{"id":1831,"date":"2016-06-14T09:58:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T13:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/?p=1831"},"modified":"2016-06-15T07:32:05","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T11:32:05","slug":"no-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/no-words\/","title":{"rendered":"No words."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a writer I am no fucking good at expressing myself. Especially my feelings.<\/p>\n<p>I can't write anything about the Orlando shooting because...<\/p>\n<p>Well, I'll show you what's still inside me right now:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/scream.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1832\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/no-words\/scream\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/scream.gif?fit=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,167\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RAGE\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/scream.gif?fit=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1832 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/scream.gif?resize=300%2C167\" alt=\"RAGE\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, anything I say about Orlando will come out poisoned by rage and hatred, and the last thing the world needs is more of that.<\/p>\n<p>Instead:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/PulseVictimsFund\" target=\"_blank\">Donate money<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oneblood.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">donate blood<\/a>, donate your time. If you want to pray, go right ahead, but please, for fuck's sake, do <em>more<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13393932_10154366025064636_484146586656177339_n.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1833\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/no-words\/13393932_10154366025064636_484146586656177339_n\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13393932_10154366025064636_484146586656177339_n.jpg?fit=960%2C745&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,745\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Two Men Dancing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13393932_10154366025064636_484146586656177339_n.jpg?fit=960%2C745&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1833\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13393932_10154366025064636_484146586656177339_n-300x233.jpg?resize=300%2C233\" alt=\"Two Men Dancing\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13393932_10154366025064636_484146586656177339_n.jpg?resize=300%2C233&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13393932_10154366025064636_484146586656177339_n.jpg?resize=768%2C596&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13393932_10154366025064636_484146586656177339_n.jpg?resize=676%2C525&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13393932_10154366025064636_484146586656177339_n.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a writer I am no fucking good at expressing myself. Especially my feelings. I can&#8217;t write anything about the Orlando shooting because&#8230; Well, I&#8217;ll show you what&#8217;s still inside me right now: So, anything I say about Orlando will come out poisoned by rage and hatred, and the last thing the world needs is more of that. Instead: Donate. Donate money, donate blood, donate your time. If you want to pray, go right ahead, but please, for fuck&#8217;s sake, do more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[503,502,504,505],"class_list":["post-1831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-life","tag-donate","tag-orlando","tag-pulse","tag-rage"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4sexs-tx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1872,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/thank-you-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1831,"position":0},"title":"Thank you :)","author":"Bey","date":"June 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Between the shooting in Orlando (and subsequent idiocy online) and the mayor of Montr\u00e9al calling for a ban on pit bulls... 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