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She may not be able to speak for herself, but I can and will. Please leave us out of your debate. Allow us to grieve in privacy and with dignity. At long last, show some decency.
He added: As I write this, I am watching Sen. John McCain lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda and know that evil will succeed only if good people do nothing. Both Mollie and Sen. McCain were good people. I know that both would stand up now and do something.
The person who is accused of taking Mollies life is no more a reflection of the Hispanic community as white supremacists are of all white people. To suggest otherwise is a lie, Tibbetts wrote.
To the Hispanic community, he added: My family stands with you and offers its heartfelt apology. That youve been beset by the circumstances of Mollies death is wrong. We treasure the contribution you bring to the American tapestry in all its color and melody.
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oberliner
(58,724 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)malaise
(269,053 posts)Lovely folks - I feel their pain.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,611 posts)This family needs to be left alone to grieve in private.
Cha
(297,298 posts)Thank You, ehrnst! Molly
IronLionZion
(45,451 posts)geretogo
(1,281 posts)pazzyanne
(6,556 posts)My nephew posted one of the Mollie memes on his page and I called him on it saying the family had requested that Mollie's death not be used politically. One of his friends started an argument stating that her death belonged to the nation in promoting the evils of the immigrant community. I told him that all decent people felt the family had a right to grieve the death of a beloved family member without seeing hateful speech concerning her death. No surprise, he did not get it - at all.
RIP. sweet Mollie, , and Condolences to Mollie's family.
Uncle Joe
(58,365 posts)Thanks for the thread ehrnst.
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)and tears. Mollie's father is a hero and a man of outstanding character.
c-rational
(2,593 posts)human beings. Thank you.
demigoddess
(6,641 posts)handicapped children. And she, as an hispanic, was very proud of the young man who made a 300 mile run to thank God for allowing his extremely handicapped daughter to live to be older than the doctors predicted. He was an hispanic cop in San Antonio, Texas. His story was in the movie, 300 Miles for Stephanie. Mrs Pacheco, I witnessed with my own eyes. Hispanics, people from Mexico are as good as it gets in the human realm. Nobody should toss them out of this country just because they are hispanic.