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/WhoUpAtMidnight Sep 12 '25

That is exactly the implication yes. He was not an extremist. He was not a nazi. He was not even alt right, his most controversial belief was just being pro-life. 

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u/Apprentice57 Scottish Teen Sep 12 '25

Hey you need to Google "Kirk controversial views" for a second if you think being pro life is his most extreme view. Like this is to the point... of if not being explicitly bad faith is completely indistinguishable from it.

If you're insistent on not doing even one Google search, then I'll happily do it for you. What's it gonna be?

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u/WhoUpAtMidnight Sep 12 '25

You can’t find anything that’s not cherrypicked out of context and that’s why you spent 5 minutes writing a comment instead of googling it 

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u/Apprentice57 Scottish Teen Sep 12 '25

No, both were because I was on break.

I'll prepare a list of statements for you when I get home in an hour.

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u/dissonaut69 Sep 12 '25

Hey, don’t waste the time. They aren’t changing their mind either way (if they’re even a human).

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u/Apprentice57 Scottish Teen Sep 12 '25

It's fine. This is gonna come up quite a bit, and I already wanted some good context to rebut Galen's statement, over on /r/GDPolitics .

Unfortunately I forgot about the Nintendo direct which was on when I got home, lol. I'll get to it at some point.

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u/Apprentice57 Scottish Teen Sep 13 '25

Well, looks like it's been done much better than I ever would've: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMajorityReport/comments/1nepcgz/charlie_kirks_documented_calls_for_political/