Naya Rivera presumed dead — Page 3

With respect, my friend, you don't know that either. I still question the wisdom of taking a toddler out on a lake with only one adult supervising. I further question the wisdom of taking the toddler for a swim (as has been reported), leaving no one on the boat, particularly if the supervising adult wasn't wearing a life jacket.

Now a lot of concerned and caring parents might do either of those things. I readily admit that. But I question the wisdom nonetheless.

You can question it all you want, Gaveston It really doesn't matter anymore, sadly. It's always very weird to me when people judge someone for the way they've died and are still judging them in death. A person is dead, regardless of the reason. It's a loss felt by all who loved them, and that should be the focus. I could go on about that but that is a whole other subject for a whole different day. Take care of yourself, friend.

poisonivy2 said: "This actually sounds like a pretty classic suicide to me. But I could be wrong. Really tragic. Her poor son."

I'm curious as to how you came to that conclusion. Maybe I'm wrong but I've never heard of a person taking their lives while their baby is left alone to survive on their own devices in a unsafe environment; such as a treacherous lake.

ErikJ972 said: "I know I always come to the BWWfor boat safety tips."

Point taken, but we've been discussing all sorts of things while most of us are confined at home.

Sutton Ross said: "You can question it all you want, GavestonIt really doesn't matter anymore, sadly. It's always very weird to me when people judge someone for the way they've died and are still judging them in death. A person is dead, regardless of the reason. It's a loss felt by all who loved them, and that should be the focus. I could go on about that but that is a whole other subject for a whole different day. Take care of yourself, friend."

I'm glad you and I aren't going to start a personal feud over this. I'm questioning the parenting choice more than the death. (I'm also not one to sentimentalize the departed. Blame the morticians who raised me.)

Swimming off a boat and leaving a toddler alone on board is unwise, IMHO. (That's the report from the child; perhaps it will prove to be untrue.) Young children are pretty famous for slipping out of the clothing you insist they wear. A 4-year-old could easily remove his life jacket and fall off the opposite side of the boat before a solitary guardian in the water might even realize the child had moved.

Again, I'm not saying Miss Rivera did something as obviously wrong as driving drunk with her toddler beside her in the front seat; I'm just saying that taking a 4-year-old out on open water (even if just a lake) by yourself is a questionable choice, even for someone like Rivera, who obviously cared about the safety of her child.

As others have said, "Maybe she had a heart attack." And maybe she did. That pretty much proves my point, I think. Another adult on board might have helped.

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Updated On: 7/13/20 at 07:15 PM

BrodyFosse123 said: "And... Lea Michele is still at it:

Lea Michele Deletes Her Twitter Account After Naya Rivera’s Disappearance"

I don't see anything wrong with what she did? She just deactivated her Twitter account. Knowing Twitter, she was probably getting an onslaught of ugly tweets misdirecting their feelings about Naya's death onto her. She's currently pregnant, so I don't blame her for disengaging from social media right now.

BrodyFosse123 said: "And... Lea Michele is still at it:"



Stil at what? You think this is appropriate in a thread discussing the possible death of Naya Rivera? Seriously ??

BrodyFosse123 said: "And... Lea Michele is still at it:

Lea Michele Deletes Her Twitter Account After Naya Rivera’s Disappearance"

Kinda contradictory to say someone is "still at it" when they stopped tweeting.

I mean, it's hard to really cry over this. It's always best to do the right thing, so posting a thoughtful comment, no matter how it would have been received, would likely have been the high road.

But who cares? She didn't diss Rivera. Her going silent isn't a judgement. It's just silence. It could mean anything, but no one who doesn't know her personally can extrapolate the meaning.

I dislike Lea (well, as much as one can dislike an abstract concept of a person one has never met), but I can't see why the silence matters.

Thanks for the update on the Twitter wars, Tag. I have no emotional attachment to Miss Michele one way or another, but I agree with you: I don't see how she can win. Deactivating her account probably made a lot of sense.