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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 09:54 PM Apr 2014

Can't believe this...Korean ferryboat victims get racist insults on CNN comment section

just posting link so you can see what the totally soulless sound like...you'll need a mindbleach shower if you read these:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/16/world/asia/south-korea-sinking-ship-texts/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

(there are even people saying it's a fake and blaming "j-wboys"-And claiming that Asians can't swim).

This...about a shipwreck.

what...the...hell?

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IDemo

(16,926 posts)
1. If you can't believe racists and every other form of idiot dwell on CNN comments
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 10:05 PM
Apr 2014

You must not have checked them out much. Same goes for nearly any major news outlet; the radical loons seem to far outnumber everyone else.

Archae

(46,314 posts)
2. I sometimes wonder about the racists on message boards...
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 10:10 PM
Apr 2014

All too often they turn out to be kids, adolescent boys trolling.

Obviously, there are real racists on some message boards, like "Stormfront."

But on CNN's message boards, and even here, some punk kid in his Mom's basement is bored after beating Halo4 for the 12th time, so he posts some vile racist stuff he heard at Lulz.net or such.

 

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)
3. believe it. Remarks in CNN, Yahoo, etc were very racist after Haitian earthquake and other
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 10:11 PM
Apr 2014

similar tragedies

kwassa

(23,340 posts)
5. It is amazing how badly humans act when they think they can't be caught.
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 10:34 PM
Apr 2014

I blame all the media outlets with comments sections that don't moderate them.

Either moderate, or close them.

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