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Georgia judge shoots himself dead in his own courtroom on final day in office
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 31 Dec 2024
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After reading the comments here it’s plain to see that the moral compass of lemmy is directly proportional to how the hive-mind happens to feel about the victim.
It’s pretty shameful to see so many people salivate while climbing over one another to see who can make the best joke about a man that committed suicide.
It seems that every day, you all become more and more like Reddit.
Maybe kindess has to be respected. Otherwise if you behave like a monster all your life, you kind of deserve the monstrosity thrown back at you.
There’s a mile of broad daylight between cheering a suicide and just not saying anything at all.
Suicide isn’t something to make fun of. Despite who falls victim to it. I shouldn’t have to explain this to an adult.
Lately, I've been seriously questioning the number of adults on Lemmy. Undecided if it matters. But I definitely roll my eyes at a few comments and downvotes.
This thread in particular is starting to scare the fuck out of me. If you look at the modlog, someone got their comment deleted for saying that judges deserve to be raped and murdered.
Edit: We'll add the person who responded to me just now implying that forum moderators also deserve to be murdered. But hey, there's no underlying sickness here or anything.
Not raped, for sure. But…
But nothing. This entire thread is fucking sick. People have no fucking shame.
The shame is blindly supporting corruption. Anyone who abuses their power should be removed from power. From judges to mods.
Hitler? Just gonna pass by in silence? I get that on some level but ultimately it's too phony.
What do you know about this person that makes you say they have behaved like a monster all their lives?
Their whole job is putting people in cages or worse. Complete wackos in costumes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_religion
First of all, he wasn't born a judge.
Secondly, what is your proposed alternative to a judicial system?
The problem with reddit isn't actually people being consoled by the death of violent torturers.