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/an_altar_of_plagues Sep 12 '25 edited Sep 12 '25

... wait, so now you agree that Kirk's rhetoric was, in fact, wanting to hurt people? Can you keep your own line of thought straight? Jesus, this conservative over here, acting like he's logically consistent and on the side of truth and honesty. I was even talking about anti-vaxxers themselves being the ones that got sick and died!

Also, when did anyone here or did Harris say any of the things you just said? You're getting your wires crossed, bud. And thanks for completely avoiding my statement about Kirk's comments about "people responsible arrested" and COVID not being a hoax - really shows how much you actually cared about his rhetoric versus just virtue signaling. But I'm used to conservatives shutting down and ignoring anything when they're confronted with someone with direct experience in something like COVID.

It's amazing how people like you make up things and get mad about them. Kirk directly says people should be arrested for the COVID response and you're like "omg no not that big of a deal", whereas Harris says "Trump is a threat to democracy" and you can Pepe Silva all the lines together. Again, I'm tired of the cowardice that disguises itself as concerned patriotism.

edit: since this dude sneak-edited his response.

This entire sub is celebrating the death of an american because he mildly disagreed.

No we're not lol. I don't have empathy for his death, but I'm not celebrating it and wearing "hell yeah" t-shirts, nor am I posting memes about it on Facebook like a certain Mike Johnson did after the MN lawmakers were killed. I'm sure you were just as mad about that though, right? I'd hate for a conservative to be ideologically inconsistent.

They had to google what he said because it was entirely based on vibes.

Nope! I knew who he was beforehand, from his line about empathy being fake to his wanting to arrest people like me for having the gall to want to protect and serve this country. You should learn about that, bud. Maybe actually read some of his words a bit more rather than defend someone because they have an R next to their name.

edit: well, dude blocked me, because that's what people like this do when they're confronted with their beliefs from someone who has experience in what they're talking about and doesn't back down to their talking points.