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As you certainly know by now, early Sunday morning,
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there was another senseless shooting this time at a dance club, in Orlando, Florida.
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A dance club.
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It left 49 people dead, which is the largest loss of life due to a terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 911.
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I know everyone is angry right now and not really knowing how to react.
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But this is a time where people are looking to us as a country, and how we will react.
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This country was built on the idea that we do not all agree on everything.
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That we are a tolerant, free nation, that encourages debate, free-thinking, believing (or not) in what you choose.
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I, as a new father, am thinking, "What do I tell my kids? What do I tell them about this?
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What can we learn from this?
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What if my kids are gay?
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What do I tell them?”
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Maybe there's a lesson from all this.
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A lesson in tolerance. We need to support each other's differences and worry less about our own opinions.
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Get back to debate, and away from believing or supporting the idea that
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if someone doesn't live the way you want them to live, you just buy a gun and kill them.
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bomb them up
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That is not okay.
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we need to get back to being brave enough to accept that we have different opinions, and that's okay.
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Because that's what America is built on.
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The idea that we can stand up and speak our minds and live our lives,
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and not be punished for that.
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Or mocked on the internet,
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or killed by someone you don't know.
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This is just one bad guy here.
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49 good people,
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and 1 bad guy.
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And there will always be more good than evil.
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When I think of Orlando, I think of nothing but fun, and joy, and families.
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If anyone can do it, you can.
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Keep loving each other, keep respecting each other, and keep on dancing.
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We'll be right back.