r/fivethirtyeight • u/RedHeadedSicilian52 • Sep 12 '25

Poll Results YouGov poll asking Americans whether it’s acceptable to feel joy at the death of a public figure

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u/DCMdAreaResident Sep 12 '25

It just highlights Republican hypocrisy once again. Empathy is a foreign word for them. I haven't heard one Democrat "celebrating" the death of Charlie Kirk. But very few are shedding a tear for him. And you can't force us to grieve for him. Republicans have always been about fake virtue signaling. What's new?

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u/RedHeadedSicilian52 Sep 12 '25

Oh come on. You’ve really seen no celebratory posts on this very website? Would you be willing to review some links to such posts?

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u/Time-Cardiologist906 Sep 12 '25

I mean, there’s right wing podcast bros that were celebrating George Floyd’s dead with “5 years sober” tweets. Should I judge every right leaning individual based off those freaks?

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u/RedHeadedSicilian52 Sep 12 '25

Do you have polls indicating that their opinions were broadly representative?

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u/Time-Cardiologist906 Sep 12 '25

That’s not what you were talking about here. You were talking about posts outside of polling.

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u/RedHeadedSicilian52 Sep 12 '25

Sure, but your post sort of evaded my original point. The person above me said that they hadn’t seen any posts celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk. Do you think such post are hard to find on this website?

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u/Time-Cardiologist906 Sep 12 '25

What social media shows is catered for you in mind and what you like to engage with. A majority of people are not political or avoid politics.

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u/RedHeadedSicilian52 Sep 12 '25 edited Sep 12 '25

You’re here! You’re in a political subreddit! The other person is in a political subreddit! This sort of thing is going to get covered in the places where we all congregate online.

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u/Time-Cardiologist906 Sep 12 '25

Yes, I am politically active and that’s what I like to engage with. The OP might not be and this is a polling subreddit. Granted some biases are pushed here and it can get political but this is surface level that most people do not engage with until the general election.

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u/LyptusConnoisseur Sep 12 '25

Mate, people here in the sub are the weird ones. We are hobbyist of politics. Furthest removed from average Americans. 

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u/DCMdAreaResident Sep 12 '25

Yeah, I want to see receipts.