Why are some people so insensitive and cruel about Kobe Bryant's Death or any death? Why are...

Synyster · 51-55, M

This is a stupid post.
People grieve for different reasons and for different people.
I happened to like Kobe, and went to see him play a few times when I lived in LA.

I'm also a big fan of Neil Peart, someone you probably don't know.
He passed away January 7th 2020.

You're overreacting.

MasterLee · 56-60, M

I never watch basketball. I remember when he assaulted that 19 year old in Eagle Colorado back in 2003. Stayed on the news for years.

NaturalBeautyQueen · 41-45, F

People have the right to feel how they feel. Of course, I am referring to people like myself, who feels this is a sad day. Even though many of us didn’t know him personally, his death is still hard to process. I mean, it just happened today. It isn’t like he died several years ago and we are just now hurt by it. I don’t know what death isn’t sad.

nedkelly · 61-69, M

Just another person who has died, sad but the truth is just another person

I cannot remember seeing any posting about the massive bushfires in Australia, thousands of homes burnt to the ground, 50 people have died, hundreds of millions of animals have died

But you worry about one person and his daughter

Zaphod42 · 46-50, M

I’m respectful of the family’s feelings, but I’m not going to grieve for a stranger. Death happens on the daily...if we all got bogged down grieving for the death of any random human we’d never get anything done.

Egg01 · 56-60, F

I think it's sad and tragic but I'm not going to grieve for a stranger either

dreamsicle · 46-50, F

I don’t think it’s a bad thing to be compassionate. I’m not a sports fan but I knew who he was and I feel sadness for the woman who lost a husband and her child and the children who lost their sibling and father. Yes people die everyday but this is a person who people know of and his death became public knowledge. If it had been a stranger and I heard it in the local news, I would feel sadness for the family left behind if that information was shared. Feeling empathy for others is a sign of humanity and that is never a bad thing.

iQuit · F

Well I don't see it as cruelty just indifference/ apathy - empathy/sympathy are closer felt by those who suffer in the deepest sense.
Yes, it's tragic and without a doubt today not only a man died but a father and husband- His family is the one who truly have to deal with this the closest

Fans will lose an icon but these relatives will lose the rock and glue that helped shape their lives in the deepest sense

anythingoes477 · M

I agree that 99% of the time when given truth...people (like yourself) act shocked and TELL us they would love to hear what others have to HONESTLY say....but only if it is so sugar coated it no longer resembles truth of real life or honesty. Nothing the girl speaking to you said was wrong...or insensitive. Death is the inevitable last part of living......and death can come in a blink.....to anyone. Those are the facts of life.........and death.

User41 · 36-40, M

“You merely adapted to loss”
“I was born into it”

I use humor to avoid the pity of it all.
🤷🏻‍♂️

SW-User

Actually this is one of the few times I agree with you

SW-User

Because at the end of the day Kobe was a stranger who happened to be famous. However, like other celebs. Kobe was an inspiration to his fans and people who knew him, so his untimely death came as a shock to them. That's what the girl misses to understand.

rockstar · 31-35, M

It’s a part of life. But came as a shock. I’ve been a Lakers supporter, and a Bryant fan so it’s super sad, yes.
I pray for his family to gather strength.
I’d wish the same for anyone who loses a loved one.

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