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ForgedCrank

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29. It's also inappropriate and unbecoming.

Reply to DURHAM D (Reply #22)

Sun Nov 21, 2021, 11:01 PM

Nov 2021

I find it to be in the poorest taste. We are supposed to be better.

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Have we really sunk to the point [View all] sarisataka Nov 2021 OP

Context? dhol82 Nov 2021 #1

The event in Waukesha sarisataka Nov 2021 #4

Did not know dhol82 Nov 2021 #7

Read virtually any thread sarisataka Nov 2021 #9

Damn. dhol82 Nov 2021 #10

Gallows humor is nothing new. TDale313 Nov 2021 #17

Oh, God, are you serious? People are joking about this? Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #2

Yes Hav Nov 2021 #3

Pick any thread. BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #8

I'm horrified by what I'm reading here in various threads. BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #5

Writing them as a defense mechanism, defensible Diablo del sol Nov 2021 #6

It's social commentary. Gore1FL Nov 2021 #11

No. Really it's not. BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #13

My post stated that the SUV was acting in self-defense. Gore1FL Nov 2021 #25

Nah, it's both AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2021 #26

LOL! Yeah! children dying! Gore1FL Nov 2021 #37

You can get as defensive as you want. BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #67

So, because of recent justice failures, you respond by joking about kids getting run over? Lancero Nov 2021 #38

No. I am making fun of WI justice. Gore1FL Nov 2021 #39

No, you're making fun of kids getting run over. Lancero Nov 2021 #42

Post removed Post removed Nov 2021 #46

So your first reaction to a horrific tragic event onenote Nov 2021 #43

My first post or my first concern? Gore1FL Nov 2021 #45

Their first reaction is to speak from their hearts. Lancero Nov 2021 #51

I think the last response is but validation. ForgedCrank Nov 2021 #56

Boom! BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #68

+1. Conventional critiques are usually ineffective at exposing radius777 Nov 2021 #52

It appears so n/t Devil Child Nov 2021 #12

Lefties used to be compassionate and left that kind of thing Raine Nov 2021 #14

This site has changed so much. BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #16

Press conference confirms loss of life Devil Child Nov 2021 #15

People desperately want to feel like these things happen elsewhere, to other people. And if they can WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2021 #18

How embarrassing. I just read a post saying that the suspects Boomerproud Nov 2021 #19

I saw that too. BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #20

I think they were 100% serious BradAllison Nov 2021 #88

It is disgusting ripcord Nov 2021 #21

It is not about "jokes" DURHAM D Nov 2021 #22

This tragedy has zilch to do with that trial. BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #23

Settle down. DURHAM D Nov 2021 #24

... greenjar_01 Nov 2021 #32

Settle down. Lancero Nov 2021 #41

Reading is fundamental. nt DURHAM D Nov 2021 #47

So is a conscience. Lancero Nov 2021 #49

Neither am I. DURHAM D Nov 2021 #53

And so is knowing that some things aren't acceptable to joke about. Lancero Nov 2021 #54

I hope it doesn't rain. DURHAM D Nov 2021 #57

Oh my! BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #72

Why'd you answer then? BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #69

Some people really want to get their shots in AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2021 #27

It's also inappropriate and unbecoming. ForgedCrank Nov 2021 #29

Accidentally saw your Judge Schroeder post on this unsigned-in greenjar_01 Nov 2021 #31

Truly, it makes me ill when I see it. ForgedCrank Nov 2021 #28

A hit dog will holler greenjar_01 Nov 2021 #30

A child hit by an SUV will holler, scream, and die Devil Child Nov 2021 #33

Oh so clever greenjar_01 Nov 2021 #34

So, if this had happened to a majority black crowd, and a white man did it...you'd feel the same? BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #70

No, that poster is speaking truth, not making jokes about dead children. BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #71

Greenjar is right Diablo del sol Nov 2021 #66

I saw that Skittles Nov 2021 #35

I don't get it either MustLoveBeagles Nov 2021 #58

It's more cynicism than jokes. liberalmediaaddict Nov 2021 #36

I see what your saying and agree with much of it MustLoveBeagles Nov 2021 #60

It's been an unfortunate feature on DU for as long as I've been here onenote Nov 2021 #40

It bothers me. Ive been reading here for probably a decade now, ForgedCrank Nov 2021 #59

Yes exactly. People feel how they feel but what you say aloud or Raine Nov 2021 #65

I'm not sure what jokes you're referring to, but people process trauma differently cadoman Nov 2021 #44

wow YoshidaYui Nov 2021 #48

It's frustration and satire, radius777 Nov 2021 #50

I see some convoluted logic here, but maybe not where you do. onenote Nov 2021 #55

Just learned that a family member who coaches a dance team in Waukesha onenote Nov 2021 #61

I'm glad that your family member and her team are okay MustLoveBeagles Nov 2021 #63

Thanks. onenote Nov 2021 #64

Yeah, we wouldn't be seeing these pathetic "jokes" were circumstances a bit different. BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #73

Very glad your relative and friends sarisataka Nov 2021 #74

thanks onenote Nov 2021 #75

That is way too close to home onenote Devil Child Nov 2021 #89

Yes it was. We have a lot of family in the Waukesha area. onenote Nov 2021 #92

No. Texasgal Nov 2021 #62

There are some sick and racist folks that will celebrate and dismiss madville Nov 2021 #76

Those people made choices. And many of them went public proud of it. BradAllison Nov 2021 #81

I am not sure the life expectancy of African American males dropping by two years cinematicdiversions Nov 2021 #90

They weren't the ones proudly voicing their lack of vax status to every CNN reporter in a diner n/m BradAllison Nov 2021 #91

Unfortunately, some prominent athletes (Black and White) were publicly taking an anti-vac stance onenote Nov 2021 #93

And they got blasted here as they should BradAllison Nov 2021 #95

Spot on. nt BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #82

+1 Madville!!!! n/t Devil Child Nov 2021 #87

Dichotomy GusBob Nov 2021 #77

We've at least sunk to the point where people don't understand the functions of black comedy. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2021 #78

I enjoy gallows humor as much as anyone BradAllison Nov 2021 #80

The prohibition on call-outs makes these threads futile endeavors. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2021 #84

I did it in another thread, BradAllison Nov 2021 #86

This message was self-deleted by its author onenote Nov 2021 #94

There used to be such a prohibition, but I don't think that's the case anymore. nt BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #96

My sig line is my response. Aristus Nov 2021 #79

No, but I believe many have become complacent or numb to it. KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2021 #83

Saw those too. AngryOldDem Nov 2021 #85

"We"..no. Some folks have, but most have not. Captain Stern Nov 2021 #97