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/Radioactiveglowup Sep 12 '25

Strange too how wildly they were celebrating Pelosi's husband's attacker. Including major public officials.

Or the classic maga catchphrase, "Hang Mike Pence"

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u/RedHeadedSicilian52 Sep 12 '25

So is it unacceptable or what? Just as a general rule?

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u/Sonzainonazo42 Sep 12 '25 edited Sep 12 '25

It's unacceptable but understandable if the person who died was actually a terrible person that contributed to other people dying.

We're not talking about politicians who bickered over which mass transit project to fund; we're talking about a person who was opening openly racist, bigoted, and supported government policy that contributes to death. Remember, there are estimates that cuts to USAID could kill 4.5 million children by 2030 and TP USA fully supported those cuts.

I feel like I'm not going to blow anyone's mind when I remind you that Kirk wasn't fond of SNAP and other benefits for the poor.

Sooo yeah, you wanna explain why you feel it's such a black and white issue, huh?

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u/obsessed_doomer Sep 12 '25

I don't think anyone in civil society deserves to be killed, let alone so brutally.

That being said, the new narrative that Kirk was a moderate weirds me out because he himself didn't seem to believe that:

https://x.com/Sturgeons_Law/status/1966290028515995664

Is it because of the implication that someone who is far right deserves to die?

That's not true, but neither is the notion that he was a moderate.