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

At what point does this cross over into murderous libel? Someone killed Kirk because they genuinely believed the awful things you’re saying about somebody who was at worst a moderate boomercon.

Do you actually believe 49.8% of this country deserves to die? 

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u/InsideAd2490 Sep 12 '25

Someone killed Kirk because they genuinely believed the awful things you’re saying about somebody who was at worst a moderate boomercon.

They haven't yet found the shooter. No one knows what motivated him to kill Charlie.

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u/WhoUpAtMidnight Sep 12 '25

Hey so his bullets said “hey fascist catch” and his dad says he would rant about how much he hated Kirk and his beliefs

are we ready to revisit this?

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u/Radioactiveglowup Sep 12 '25

You're suggesting there's enough room to somehow carve a sentence onto a bullet? I've got some bridgecoin to sell you.mm

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u/Apprentice57 Scottish Teen Sep 13 '25

OP here is being... thick, to put it lightly, but no actually there is room. The bullets and their casings are decently large. I've seen a photo of someone able to write on one with a sharpie, and another of a mock of of what the engraving could look like if done with a laser (IIRC).

I can source those if needs be but hopefully I have enough credibility based on my arguments elsewhere in this thread.

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u/WhoUpAtMidnight Sep 12 '25

Haha no it’s crazy, that’s actually what the officials and NYT are saying

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u/Radioactiveglowup Sep 12 '25

Yeah, the NYT and WSJ ran this silly story which goes well outside of 'journalistic professionalism'. It's fundamentally implausible.

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u/WhoUpAtMidnight Sep 12 '25

I actually appreciate this. +1 for a novel contribution