@Bill Roehl, I don’t see how dying of (what we assume, I don’t think there’s an official ruling yet) addiction is ironic. Those people weren’t making a commentary on irony. They were trying to be the first with the funny. Commentary takes time and reflection and thought, something that cannot be done within 5 minutes of finding out someone has died.

I don’t expect everyone to be angry about the callous jokes at Whitney’s expense, or even upset about her death. Not everyone has a connection to her music. I get that. However, I also get that a lot of people were mourning, were saddened by her death and as humans the least we can do is give people a little space to mourn.

I’m not asking for a week-long moratorium on crass jokes. . . but seriously people were cracking wise within minutes of the death announcement. MINUTES. That’s cold no matter the situation, and I think it’s perfectly rational to be angry when people show you the very worst of their personalities.