[Phantom Hoover]

It's funny how in attempting to demonstrate a sense of perspective he has in fact lost all sense of perspective.

[Luis Dias]

That's a very accurate and generous description. It even paints the guy as a tragic figure. I'll take it.

[Bobboau]

And now that PZ Myers' post. I mean, I don't even go there, but twitter had to ragelink to it. Jesus F Christ. Sometimes even at these times with the islamic fanatics and so on it's so hard to believe there are people who I just have no capacity of adjectivizing. "Scum" is such an euphemism, a baby word.

what the **** did that pretentious narcissistic asshole do now?

[NeonShivan]

While I personally don't pay much attention to the actors themselves it is still sad all together for people to pass on, I'm sure he's in a better place now doing what he does best.

And now that PZ Myers' post.

Someone mind quoting what PZ Myers said?

[Bobboau]

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2014/08/12/robin-williams-brings-joy-to-the-hearts-of-journalists-and-politicians-once-again/

Robin's suicide was a conspiracy to distract from the stuff happening in St.Louis. Robin needs to check his white privilege.

[NeonShivan]

How hateful and disgusting.

[Boomer20]

I swear conspiracy theories are the scourge of the earth.
The amount of crap I've read recently regarding conspiracies. Do these people have a life or any sanity?

[Nuke]

all great art is made of suffering

[zookeeper]

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2014/08/12/robin-williams-brings-joy-to-the-hearts-of-journalists-and-politicians-once-again/

Robin's suicide was a conspiracy to distract from the stuff happening in St.Louis. Robin needs to check his white privilege.

But that's obviously not what it said.

[Luis Dias]

He was just taking Bob's summation litteraly. PZ's not that dumb. His wrongness is another.

[Boomer20]

While I stand by my original statement of disgust of the utter rubbish most conspiracies are, I have to admit that I probably should have read that article with a bit more focus than I did.
Regardless he does seem to imply what Bobboau said which to me is stupid and to link his death with politicians agendas and media cover-ups of other issues is disgusting.
But frankly I'm not surprised

[karajorma]

Hmmmmm. While I think that the PZ Myers' post is disgusting, I can see the point he was trying to make, that the news and politicians aren't interested in covering complex issues that might turn off their viewers/constituents. And that point is a very valid one. I think one of the biggest problems with the American electoral system has nothing to do with the system itself, and everything to do with the fact that news channels can't be objective since their viewers will simply switch channels if the news isn't jerking them off about what they personally believe.

Pity he couldn't express his disgust at that without disrespecting Robin Williams.

[Boomer20]

The strange thing is here in Australia the media seems to light up with there nasty things happening.
MH17 for example the news reporters sounded so excited to have breaking news of a tragic incident, the more people that die the more excited they almost seems.
I do agree with you Kara with the point about covering up issues that it is a valid issue (given that I don't live in America I can't say whether PZ Myers example was true or not but the point is valid) I just don't think the why he expressed his point was of poor taste, particularly with implicating a man suicide as an ulterior motive of someone elses. 

[Bobboau]

because nothing, absolutely nothing is more important than his "Social Justice".

[Luis Dias]

Of course that's not true. You forgot his own ego.

[haloboy100]

I think cracked wrote a really nice article about comedians and why they are depressed in reflection to this event, and I recommend it.

[Lorric]

I think cracked wrote a really nice article about comedians and why they are depressed in reflection to this event, and I recommend it.

That's super ****ed up. Surely there must be some people who simply have a talent for making people laugh and use it and besides that are perfectly secure in themselves or at least not self-destructively suicidally insecure. Unless that is the difference between having that talent and going up on stage to use that talent.

[MP-Ryan]

I think cracked wrote a really nice article about comedians and why they are depressed in reflection to this event, and I recommend it.

That's good reading