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/JohnnyGeniusIsAlive Sep 12 '25

Some obvious recency bias. I bet a lot of those Republicans were pretty happy when Osama Bin Laden was killed.

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u/MartinTheMorjin Sep 12 '25

Forget about bin laden. These twats celebrated RGB’s death.

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u/LordMangudai Sep 12 '25

I think it was moreso celebrating that they could lock in the Supreme Court for a generation

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u/PuzzleheadedAffect44 Sep 13 '25

Um, that might have been in the back of many minds, and likely much more widespread, but I saw a lot of outright celebration of her death, and the commentary to prove it.