People are just vile

[holymoly56]

Numerous stories about the tragic air India crash all over my socials at the moment. The comments sections are fucking grim. Racist jokes, racist comments, conspiracy theories about the sole survivor, not to mention the gutter press posting photos and names presumably before passengers have been formally identified and families informed.

It’s as though people have become so detached from reality they just don’t care. The fact so many people actually died in such a horrible way seems to be lost on them. No sympathy, not even a respectful silence…they all just want to stick their two penneth in. It’s really bothered me today.

I’ve not seen any but I don’t really read news, mainly watch it on tv and listen on the radio so thankfully I’ve avoided it all. Only seen it mentioned on here - absolutely sickening. Makes me so sad to hear about it (aside from the actual headline which is devastating enough).
Anyone reading the DM is surely prepared to be reading those comments, I’ve heard on here enough times to know what the comment section looks like. I couldn’t put myself through it. I know people like that exist but I’ve got no need to go looking for it.

There are the homophobic comments about the couple who filmed themselves at the airport.

I find those who are racist, homophobic and other anti things from my experience, the most ignorant.

Sadly, that was my colleague and his family. A very kind, gentle man. Both well respected and experienced Dr’s. I’ve read comments about how they were just coming over to claim all our benefits.

If that's true then heads need to roll!! Someone IS responsible for allowing it to fly this tragic flight.

not read the thread, but I said exact same thing to DH this morning😏Read a news article( on Fb) and that was enough, the comments were absolutely vile!
I despair, I really do😓

What fantasy are you living?

X is a cesspit of hate.

I dont know I agree.

i was in hospital earlier this year& couldn't have given a FF if anyone had taken my photo & posted it everywhere.

if I was the survivor of something like this I'd be fine with it. He obviously consented to the photo being taken ( or they wouldn't have hit such a relaxed photo).

Whilst I agree with you, they were due to land at Gatwick, not Heathrow.

Whilst I agree that Sky News is not left wing, it’s no longer owned by Rupert Murdoch.

@Jonny234 - do you know what “woke”means and where it comes from?

oh Ok, I will tell you.
Woke means you’ve woken up (had your eyes opened) to certain behaviours, you may not have appreciated were offensive to others and you’ve done this by trying to educate yourself. For example, until I educated myself eg asked black friends in more detail certain questions, I didn’t realise that they didn’t really like having their hair touched and were offended by this. This is a certain type of smaller example.

You may therefore find certain lefty types a bit more “testy” and that’s because they’re aware certain language upsets other groups of people and are trying to correct language or behaviour so other groups in society aren’t upset!! Some people who don’t understand this or have this emotional intelligence may just find it all a bit dull cos it’s only a bit of a larf.

😭my friend said there were 21 children
on on the flight. I haven't read much about it because it'll upset me & wont help them.

the only hope is the poor little things didn't suffer or know what was happening ❤️‍🩹

I'm not sure I'd see Wodehouse as politically beyond reproach, as someone who did Nazi propaganda broadcasts aimed at placating the US during WW2, and, according to his biographer, genuinely never understood till the end of his days why people were so horrified because he was fundamentally impervious?

I haven't seen anything vile, but that maybe because I'm a woke leftie and get most of my news from BBC, Sky and the Guardian.

And I don't do FB, and only really look at comments on here and on a couple of politics forums. And one of those is so woke and leftie that any vile comments would be reported and deleted by the mods before you could say missile strike.

Yeah my 17yr old DD was telling me that last night. Absolutely disgusting. My ex’s cousin was on board. Why do people think that they are lesser people due to the colour of their skin? Why do people not understand that a nationality (in most countries, but certainly the case in the UK) is not acquired solely on where you are born, or the colour of your skin. Makes me angry that people will raise this when hundreds of people have lost their lives. That loss is just as great no matter what your nationality or skin colour. I came off Tiktok last year when all the Jay Slater stuff broke as I realised it was full of fake news. Fortunately for my teens both parents are very interested in politics / world affairs and being mixed race themselves they do not hold the same views of these racist arseholes.

"Frankie Boyle is a good example. Or look at Jo Brand, calling for battery acid to be thrown in a conservative politician’s face."

The one that gives me the heebie jeebies is Jimmy Carr. Dead eyes.

In the memorial book??

WTAF - that's beyond disgusting

I know it’s awful. I looked at some comments on news articles I saw on my FB feed. Articles from BBC etc. Just bloody awful. What’s wrong with people?? 🥲

It’s as though people have become so detached from reality they just don’t care.

That's where screenshots and "receipt 🧾 keeping" comes in.

@nautys

I'm so sorry x

Jo Brand did not 'call for' people to throw battery acid at people (by people, read Nigel Farage). She made an ill-advised joke, yes, but she did not 'call for' people to actually do it. Remind me how many MPs have been murdered by far left extremists?

People have always been horrible, it's just now they have somewhere to show off their vileness where anyone can see it.
I worked with someone whose sibling died in a big train crash. He said all the families had to go and ID the bodies and the Press were there in force. They didn't take pics of the families going in, they took them when they came out, upset, because that is what their readers wanted to see. This was in the 1980s.
Many will remember the ghoulish behaviour of many people after Princess Diana died, wanting the young princes to be put on show so they could goggle at two grieving children.
And this is why I generally prefer animals to people.

Why are people reading the comments, just because they are there you don't need to read them, some you have to click on to read anyway

Sorry, still having problems with typing!

11 children, not 21.

I have seen some absolutely hideous comments on FB but if you click on the profiles they are either as thick as mince with their XL dogs or new profiles that are there just to piss people off ! Basically people who will contribute fuck all to society !

Yup, DM comments and a few on X. Really revolting views, based on ethnicity and questioning the victims right to have lived in the UK.