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Showing Original Post only (View all)Okay, I'm going on record. Jokes about the Boston bombing and certain political figures: Not funny. [View all]
Had no one died or been seriously injured, I'd say joke away. But with 3 dead and 145 injured: Too soon. Way too soon.
Give it a year. Or two.
Or five.
And while the joke is bad enough, the amount of Rec's it receives? Not really DU's proudest moment.
Sorry, don't mean to interject with this, but being that there's no more Meta.....
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Okay, I'm going on record. Jokes about the Boston bombing and certain political figures: Not funny. [View all]
Tommy_Carcetti
Apr 2013
OP
There are better things for people to show how clever they are by joking about. Much better n/t
Tom Rinaldo
Apr 2013
#1
Do you happen to recall when *one* poster at DU complained about the re-instated payroll taxes....
Tommy_Carcetti
Apr 2013
#12
but that poster isn't dumb, he's just completely inconsiderate and insensitive
CreekDog
Apr 2013
#19
Yup. It compounded poor taste. The now hidden post was more garden variety "black humor"
Tom Rinaldo
Apr 2013
#28
that poster isn't "dealing" with anything, they are posting elsewhere on DU like this is nothing
CreekDog
Apr 2013
#34
Yeah... someone makes a joke about rape at a survivors meeting. Happens all the time, right?
LanternWaste
Apr 2013
#38
When does typical Rush Limbaugh BS drivel cease being typical Rush Limbaugh drivel?
Tommy_Carcetti
Apr 2013
#37
I wasn't on the jury but I would have upheld it, though I wish it wasn't posted
Tom Rinaldo
Apr 2013
#25
a right? you can't post Obama birther stuff, nor Chemtrail nonsense, nor right wing talking points,
CreekDog
Apr 2013
#32
"a right" as stipulated in DU rules. They aren't always as specific as the examples you mention
Tom Rinaldo
Apr 2013
#41
i'm not yelling or blaming you, but you said 1) that you would have upheld the post
CreekDog
Apr 2013
#49
so after you see the guy with his feet blown off, you need to go to DU and joke about the marathon?
CreekDog
Apr 2013
#31
I was referring to the joke about Paul Ryan. Didn't see the one about the guy with his feet blown
cbdo2007
Apr 2013
#36
That's much more offensive than the Paul Ryan joke....because the victims are part of the joke.
cbdo2007
Apr 2013
#44
i'm reacting to your words --you suggested what we needed was a laugh b/c of this tragedy
CreekDog
Apr 2013
#45
Being sensitive about a tragedy and laughing at a stupid joke are two separate issues.
cbdo2007
Apr 2013
#47