If you've been online this morning, you likely already know that Kim Kardashian was held up and robbed at gunpoint at her hotel in Paris, France, a few hours ago. It was the ordeal that prompted Kanye West to leave in the middle of a performance citing a "family emergency." In the hours since news of the incident broke online, the responses have been varied: concern, outrage, and more than a few people making jokes about the scary situation.
We hope it goes without saying that this is absolutely not OK. "People making jokes about @KimKardashian tonight would do well to remember that she's a mother, a daughter, a wife, a friend," James Corden tweeted in the aftermath. "Be nice or shut up." Chrissy Teigen also took to Twitter to comment on the response: "Fame is interesting. Celebs are supposed to love you guys while also knowing you'd make a meme of our dead bodies to get retweets." A little later, she followed up saying: "Please do not think that I think celebrities are special snowflakes. I just miss empathy, in general, for everyone."
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No matter your feelings on Kim or any of her family, to laugh at violence of this nature is to condone it, and make it a little more acceptable in a way. Taking this incident seriously means you acknowledge the fact that gun violence (or threats of it) is unacceptable, for anyone, across the board. What happened last night was a violent crime, not a punchline.
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