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- gun nut insists 6 year olds getting shot in elementary school are a necessary sacrifice so that we can all have the 2nd amendment *gets shot at a school

- gun nut literally advocated for public executions to make kids stronger *gets shot in public in front of a bunch of students

- gun nut was an open racist, who constantly tried to incite race wars *got shot by a white guy in the whitest state in america

- gun nut insists empathy is fake *no empathy for him online, except from the same people who gleefully mock the deaths of trans people and Democrat politicians and anyone they don't like on a daily basis

Rest in peace Thomas, I never hated you even when the world mocked you endlessly. 20 was too young to go and people need more empathy for those struggling. It’s a shame where we are now and the decline of America, it’s a shame we even got anywhere near this point at all.

My heart is with Thomas’s family today, though they will almost certainly not see this at all I can only hope they are aware that there are people out there who lend empathy and compassion to their loved one even when it isn’t to anyone’s safety to do so loudly. I can assure that many quiet ones out there care and wish Thomas was still here even if they won’t say it outloud.

Thank you to the small but close knit community I have met over the past year who dedicate research and time to keep Thomas’s memory alive. If anyone ever feels alone or is struggling always reach out, strangers care and do not even know it until they find it out themselves.

Image of the chessboard for the visually impaired, designed & 3D printed by Thomas Crooks.