we need is
strength to lift each other, all we need is acceptance to embrace our
fellow brethren and sisters, all we need is friendship to understand each other
better, all we need is love. Love is all we need.
Thank you for reading
tonight’s entry. If you enjoyed it, feel free to share, subscribe, comment, and
critique.
So tell me, what are your
thoughts on this ungodly massacre?
