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76. There are some sick and racist folks that will celebrate and dismiss

Mon Nov 22, 2021, 11:04 AM

Nov 2021

Any tragedy they think involves white people in a right leaning area. They will claim gallows humor but do you think they would be joking if a white driver plowed through a group of Black people? Of course not.

Just look at some of the COVID threads, many posters celebrating the deaths of unvaccinated people because in their mind they have created an alternate reality where all unvaccinated people are Trump loving rednecks.

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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