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Oh I'm supposed to feel sad about their death? (europe.pub)
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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 5 days ago

NYT Columnist Jamelle Bouie made a relevant point on his take, today, on the death of Lindsay Graham (on YouTube).

He notes that there is a moral to be recognized by anyone who is currently in a position similar to that of Graham's (before he died).

After Graham completely rejected Trump in 2015, recognizing that Trump would spell the end of the Republican party as we know it, and repurpose it into a cult of personality, he turned around in the interest of retaining power to become one of Trump's most devoted sycophantic toadies. This defined his career for the following ten years.

And when he died, Trump was sad that it would impede the passing of the SAVE AMERICA act. He didn't care at all.

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 30 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

No, the asshat was delusional, had a Sky Daddy who would love him after death. You know, a moron
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[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Why is it religion? What happened to ligion that it had to be re-done?

Re-ligion???

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I mean, you know ligiments are what binds our body together right?

Re-ligon is what binds people back together.

I don't think it's about legos, that seems like a latter justification that it was (and always was) an established thing that people repeated unchanging. We know that's not true

But the original of every religion has been to bind a group of people together, so I'm on the bondage team.

Wikipedia:

According to Roman philosopher Cicero, religiō comes from relegere: re (meaning 'again') + lego (meaning 'read'), where lego is in the sense of 'go over', 'choose', or 'consider carefully'. Contrarily, some modern scholars such as Tom Harpur and Joseph Campbell have argued that religiō is derived from religare: re (meaning 'again') + ligare ('bind' or 'connect'), which was made prominent by St. Augustine following the interpretation given by Lactantius in Divinae institutiones, IV, 28.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 days ago

Those are the old gods.

We don't speak of the old gods.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I hope he was more than terrified. I hope it hurt like a motherfucker.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

why be sad? the world is a slightly better place now

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 15 points 5 days ago (5 children)

I don't wish for anybody's death in principle, but I feel no compassion towards people who appear to take pleasure in the suffering of others.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 18 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don’t wish for anybody’s death in principle

I do.

Because, sometimes, the death of one can prevent the deaths of many others.

[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 14 points 5 days ago

Yep, how many lives did Luigi save?

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I don't wish for anybody's death on principle

This is like not wishing to vacuum your house on principle.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 1 points 4 days ago

You would not even wish for Hitler to die were he alive today? "Well, he is the exception" then compare Netanyahu's actions to Hitlers. Maybe not quite the same scale fair, but then you need to define the point at which someone deserves to die by your arbitrary standards.

[–] TRock@feddit.dk 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Who died?

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Lindsey Graham.

Giant piece of shit who is being mourned by the last decade of US presidents because that's how bad shit has been

[–] TRock@feddit.dk 1 points 4 days ago

Niiiiice!

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Lyndsey Graham

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 days ago

Mitch McConnell may not be far behind or already is dead depending your views.

[–] deft@lemmy.wtf 5 points 5 days ago

I think the pooping illness got him. I imagine his last hours were spent horribly dehydrated and his bowels felt like every decision he made in life