• Mister Neon@lemmy.world
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    Wow I almost feel sorry for the guy. Words shouldn’t ever be met with violence. But if you act like a complete cunt for years don’t be surprised when you get fucked.

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      Sometimes words are a form of violence. And in Charlie’s case, he used those particular words as often and as gleefully as he could.

      There will be no amount of suffering he could ever endure that would add up to even a fraction of the misery he has sent out into the world.

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        I’m going to respectfully disagree with you.

        We can debate our points while we dance on his grave.

        If you bring the music I’ll bring the snacks.

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      I feel the same way about this as I did about the Trump assassination attempt.

      I’m upset he got shot at, but I’m not upset he got shot.

      This is an indication of the real tension in the US right now.

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        “I have never wished a man to die, but I have often read the obituaries with glee.”

        (Poorly quoted, don’t remember the attribution)

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          I thought it was Twain but the interwebs says no

          This viral quote appears to be a rephrasing of a line written by Clarence Darrow, a lawyer who is perhaps best known for his involvement in the “Scopes Monkey Trial” of 1925 in which he defended an educator for teaching evolution in a public school, in his biography “The Story of My Life.”

          Darrow wrote: “All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike some one they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.”

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            I thought it was Twain

            Yeah - I’d heard that too but everything is attributed to him and most of it is false… Darrow though - I wouldn’t have guessed that!

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      He died doing what he loved: justifying the 2nd amendment

      Edit: not yet confirmed dead, but the video is bad