caro
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Post by caro on Aug 13, 2014 17:26:42 GMT
Evil!
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Post by 1lear on Aug 13, 2014 17:33:51 GMT
That's horrible. I can't imagine the hell his family is going through, especially being in the public eye.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2014 17:38:49 GMT
I don't get it either. She is already mourning one of the greatest losses we face as humans and to add that negativity is vicious in my opinion. She had to delete her social media because of it. Who the heck are these people and why are they so incredibly mean? Do some people never develop empathy and sympathy?
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Post by jmd74 on Aug 13, 2014 17:41:53 GMT
Wrong on so many levels!
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Post by cade387 on Aug 13, 2014 17:57:13 GMT
I agree!
I was also disheartened to see that folks are using his death to post about politics. This isn't the time or place, people!
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Post by chlerbie on Aug 13, 2014 17:59:41 GMT
These are the kinds of things I just don't understand at all--being so incredibly cruel to someone who's just had such a terrible loss. What a miserable life these people must lead to have to do something so vile.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 13, 2014 18:02:07 GMT
I can't imagine doing that to my worst enemy. I certainly can't imagine doing it to someone you don't even know.
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Post by Aheartfeltcard on Aug 13, 2014 18:03:15 GMT
Nothing surprises me any more. Remember two peas before Facebook and Twitter? Too much social networking has made life ugly.
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Post by BoilerUp! on Aug 13, 2014 18:09:25 GMT
Disgusting . . . . People are SICK!
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inkedup
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Post by inkedup on Aug 13, 2014 18:11:10 GMT
How broken and cruel do you have to be to even consider doing that to a grieving daughter? That poor family. I hope they are able to grieve privately.
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Post by Laura in OK on Aug 13, 2014 19:19:11 GMT
I agree it is absolutely disgusting for people to do that. However, I did read that she posted a comment to those trolls something to the effect that she is sure her dad is giggling and sending a million pigeons to crap on their cars right after they wash them. So good for her! So sad that this happens, but i love her response to them!
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Nink
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Post by Nink on Aug 13, 2014 19:30:29 GMT
Clearly people are capable of unspeakable cruelty behind the bravado of a computer screen.
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Post by disneypal on Aug 13, 2014 19:38:22 GMT
I really wish (hope) that there was some cyber bullying crime division that is dedicated to track down these types of scum to persecute them in some way, shape or form...be it for this instance or others similar. Disgusting and evil. I wish that too - there should be repercussions for people that do things like that. How awful, mean and cruel.
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bomo
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Jun 26, 2014 15:54:49 GMT
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Post by bomo on Aug 13, 2014 19:44:23 GMT
Speechless. So sorry for the family.
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Post by lovetodigi on Aug 13, 2014 19:45:07 GMT
Evil is an understatement. That poor family is having to endure enough pain right now, without garbage like this being done to them. Disgusting.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2014 21:55:48 GMT
That's just sick! I'll never understand what kind of mentality these people have. What is it in their life that has made them so devoid of any feeling and to be so evil?
We do have a law here in the UK that covers this kind of thing and you can be prosecuted under the 2003 Communications Act if you send "by means of a public electronic communications network a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing nature" It still goes on but there have been quite a few prosecutions carrying a jail sentence.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2014 21:58:51 GMT
How do people even think of stuff like that? Because I can guarantee that even if I had 100 years to think about it, doing something like that would never occur to me. I truly think that dishonest and mean people must have REALLY different brains than the rest of us.
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Post by transprntbutterfly on Aug 13, 2014 22:53:34 GMT
WTF is wrong with some people?
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Post by mztfied on Aug 13, 2014 22:58:44 GMT
To have this added to that family's grief is awful.
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Post by sues on Aug 13, 2014 23:40:51 GMT
Please tell me it was photoshopped.
There isn't someone in the morgue that evil, right?
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Post by Native New Yorker on Aug 13, 2014 23:52:28 GMT
Absolutely shameful.
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Post by scrapqueen01 on Aug 13, 2014 23:56:50 GMT
My dh found a facebook page about masturbation called Stop Mastburbation Now and it had an "article" claiming Robin Williams died from auto-erotic masturbation. Yeah people are sick.
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Post by donna on Aug 14, 2014 0:33:22 GMT
scrapqueen01, those claims were part of the reason the medical examiner made the point of saying that Robin Williams was found fully clothed.
I am so sad for Robin's family. The fact that people are using this situation to be cruel is horrible.
When my sister committed suicide almost 27 years ago, some people said some horrible things. We were already living a nightmare and people had to add more to it.
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Post by christaw on Aug 14, 2014 0:46:09 GMT
Sickening and so sad!!
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Post by librarylady on Aug 14, 2014 0:51:48 GMT
From the sheriff in a nearby county:
With the recent death of Robin Williams be on the lookout for internet scams, especially on social media. You should expect to see "reports" of officer affidavits, the autopsy or even so called pictures or videos from the death scene.
Don't fall for it; don't ever click on the links. They're almost always bogus and will infect your computer.
Be smart and don't fall for it.
Thanks again for your continued support.
Sincerely,
Sheriff Bob Alford
Johnson County Sheriff's Office
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azredhead
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Jun 25, 2014 22:49:18 GMT
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Post by azredhead on Aug 14, 2014 2:22:47 GMT
I wondered how on earth how it would be legit?? It's HORRIBLE - WTF is wrong with people!
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 14, 2014 4:02:38 GMT
That's the problem with Twitter, it is so anonymous. At least with Facebook there is usually less anonymity.
I would hope that the friends and followers of these vile people are calling them out on what they have posted.
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Post by ametallichick on Aug 14, 2014 4:09:12 GMT
Like is daughter isn't suffering enough and some ass hat has to come around and make it even worse!
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marianne
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Post by marianne on Aug 14, 2014 5:00:18 GMT
I heard on our NBC news tonight that there were two people responsible for the negative comments and they were suspended from both Twitter and Facebook. Twitter also said they would be reevaluating their policy regarding death and how it's handled. I think that's a good start.
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michellegb
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Post by michellegb on Aug 14, 2014 9:11:52 GMT
These are the kinds of things I just don't understand at all--being so incredibly cruel to someone who's just had such a terrible loss. What a miserable life these people must lead to have to do something so vile. Mean people suck and make me sad that the people can actually treat someone this way.
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