I have no judgment to pass on Abaraonye’s messages. But log on to any social media site during a major tragic event and you’ll see that laughing at inappropriate jokes is part of the furniture. The Titan submersible, Luigi Mangione’s alleged killing of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Prince Philip dying and indeed Charlie Kirk. Five years on, I still see memes and jokes by rightwing provocateurs making a mockery of George Floyd’s death. Whatever your assessment of the rights and wrongs of people laughing at tragedy, a question remains: if this is such a regular fixture of online life, then why was Abaraonye singled out?