Go eat a bag of dicks
@Basher! Fuck Kobe Bryant! He died in a fucking accident, on his own airline, flying in shitty conditions...why? Because he didn't have a care in the world and wanted to get to the girls basketball tournament in time. Sad, yes. Tragic, yes. No one is celebrating. Lots of us have a dark sense of humor, because while we didn't know this basketball player we do know Death personally. Posting jokes in bad humor, too soon, is a coping mechanism for a lot of people and moral outrage at it looks stupid.
What is really disgusting is the media reaction to his death, including yours, like he is somehow worthy of national adulation because he was good at putting a rubber ball in a net ringed hole. "Kobe Bryant, and everyone else on that helo", says it all.
Those soldiers volunteered to suffer, and to be scared, and to place themselves in real danger of being mutilated or killed, but even if they survive to have their souls burned for all time in the crucible of war, why? For money? For fame? For your adulation? So faggots can say, "Thank you for your service", to them? No. For God, for Country, and for YOU! They were killed by an enemy of America, and really an enemy of all free people everywhere; an enemy who would slit your throat just as soon as look at you. THEY are ACTUAL heroes, who had actual courage. They were not media created pretend ones like this basketball player, who worked hard at a sport and was given fame and fortune for it, and that continues to be lauded and celebrated from all corners.
Kobe Bryant died in a tragic accident. They died for NOTHING. Those soldiers died for something, and a big part of that something is you. If you can't see the contrast, and how sick the media culture has become, which was Tuckers whole, well-made point, but you want to focus on this athlete because he's your real hero, then fucking fine. But your comments are simply contrarian bullshit that completely misses the point. Then again, maybe you completely buy in to this whole media driven fantasy, which is also your prerogative.
Mourn away, but keep your preachy bullshit to yourself. You are in the moral swamp with all your media buddies on this one, and there are a million places on the web were you can go and pretend how deeply you care, and preach to the choir and get away with it. I'm proud to say that this place isn't one of them.
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