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Osama bin Laden had kids. Heck one of his kids was shot in the raid that killed him too.
Not one of these news outlets called for a moment of remembering the humanity of them, right?
Murder is wrong, murdering a murder isn't good, but let's not pretend to have principles on the matter if we don't have them
Not one of the people cheering for Thompson’s death had actually heard of Thompson before this.
They are cheering because of his job title. This has nothing to do with Thompson’s character or who he was.
This man is an asshole
It's funny. When I started reading about him, I found him to be just exactly the sort of person to be running the worst health fund in America
This assumes the kids didn't already hate his guts.
Literally fatherless behavior
Not a meme.
What is a meme?
By Dawknin's original definition (cultural) memes are ideas, behaviors, styles, or practices that spread within a culture by imitation (Greek mimema, meaning "imitated") and carry symbolic meaning. Some examples would be the "Keep Calm And Carry On" posters during WW2, the concept of the "American Dream" or toasting with glasses.
However in this context we're talking about internet memes which is not synonymous with cultural memes. An internet meme is a picture or video that is funny, ironic, or relateable.
Or... maybe, just maybe, people can have the opinions they want and have their reasons for them.
The idea I have to consider my parents' role as my parents undermined if they did something scam-ish is arguably appalling.
This is turning into a collective shame kind of culture.
Man. Keep the kids out of the discourse. Have a little class.
I'm sure that seems like the right way to feel. But honestly his kids will grow up to hurt poor people just like their dad.
Nobody cares about his kids and they were not a topic of discussion until media pulled them in.
If you gonna do this moral grand standing, talk to the big media.