Go back to the Kennedy threads. Look at all the locked ones. look at the comments made by the Mods about why they locked. look at all the “comments removed by moderator”.
Granted some of those comments were probably made by parody trolls. Others were not.
Trash talking goes on on both sides about personal tragedies, losses, death, etc
The real test is the response to the trash-talking when someone has suffered a tragedy, illness, etc. Here people are criticized for doing it. Threads are locked or deleted. Do KOS and DU criticize their people? That's the question.
Let me know when FReepers are “protesting” at a LIEberal’s funeral....
Westboro Baptist Church to Picket Tony Snow’s Funeral
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045055/posts