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I'm not celebrating. I think it is an incredible fucking shame that a bunch of crushingly ignorant people were mislead by a very small group of people with a highly destructive agenda. She died because she believed lies, made it her entire identity, and couldn't figure out how to change her position. She eat made to feel like a hero for standing up to "the man" and died a miserable, unnecessary death.
You've made some fairly empathetic comments in the thread, so don't take it directly at you. I'm immunocompromised so I understand the risks. I still have space for compassion. This is a sad loss in convincing these people and we should be sorting out how to do better.
I will always refuse to dance on graves, and you should too.
I always tell my kids that we don't wish death on anyone and we don't celebrate anyone's death. This woman made petulance her entire identity and it cost her her life. She died for stupid political reasons and her children and her grandchildren and their families are all hurting. What a stupid, senseless hill to die on and for people who don't give a shit about her or her family.
It's an incredibly stupid thing to die for, for sure. It'd just be nice to see less celebration of death in the world and in the communities I interact with.
Part of it is the fact that these people were so condescending, so arrogant, so self-satisfied about their nonsense. They called us sheeple for following the recommendations of experts when they were lining up behind a dozen people writing obvious nonsense on obscure blogs and worshiping it like a religion. They quote made up facts and numbers. They abused and assaulted people who were just trying to do their jobs. They were truly the worst that humanity has to offer. So you can understand why there might be a bit of a sense of schadenfreude when one of the rides the crazy train into the ground.
Like I've said...I'm not celebrating her death. I think it's a fucking tragedy that anyone is that stupid, that gullible, that arrogantly stubborn but it was her choice.