[Pontiac]

They got it wrong about FR shutting down entirely, but FR did shut down every Kennedy thread that day because each one that got started eventually had comments on it that were unbecoming.

Not being a person that would ever spend any of my wasted hours visiting DU, anybody ever hear of DU shutting down a thread because it had fallen in to ad homonym attacks and wishes for an individuals demise?

I know that they get pretty nasty over there. I occasionally read the DU Funnies thread.

[MovementConservative]

Not being a person that would ever spend any of my wasted hours visiting DU, anybody ever hear of DU shutting down a thread because it had fallen in to ad homonym attacks and wishes for an individuals demise?

Yes, they were working overtime after Reagan's passing in '04. I believe it was because they didn't want to face negative criticism, not out of decency. On FR, tasteless comments are not well received regarding unfunny subjects like cancer and death. However, since I can't know for sure the motives behind all the deleting that day on DU, I will give them the benefit of the doubt for rising a little above that day.