"Because we're better than that." Please. The death of Brietbart is similar to the removal of . . .

[Stinky The Clown]

. . . . a cancerous tumor. Being "better than that" accomplishes nothing, in my mind. So many people like to say that. Some take comfort from saying it. Some feel superior for having said it.

Given the chance, Andrew Brietbart would have pissed on your grave and the grave of your family members. He HATED you. And from that hate, he set out to destroy you and everything you love.

Moreover, he has followers. Many followers. People who thought of him as a political ally. Just today, Man on Dog said a lot more than just the usual, pro forma "kind" words. He said he will be a great loss in the fight to win back America. No word yet from the TeaBag ass licker, Dog on Car, but no doubt, after he praises the Blunt Amendment, he'll have some pandering statement of his deep sense of loss. Then, of course, there are the little people who are just as filled with hate as he is.

I can understand the "because we're better than that" sentiment in a lot of cases. This, however, is not one of them.

I'm glad he's dead.

[monmouth]

1. Well said Stinky, the world is far better off. Beware of high horses...n/t

[russspeakeasy]

2. You are glad he's dead ? I havin a damn party !

[lanlady]

17. can I join you?

[gopiscrap]

22. Me too!!

we should start an internet petition expressing our gladness in having this cancer removed from our society...he's almost as bad as Phelps as far as I'm concerned!!!

[atreides1]

3. Agreed

There are times when "because we're better than that", is a stretch...this is one of them!

[The Magistrate]

4. Fuck That, My Friend: the Degenerate Bastard's Dead, And Good Riddance To the Shit

It's been ages since I awoke to such good news.

[mopinko]

13. ++++++

[Erose999]

5. I liken the death on Andy Britefart to the removal of a tumor. Or the passage of a kidneystone.

Or getting a shot of Penicillin at the free clinic to cure your VD.

[Zalatix]

21. Hey, you're better than that. Please stop.

Think of all the tumors and kidney stones out there that will feel insulted by that.

[Javaman]

6. "He HATED you."

perhaps it was that hate that killed him.

as I stated in another thread, if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.

silence is a lost tool of power in todays society.

[steve2470]

14. I agree with you wholeheartedly.

The man is gone. His family is grieving. We can let it go at that.

[Whiskeytide]

33. .

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[Champion Jack]

37. He died from syphilis (and the hate)

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. I vow to be as kind to his memory as he was to Ted Kennedy's

[liberalhistorian]

8. I'm sorry, but I cannot agree with that.

Remember that that is what freepers and many other conservatives (certainly not all, but a lot) said about Ted Kennedy and the deaths of other prominent Dems and how angry it made us. There should be no joy in any death and we ARE supposed to be better than that. I am certainly no fan at all of Breitbart and I happen to believe he's now answering for a lot of his shit to a higher power right now, but I do not rejoice in his death and I feel sorry for his family. Especially given his fairly young age (shit, he's several years younger than me) and the way that it happened. Grave dancing is sick no matter who does it or why.

[BeyondGeography]

16. The false equivalency of the Ted Kennedy comparison is driving me nuts

You're not the only one to do this here. Ted Kennedy did a mountain of good for people. Stop.

[gopiscrap]

25. Thank you I agree

[liberalhistorian]

27. Yes, I'm well aware of that, I've been

a huge lifelong Kennedy fan. I'm certainly not at all comparing Breitbart with Ted, not even on the same planet. What I'm saying is that I don't even think Kennedy would be rejoicing in this and he wouldn't want us to, either. What I'm saying is that we cannot complain about how rude and crass the other side is in their reactions to some Dem and lib deaths if we do the same damned thing. Grave dancing is grave dancing and it's sick. Period.

[LiberalFighter]

32. Kennedy = statesman

[EFerrari]

26. Yeah, that's what Breitbart said about Teddy. Fuck him.

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Millions of people lost advocacy for affordable homes, voting rights and education when he helped murder ACORN.

Oh, and fuck him.

[backscatter712]

40. Exactly. Breitbart himself grave-pissed on Kennedy. Payback's a bitch! n/t

[BeyondGeography]

9. A morally and ethically bankrupt symbol of an out-of-control "movement"

Much for his fans to think about here, but they won't.

[lumberjack_jeff]

10. The high road is only useful if it leads to the destination. n/t

[hifiguy]

11. Agreed 100%, Stinky.

Good riddance to bad rubbish. I suspect he choked on his own bile.

I cannot mourn the passing of someone so truthless, vicious, evil and hateful. There comes a point where you forfeit your own claim to humanity by your own actions and this SOB passed that point long ago.

[CrispyQ]

43. "There comes a point where you forfeit your own claim to humanity by your own actions..."

Well said.

Sadly, the list is long.

[Old and In the Way]

12. Feel bad for the immediate family, of course...for the rest of us and his contribution

to making this an uglier society? Good riddance, Andy!

[gopiscrap]

29. I don't even feel bad for his family

they enabled him!!! and they lived off of the wealth his vile amassed for him!!!

[cindyperry2010]

15. AS MUCH of an utter creep as

this guy was i will not celebrate the death of a father or husband. (being unlucky enough to have suffered that myself)

[MelissaB]

23. I'm not celebrating his death.

I'm just not mourning it.

[jannyk]

18. sadly, I am too.

[BlueToTheBone]

19. What? When? How?

Did he drink himself to death? Lie about the wrong person? Do tell all? Okay, google is my friend...off to find out what will brighten the world's chances for healing.

[JitterbugPerfume]

20. I'm with you, Stinky

His death removed a huge portion of hate from the world.

I'm glad he is dead

[Bake]

24. "Better than that?" Not me.

I'm celebrating his passing. The world is a better place without him.

Bake

[Dreamer Tatum]

28. I'M better than that, anyway.

Some people live to gloat when others die. Not me.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

30. The world is better off without him in it. I won't argue that.

Which doesn't mean I don't feel for his family. I do. Even though all I'm feeling is a sense of karmic justice in his death.

He was a vile, hate filled man who lived to bring suffering to others to further his goals. There are a lot of his victims out there with lighter hearts today.

Today is my birthday. I'm going out for margaritas and a nice dinner followed by a show. It's a long planned celebration with one change, I'll make a toast to a brighter tomorrow for Brietbart's potential future victims now spared their fates. I'm not celebrating his death. I am celebrating the end of his power over others lives. There is a difference.

[cindyperry2010]

34. true

happy birthday

[renate]

36. good point--there is a difference

There wouldn't even have been a question about how to respond to his death if he hadn't been such a horrible, horrible person. A debate about whether it's appropriate to be happy about someone's absence from the world isn't much of a legacy.

Happy birthday!

[n2doc]

31. I hope they install a urinal at his grave

Saves time and mess.

[amuse bouche]

35. I'm smiling

and it feels nice....


He was a churlish, vacuous dolt. Time to meet his maker Yep...one of thoses guys

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

38. I can't bring myself to shed a single tear.

I realize that he had a family and friends who are probably feeling very sad right now, and it is certainly appropriate (and normal) to feel empathy for anyone who is grieving. And no matter how much of a dick you are, chances are somebody, somewhere, loves you.

However, the result of the passing of Andrew Breitbart is that there is now just a little less malice in the universe. Those who are climbing up on their high horses and announcing that they are "better than that" - claiming they genuinely mourn the loss of someone whose whole purpose in life seemed to be political ratfucking of the most vicious sort - are they really being honest with us and themselves? Are they really, truly sorry he's dead? I suppose you could say it would have been better if he had lived long enough to see the light and repent of his evil ways, like Lee Atwater (of the "Willy Horton" ads). Atwater died of a brain tumor when he was only 40, and just before he died he wrote an article in which he apologized to Michael Dukakis for the "naked cruelty" of the his 1988 campaign strategy. Maybe Breitbart would eventually have repented as well, but how much more damage would he have done in the meantime? And some people never change; they remain wicked bastards until their last breath (e.g., Dick Cheney).

Those enlightened beings who find themselves able to mourn the deaths of extraordinarily bad people are probably "better than" I am -- but Breitbart was a very bad man and I'm not sorry he's gone.

[lapislzi]

39. I cannot agree.

He's just dead. He was a hateful person. But I don't do grave dances for anyone. Why would I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?

[frylock]

41. i'm not better than that, and i'm not at all ashamed to admit it..

fuck breitbart.

[Odin2005]

42. I'm glad that SOB is dead, too.

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[sofa king]

44. I have a toast for him.

"May every glass held up to the memory of Breitbart tonight eventually trickle down to his grave."

[WhoIsNumberNone]

45. Man on Dog? Dog on Car?

I guess the Gingrich is just "Dog", right?

[Warpy]

46. It will be interesting to see what the toxicology report says

but expect it to take a month or more to come out and then be buried on the bottom of a page of mortuary adverts.

The most horrible stuff I could come out with about that piss poor excuse for a human being would still leave me "better than that," bless his heart. He was a rage addict who destroyed other people for fun, bless his heart.

The news of his death had just broken when I got up this morning. I have to admit it was a nice way to start the day. Bless his heart.

Yes, I did live in the south. Why do you ask?

[Ship of Fools]

47. How much time has to go by before

we get to remember where we were when we first heard the news?

[JI7]

48. there is nothing good about him that i can think of, he made a living destroying other people

it's one thing to have different views and get legislation passed . or just give your opinion on what is going on.

but he made up shit to destroy others.

[klook]

49. I'm sorry he didn't live

to see the smoldering ruins of his former empire.

[emsimon33]

50. Ditto

No love (or even "like&quot lost where Andy Badbreath is concerned.

[phleshdef]

51. I'm definately better than that. Maybe you aren't.

Unless someone murdered someone or molested children or some equally unforgivable thing, I do not take joy in someone else's death. I didn't like Breitbart one bit. I wanted to see him discredited, sued and made to fade in to irrelevancy. I did not wish to see him dead.

If you honestly take joy in this, stop calling yourself a liberal.

[Stinky The Clown]

52. Bless your heart

That's so sweet

[phleshdef]

53. At least I have one to bless.

You people stroking yourself to Andrew Breitbart's obituary aren't much better than he is on a personal character level.

[Stinky The Clown]

55. Really . . . . .

Bless your heart.

[liberal_mama]

54. I didn't consider him to be a person

To me, he was a monster. Someone who wanted to destroy us. This country will be better off without him. I enjoyed your post and read it to my kids. I cooked steaks for dinner!

[Joe the Revelator]

56. Be careful when you fight monsters, lest you become one yourself...

This thread is disgusting.

[Auntie Bush]

57. That makes two of us. I admit it! My honest to God first thought

was hurray... then I felt guilty as hell. First time I was ever happy someone died...not a good feeling!

[Major Hogwash]

58. Looks like there are only a few Brietbart fans here at the DU.

I guess his sudden death was all it took to bring them out from the woodwork.
Hopefully they'll quiet down after they realize what an evil man he really was.

[Carolina]

59. Totally agree

I'm glad when evil passes and quite frankly I have no sympathy for his family (young children excluded) who aided, abetted and profitted from his wretched words and behavior. RIP my ass.

[madokie]

60. Right on Stinky

I might be biased because I have a big soft spot in my heart for Clowns. In case anyone needs to be know this, Clowns are born not made. I wasn't born a Clown and no way in hell could I be one if I was to try. Being just a tad smarter than a fence post I know that

[Vinca]

61. I usually don't react like this to anyone's death, but I truly despised the guy

and don't care one iota that he crapped out at a young age.

[alterfurz]

62. as Bette Davis remarked upon Joan Crawford's demise...

"You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good...Joan Crawford is dead. Good."

[fasttense]

63. Using Breibart's own words

"Why do you grant a BULLY special status upon his death?"

[lunatica]

64. It's something when everyone knows exactly who you're talking about

when you say Man on Dog and Dog on Car.

And yes. I agree with you. It's hypocritical to act like you're superior to people who tell the ugly truth.

[peekaloo]

65. I pray

that his last thought was of Shirley Sherrod ramming Anthony's Weiner in his ear while munching on an Acorn.