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>>Strato+(OP)
I'm a little bit aghast at all the comments saying this is normal or no big deal. Maybe it is normal (or at least common), but it shouldn't be. If you believe it's no big deal, I can't agree. I can see this kind of behaviour from adolescents, but adults should understand that words are meaningful and have consequences, and that even if you disagree with someone, they're still a human being who deserves some modicum of respect, or at least decency. Wishing a slow death on someone, even rhetorically, shows neither, to put it mildly.

>>tempes+EM
He was only quoting Tupac…

>>syndac+J81
Not totally sure if this comment is ironic or not but wanted to expand on this thought either way.

Using a reference with threatening language in it that is potentially unknown by the people recieving it, makes a death threat even more sinister as it feels like you're building in plausible deniability and trying to have your cake and eat it.

It's basically admitting "if I just said this it would cross a line, but if I quote it instead then it'll not cross a line for people who know it's a quote, but still cross the line for the people I'm threatening. So I get to make the threat and disclaim any intent at the same time.

>>ZeroGr+9b1
There are two related aspects to this that fascinate me the most.

The first is that Tan seems to have thought that people who were upset by the statement were unaware that it was a song lyric.

The second is that some people think that because it's a song lyric, it somehow doesn't count.