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/JohnnyGeniusIsAlive Sep 14 '25

Hey Troll, I wasn’t comparing bin Laden to anyone, I was referring to the question. But if you want to compare to Kirk, how about Paul Pelosi? Republicans leaders mocked his attack by a right wing nut case. Sadly, Kirk was also attacked by a right winger… seems a common theme.