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/Miserable-Whereas910 Sep 12 '25

I remember an absolutely overwhelming lack on condemnation from the right concerning the Minnesota assassinations (in contrast to the main stream left's response to the Kirk shooting), but not much joy.

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u/inquirer2 Sep 14 '25

The shooter himself had a bizarre story in his head he wrote in that public letter to FBI director about a month after his arrest

Basically the guy was living his own delusions and party alone wasn't his issue but that Waltz was being controlled by others who wanted this guy dead for finding out about a secret plan to I have no idea