I'm crying watching Lawrence, Kansas welcome the Algerian football team to the U.S. Why can't it always be like this?

[Aristus]

Such hospitality. Such warmth and love. Such excitement for people meeting each other who otherwise might not have had the opportunity.

This is the United States I want us to be. The United States we could be.

Anyway, I needed some joy, and this was it...

[DinahMoeHum]

1. Lawrence, KS is a university town. . .

. . .so it's rather cosmopolitan.

[erronis]

9. It's a blue bump (Mt. Oread) on the red plains.

It may be cosmopolitan in its tiny footprint, but go 3-4 miles in any direction and say hello to rural America. Kansas City has its blue areas tho.

Lived in Lawrence from 1966-1975 - good times and bad times. We had two students shot by the National Guard around the same time as Kent State.

[wcmagumba]

2. This is great. I love Lawrence and KU although I didn't attend school or live there. I lived in nearby Overland Park...

and attended concerts and sporting events in Lawrence. A beautiful welcoming college town. I highly recommend a visit...

[maxsolomon]

3. Lawrence is where WS Burroughs spent his last years.

If there's 1 place to live in Kansas, Lawrence is it.

[erronis]

10. James Gunn also.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Gunn

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. Lawrence is a really artsy intellectual kind of place.

Lots of weaving and other kinds of art. Lots of
College kids.

It's a fun place.

[spooky3]

5. Very nice. Here are Norwegian fans rowing up the escalator:

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[MontanaMama]

6. I have found that any small gesture of kindness

levels me to tears these days. We all need these moments of joy more than ever before. Thank you for sharing this one.

[MustLoveBeagles]

7. There are still a lot good people in this country

[SamuelTheThird]

8. Argentinean and Algerian fans were fighting in Times Square today

[3catwoman3]

11. I'm crying just reading your post.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

12. Me too.

[Aristus]

14. ...

[Amaryllis]

13. Which show? I want to catch it later.

[Initech]

15. This country has so much potential that's been foolishly squandered.

By bloodthirsty propagandists, corrupt and greedy billionaires, and of course, the asshole in chief himself.

We are better than they are. We can beat them. We've done it before. We can do it again.

[electric_blue68]

16. I went and found the TV report on YT...

Qute wonderful!

TY for mentioning it.