The killers of Trayvon Martin, Jordon Davis, and countless more, "othered" these young men as well, and blasted them away, depriving them the opportunity of fulfilling their life's possibilities.
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When they say all lives matter and blue lives matter but have no empathy whatsoever for the countless black men, women and children, Latino men, women and children Native American men, women and children, LGBTQ and countless more that have suffered and lost their lives because of these afflictions, pay them no mind.
We have taken to heart the names of our martyred young men and women even while knowing there are countless more besides: Trayvon Martin.
By the time Nixon, Kissinger, Abrams, et. al admitted the war in Vietnam could not be won millions more men, women and children had been killed and wounded, countless families shattered, and an entire eco-system destroyed.
As N.F.L. injuries have increased — three more men, paralyzed to varying degrees, have been carried off a field since that day; countless others, concussed, have wobbled to the sidelines — the memory of that day has almost become an afterthought.
There are countless more recent others.
He tortured, maimed and imprisoned countless more.
Countless more survived beatings, shootings, and whippings.
