And the hateful comments all over the place... Honestly, how can people be so mean? I didn't really care about him when he was alive so I won't start now, but there's respect and then there's being just plain idiotic.
I hadn't seen any hateful comments until last night when I started seeing a lot of "Oh but he was rich so he could go to a nice rehab place that poor drug addicts don't have access too, so I don't feel bad that he died because he was too stupid to stay clean." And I was just baffled by all of that, because like one commenter finally spoke up and said, "Drugs don't discriminate." They really don't.
There's only one tiny positive thing about this; seeing the members from all the 'competitive fandoms' showing support and giving strength. I find that really sweet.
Actually I do too. Yes, it's always going to be a tragedy but it is nice to see all the fandoms pulling together in this time of crisis. We can be divided by fandom, but at heart, we are all fans.
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Date: 2013-07-17 11:21 pm (UTC)I hadn't seen any hateful comments until last night when I started seeing a lot of "Oh but he was rich so he could go to a nice rehab place that poor drug addicts don't have access too, so I don't feel bad that he died because he was too stupid to stay clean." And I was just baffled by all of that, because like one commenter finally spoke up and said, "Drugs don't discriminate." They really don't.
There's only one tiny positive thing about this; seeing the members from all the 'competitive fandoms' showing support and giving strength. I find that really sweet.
Actually I do too. Yes, it's always going to be a tragedy but it is nice to see all the fandoms pulling together in this time of crisis. We can be divided by fandom, but at heart, we are all fans.