Was never happier to read an obituary of someone I didn't know

[maxrandb]

But the local paper's obituary had a picture of the deceased wearing a red MAGAt hat.

It made me smile.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. The world is now a slightly better place (nt)

[Ocelot II]

2. There are a number of obituaries I am awaiting eagerly.

“I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” - Clarence Darrow

[Pinback]

3. Many Are Getting A Tombstone (nt)

[SCantiGOP]

4. Was it Mark Twain who said

something along the lines of:
I have never hoped for anyone’s death, but I have read some obituaries with great joy.

[SWBTATTReg]

7. If he didn't, he certainly would have been a person that would have! Mark Twain/Sam Clements,

One of my favorites (and in MO too).

[Ocelot II]

11. It was Clarence Darrow, mistakenly attributed to Mark Twain

because it sounds like something he might have said.

[Sympthsical]

5. This isn't healthy

Sorry, it's not.

And the back pats just add to the weirdness.

"A stranger whose politics I don't like is dead! Yeah!"

This shouldn't be normalized.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

6. Agreed.

[Sky Jewels]

8. Eh. We don't live in "normal" times anymore.

It's not "just politics" anymore. It's not "well, he's a bit more fiscally conservative than I am, so we have different politics."

It's whether we survive as a democracy or turn into an white supremacist-run authoritarian theocracy.

We're in the fight of our lives. It's a cold civil war.

This is one less vote and one less foot soldier for the bad guys. Good.

[Sympthsical]

14. I'm not going to excuse away basic decency

People are free to do as they will, but my parents raised me a certain way. I think they did a pretty good job of rendering me more or less socially well-adjusted.

When this topic comes up (and it does perpetually), "Why is this country so hateful?!" Well . . . tada. And, "People made me be this way!" isn't going to cut it.

People need to take some responsibility for themselves.

More and more, all over the place, I keep finding myself saying, "Is being normalsauce for just one day not a thing anymore?"

[maxrandb]

18. Hey, his relatives chose the picture

A MAGA hat is no different than a swastika these days.

I didn't politicize his death. Whoever picked the MAGA picture did.

I would also comment the same way if Jeffrey Dahmer's obit picture had him holding a knife and fork.

[vanlassie]

10. Agreed. Had the same discussion with a local

“Lean Left” FB group. It’s just… unbecoming.

[Ocelot II]

12. I'm certainly not going to grieve when TFG goes to his eternal reward.

[Sympthsical]

13. He's not a random stranger

Imagine, "Hey, I saw a random Democrat I don't know is dead. Hooray!"

Anyone who doesn't immediately side eye that has some weird lack of socialization going on, IMO.

[LudwigPastorius]

17. I agree.

We're all going to the boneyard in good time.

Anyone with a glancing familiarity with history knows that dehumanizing a stranger you consider your enemy because of their politics usually doesn't end with just that. It's a very dark path.

[blueinredohio]

9. My brother used to say

"Good another dead republican."

[cachukis]

15. Russian joke:

Moscow man buys newspaper, glances at front page, throws it straight out. Next day and day after, same. Eventually, seller snaps. ‘Why DO you do that?’ ‘I'm just checking for an obituary.’ ‘But obituaries aren't on the front page.’ ‘The one I'm looking for will be.’

[NCjack]

16. Oh, yeah! That's me each morning when I open DU.