To be fair to all sides, given the tragedy of the situation, I have to say that I found this tweet of yours to be in poor taste.
Regardless of your intent, it does come across...strongly...as using the tragedy to push your own argument.
IMO...it would have been better to leave it alone and to have done nothing more than issue a statement of commiseration. Mentioning the tragedy in this manner comes across as rather crass, regardless of the point you were trying to make.
First, I invite you to
read this again - specifically the top part where I mentioned the SWATting threats I have received from guys in the Star Citizen community.
It's all about context. Too often, some people either miss the context, or don't know enough about the subject matter to render an opinion worthy of note.
Not that I have to explain it, but people who know that I have been sent violence and death threats, as well as having been threatened with SWATting by guys in the very same Star Citizen community, would immediately understand my Tweet, and
get the context.
So no, I didn't just throw it out there.
I simply feel Derek Smarts post was...IMO...in poor taste and, whether it was meant to or not, gave the impression he was using the tragedy to push a personal vendetta.
Others may feel differently, but again IMO the correct thing to do would simply have been to offer condolences to the family.
In poor taste? Are you serious? How is it different from people getting killed by others with access to guns, but we can still have those discussions without being accused of capitalizing on a tragedy? Or should we not discuss it at all, on the off chance that we offend someone?
