Sinéad O’Connor, acclaimed Dublin singer, dies aged 56

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Sinéad O’Connor, acclaimed Dublin singer, dies aged 56
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I hope that the people who criticized her for tearing the Pope's picture in half die in a violent fire.

It was cool at the time but she converted to Islam, became a finatic and became the very thing she was taking a stand against.

So criticism... should lead to painful death?

Are you okay?

She was protesting about the physical and sexual abuse of children by the church. The criticism helped to continue the protection of pedophiles, which continued for decades and still happens.

Joe Pesci (a study in short man syndrome) said on TV he wanted to slap her for ripping up a photo and the audience applauded him for it.

Okay? So speech warrants death? Very dangerous precedent to set.

So someone off-handedly expressing their disdain for a group of people in a Lemmy comment is tantamount to setting a precedent about all speech?

hyperbole
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noun
A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.