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To: livius
I can’t believe how many people on this thread are making jokes about this. Some days I’m disgusted with FR.

Read up on how military and first responders joke about horror. It's not callous, it's a natural coping mechanism to keep the trauma at arms length. Trying to stop it is a perfect example of how political correctness directly harms people. Granted, it can be taken too far. But a little bit helps keep balanced.

310 posted on 10/01/2015 12:53:29 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Talisker
Read up on how military and first responders joke about horror.

Quite a stretch to equate keyboard commandos with soldiers and first responders. More than a little disturbing, sa I think of it.

322 posted on 10/01/2015 12:59:07 PM PDT by don-o (I am Kenneth Carlisle - Waco 5/17/15)
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To: Talisker

My daughter is a police officer and was a paramedic before that. They don’t joke when they come upon mass casualties. Only bystanders who think they’re cool have the ability to do that.

Why do you think cops and first responders often have to go to counseling or even take leave after particularly horrible things?

Nobody responding on this thread is a first responder to this incident. That the first thing that occurred to people was to start making crude jokes or speculating on the political affiliations of those killed is disgusting.


357 posted on 10/01/2015 1:14:37 PM PDT by livius
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