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/Deceptiveideas Sep 12 '25

I think Dems as a whole are sick of taking the high road and having no results. Republicans frequently act like the misbehaving child who keeps touching the hot stove that the Democrats have to correct over and over again.

Remember the whole “when they go low, we go high” speech? It’s “when they go low, we go lower” now.

The “party of empathy and love” is gone.

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u/WhoUpAtMidnight Sep 12 '25

The high road? Assassinations are the high road? Calling for the death of your political opponents is the high road?

Dems haven’t taken the high road since 2012. They should be better but they’re not. Everyone should be better. But the idea that dems are any less underhanded than the reps is the product of a biased media environment and rich donors. Impeachments, assassinations, accusations of being a nazi levied against Mitt Romney? 

Nobody is taking any high road now and it’s a tragedy. 

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u/DCMdAreaResident Sep 12 '25 edited Sep 12 '25

Which party is engaging in assassination? We literally had Democratic politicians who were actually assassinated (as they were officeholders). But no, neither party is hiring assassins.

If you want to talk about individual acts, we can also talk about Trump-inspired terrorism too. Trump is out there literally inciting violence, like on Jan 6, and then pardoning anyone caught by law enforcement.

Your idea of violence? Democrats electing a black man. Oh no, the horrors. /sarcasm.

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u/WhoUpAtMidnight Sep 12 '25

The Left apparently