I think having people dignify these comments with responses lowers the standard of discourse on this forum. What is great about DDF if the quality of discussion. Admittedly, that drops significantly in many JS threads, but when you engage one person praising murder, and another saying murder is not as bad as attending a gay pride parade, you've "wrestled with a pig in the mud," and allowed them a platform to spout their ignorant, horrific hate speech. This thread moves beyond trolling and into justifying murder - this is no march by a lake or political candidate we're speaking about.
Yes, community leaders need to unite in condemnation and horror. But to us, they should be seen to be stating the obvious, the likes of which need not be defended to indefensible morons and hateful idiots on online forums. I have made the decision not to no longer respond to Doodle or AJ in JS threads. I hope many more who will join me.
I think this just about sums it up:
https://youtu.be/n5Se3LMVPNs?t=2m17s“In the name of what Torah, in the name of what God, does someone go and murder, do people go and burn a baby and his entire family? Whose Torah is this?”