Reddit celebrates the death of a political opponent via paid emojis. Commenters assert that he deserves it.

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[–]puppy528 35 insightful - 3 fun35 insightful - 2 fun36 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I can't even click on the "laugh" upvote for this one. It just makes me sad inside. Hillary Clinton herself could pass on, and you would not catch me being cheerful of the loss, let alone publicly encourage celebrating that death. The dude had flaws; name one person who didn't. But it takes a hateful mind to cheer his family's loss.

[–]SeasideLimbs 26 insightful - 3 fun26 insightful - 2 fun27 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

Mentally ill fascists praising death. Typical.

[–]kokolokoNightcrawler 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

fascists Reddit Marxist Communists*

[–]IAmSatan 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Neoliberals larping as ^

[–]lastborn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There may, in the end, be few differences between either.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Let's not perpetuate the blending of fascism and communism that the left like to do. They are both similar but not the same. This will all lead one day to the left proclaiming Stalin and Mao were in actual fact fascists and actually nothing close to real communism has been tried.

[–]Questionable 25 insightful - 5 fun25 insightful - 4 fun26 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

It's OK everyone, according to Reddit's fact checkers he wasn't a real black man, so his life can be used as a punch line.

[–]Tarrock 21 insightful - 10 fun21 insightful - 9 fun22 insightful - 10 fun -  (0 children)

Imagining paying real money for reddit awards.

[–]m68k 17 insightful - 2 fun17 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Expected nothing less from Redditors.

[–]suckitreddit 16 insightful - 2 fun16 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

These disgusting pieces of shit. They say that "black lives matter," but when a black person they disagree with dies, they are suddenly happy.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

You know why they're doing it, and it's not because he's black. Maybe actually understand your opponents viewpoint before opening your butthole to shit out a comment?

[–]PencilPusher55 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

Why are you such a dick?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Why do you think I am?

[–]PencilPusher55 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Dunno, comment was needlessy agrsvie you homo.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You know your mom wouldn't like you pretending it were still the 70s with that outdated insult. Or is your mom an edgelord too?

[–]PencilPusher55 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

homo

[–][deleted] 13 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

That sub is supposed to ban any death celebrations. That is not ok.

[–]NiceDickBro 17 insightful - 4 fun17 insightful - 3 fun18 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Are you trying to tell me that reddit is inconsistent with it's rules? You mean you can't write all lives matter without being permabanned, but you can celebrate the death of a man who happened to be black and laugh about it because he supported another political party?

[–]dandeliondynasty 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is disgusting. Went to Wikipedia to see who Cain murdered or assaulted to be treated like this. Could find anything besides “was a co-chairman of Black Voices for Trump” which I guess is a capital offense now.

[–]Vigte 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

While I have no interest in insulting a dead person, he was a member of conservative inc - and was not working in the rights interests, or the lefts.

[–]Breadman 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I thought this website’s userbase was in favour of unmitigated opinion?

[–]Uncle-Ruckus 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I dont think anyone here is saying the shouldnt be able to say it, just that theyre pieces of shit for doing so.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

What makes you say that? Have you read the site wide rules?

[–]Happy_face_caller 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

That’s low even for Reddit and they are goons

[–]maga_espada 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't know about deserving it, but it's definitely his own fault. Anyone who decides to attend a rally full of antimaskers during a pandemic is to blame. Doing so voluntarily as a 74 year old was just beyond stupid.

[–]antireddit 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Reddits gone so far off the rails im usually just happy if they arent calling for someones death. Since their rule change its become a hotbed of radical incitement and woke politics gone wild, by design.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You guys would do the same if you felt one of your hated opponents died in an ironic fashion. This guy was a hard-line coronavirus truther just like you guys, right up until it turned out it was a real deadly virus and fucking killed him.

[–]3xk_Nig_HanxXx 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

so i guess BL doesnt M?

[–]Salemsister 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I thought the hypocrisy didn't transfer to this app, but reading the comments here.... really? Stop pretending that you guys don't think the same.

[–]happysmash27 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I got permabanned from michaelbaygifs without warning for cross-posting an explosion that someone died in (which I didn't realise happened, nor realise was against the rules), yet this literal celebration of a death goes completely unchecked. To be fair, though, I believe these rewards are anonymous unlike posts and comments, and I don't support censoring it either, even if it is in really bad taste.