Spouse murdered falling from cliff while hiking, DU has a good laugh

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

Can you guess who killed who? Bet you could.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023635729#post1

[DavidDvorkin]

1. Making fun of unusual deaths is an old and loathesome DU tradition.

[Major Nikon]

4. If a man mutilated his partners genitals I doubt many would get a chuckle out of it

Yet we are to believe that misandry isn't a real thing.

Just sayin'

http://www.google.com/search?q=severed+penis&sitesearch=democraticunderground.com

[DavidDvorkin]

6. Sure, DU loves to laugh at mistreated men

But aside from that, there is a long tradition here of making nasty jokes about unusual deaths, regardless of the sex of the victim.

[Major Nikon]

7. I've noticed that as well

I'm just adding that when it comes to domestic violence, there's a very different standard here for female to male violence rather than the other way around. Had the gender roles been reversed on this one I doubt there would be too many chuckles.

[Major Nikon]

2. Domestic violence against men always seems to be a source of glee for some

Very telling that.

[hrmjustin]

3. I was disgusted to read that thread.

[Upton]

5. DU Double Standard...

Jokes about a woman killing her husband= funny

Jokes about a man killing his wife= misogyny

Just another example of that "male privilege"..we all enjoy

[Behind the Aegis]

8. Thank goodness it wasn't a thread about who thinks who is cute/sexy!!!

[Warren DeMontague]

10. No, that sort of thing -- "hot celebrities" -- enables messaging of violence, harm and hate.

Unlike, say, this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/125525338#post1

[Behind the Aegis]

11. Yup. If the target is right and true, then it is a-OK.

After this past week of "The Jews did it" crap, I am really fed up with stupid shit like this.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

12. At least Superman didn't drop Lois

[Warren DeMontague]

13. Oh, jeez. That was right up there with the moon bombing.

in more ways than one.

[lumberjack_jeff]

9. I'm glad I'm not the only one.

I have to wonder why 9 DU'ers recommended the thread.