A washington post reporter linking to an article about the rape case and saying we should ‘remember him in his entirety’ and then a follow up tweet painting herself as a victim because people were mad at her for the first tweet
Sounds like she was a sexual assault victim. Which is why she posted it In the spring of 2018, Felicia Sonmez, a reporter based in Washington, DC, wrote a letter to the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China detailing allegations against Jon Kaiman, her former colleague there. Sonmez alleged that one evening in 2017, when Kaiman was president of the FCCC, he digitally penetrated her twice without her consent, attempted to take his pants off while she protested, then later had unprotected sex with her while she was too intoxicated to consent. https://www.vox.com/2019/8/27/20833421/me-too-sexual-misconduct-al-franken-kaiman
Not too well-versed in helicopters. I think most people die from blunt force trauma in crashes though
Had to run some errands today one was near the Staples Center it seems so surreal to have it feel like a city is mourning.
"Person A died today, better post this tweet to remind everyone he didnt live a perfect life." --journalists
He was amazing at basketball and when you're amazing at something, most people tend to overlook your flaws, even if some of them are unforgivable.
Not all deaths are the same and not all people are going to react the same way to a celebrity dying. For you, Kobe was a sports hero you grew up with and provided you with great memories. For a rape survivor, they may see a rapist that got away with it due to his privilege as a famous athlete. Those people are going to react differently to his death. There’s no “right” or “wrong” answer here. Death comes for us all. Whether our passing is mourned, celebrated, or ignored is a reflection of all of our actions during our time here.
Agreed. I’m just surprised by many in this thread who are a part of that group. By all accounts, Bill Clinton is an amazing politician and Kavanaugh is a brilliant legal scholar too.
this is really well said. i was personally surprised at the number of "too soon" comments in this thread, considering how those are shamed and laughed at with regards to shootings re: gun control. legacies are legacies and they're complicated for everyone. kobe seems like a great father and was obviously a great player that many of us grew up watching but you can't simply ignore his sexual assault history and you definitely shouldn't be attacking those who bring it up. but, hey, if the phrasing of obituary tweets re: dictators gets you off, you do you.
Not the same star power as Kobe or Clemente, but I thought of Munson too. I remember the days he, Payne, and SRV died.
Yea I don't know if that's because everyone's older or what, but most posts deemed "edgy" are met with hostility nowadays. Kinda sucks, because most dark humor is pretty much always edgy and not many even attempt it anymore because it gets shot down right away (Kobe passed joke sucked, though. That's a Fox News sponsored joke).
The issue is Twitter. It just ain’t the place for it when the whole platform is mourning his death. Ppl, in every facet and belief, just can’t wait to get their shit off on Twitter
Crash happened at 12:45pm eastern. TMZ tweeted he was dead 1:45 later, before his family was even notified. I assume a cop had to call them as soon as they found out who was on board? Firefighter?
Not sure your point. I believe those victims too. Nassar and anyone else involved should burn in hell. You won’t see any “but keep in mind he was a good doctor” posts from me.
Could be police scanner eavesdropping too—especially if any flight information was mentioned. I’m sure cross checking wouldn’t be too hard, especially if it was Kobe’s helo.
they listen to all the police scanners. They could have easily read off the names that were on the manifest in order to send someone to do the death notification or they paid one of them handsomely for the info just like they did the video of the Fort Lauderdale airport shooter