I really don't want to derail this by breaking into conversation about moderating decisions - but a few people have expressed the same view so maybe I can address it here and then I'll make no further comment about it on this particular thread. Also, I haven't spoken with any other moderators...
Based on what I have heard on the radio, I would say that there has been a universal coming together from all sides of the political spectrum, condemning the murder and offering sympathies to his wife and his 5 kids who woke up this morning as normal but suddenly find themselves without their...
Ridiculous. We need to be looking at the perpetrator, and not blaming the victim or his political affinity for the reason behind this attack.
To me, your standpoint is no different to those that say some women are to blame for getting attacked if they dress or behave in certain way.
I would argue that attempting to add context as a bloke is lying on the floor with his blood pumping out of him from multiple stab wounds is possibly not the time to attempt to add context. It is crass, distasteful and ill-judged. There is a time and place for everything.
Saddened but somehow not surprised that some people can't leave politics out of it for just a few hours as an elected representative lies fighting for his life after being stabbed in public.
A person has been detained by police and a weapon recovered and nobody else being sought in connection.
David Amess still be treated by paramedics at the scene for multiple stab wounds.