The act of selectively mourning the death of someone based on their political or ideological alignment, while ignoring or rationalizing the deaths of those outside one’s tribe. A form of emotional compartmentalization that reveals unconscious bias in expressions of empathy.
When the invited speaker was killed, the campus held vigils and posted tributes. But when a student protester died last year, barely anyone mentioned it. That’s grief gating—mourning filtered through ideological lenses.
by Briton Phillip September 11, 2025
Get the Grief Gatingmug. by MindlessPrank June 26, 2016
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by Peter_Wiggins April 12, 2011
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by Gamer12345678 October 20, 2021
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by Sexydimma February 19, 2023
Get the Balloon-gatemug. by Adujasty343 July 10, 2025
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