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Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after ‘brief and sudden illness’ (www.nbcnews.com)
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[+] [M] -45 points 4 weeks ago (7 children)

You can say what a terrible person he was without celebrating his death.

Just like the Charlie Kirk responses:

"I can’t stand the word empathy actually. I think empathy is a made-up, New Age term that — it does a lot of damage, but it is very effective when it comes to politics."

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  • [–] 34 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    And you can say it's the 25th of December without celebrating Christmas, but the question is, why would I?

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  • [–] 21 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

    Amazing how everytime something big happen JL finds a way to make it all about them.

    Wonder what will happen in the thread about Mc turtle finally officially passing

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  • [–] 22 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

    You need to justify why celebrating someone's death should not be allowed.

    I'm not advocating for anyone dying, that's a different bowl of nuts. Virtue signalling one's own ethical purity might get you off, but it only annoys everyone else.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 weeks ago

    Maybe we see enough vitriol towards Windows and Mac users, people daring to praise anything that isn't FOSS, or saying something nice about someone who isn't a liberal, that even when we are relieved when a certain person is no longer living we don't want to read dozens or hundreds of me-too posts full of vitriol. There's the upvote button for that. I'm glad he's gone but making a separate comment to essentially echo groupthink is (somewhat) a waste of time and effort. In some ways Lemmy is no better than Reddit.

    I know that saying anything that goes against Lemmy groupthink and hatefeasts is guaranteed to get a down vote, but I don't feel the need to make nasty comments so that I fit in around here.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    Because the place would become toxic af. It's a good rule.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    Then ban toxic posts. Don't shoot everyone just because they don't blow kisses at a monster.

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  • [–] [M] -3 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    Again, you can call him an asshole without celebrating his death.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 weeks ago

    I just watched a doco on the Nuremberg trials today in Netflix - by way of coincidence. These guys were the GOATs at instilling a sense of justice and fairness. That was their prime and only job. Guess what, they also celebrated the bad guys deaths. Especially the really bad guy, but also the henchmen like Goring (who topped himself).

    I'll not keep on arguing because we are both sick of the topic. I just don't understand the sacred seperation between permitting calling someone an arsehole when they are breathing, but the moment they stop breathing you can't say 'fantastic'. Great news.

    But as you say, them be the rules, I guess?

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  • [–] 17 points 4 weeks ago

    He was a terrible person and it is fitting to celebrate that he is no longer alive to impose his views through policy. Not celebrating his death, just the act of him no longer living. Him dying, sad for his family. Him not being alive, good for the nation. It's a bad rule, do better.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    Define the difference between celebration vrs elation.

    I'm not gonna throw a party but I won't rule out a hearty chuckle a jaunty happy dance.

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  • [+] [M] -11 points 4 weeks ago

    Having made an initial pass of the comments, there were really very few removable. Mostly blatant rule breaking like "Good!" and "I am celebrating!"

    The rule states "bannable" but not how long. The minimum I can set is 1 day. I'd probably have gone for something in the hours range, but it is not that granular. 😉

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