the best thing i've read about Breitbart today
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/01/1069795/-Marking-the-Death-of-an-Evil-PersonDon't mistake my relief for glee. I'm not glad he's dead. I am relieved. It is a great relief to me to be able to say those few words--whose relevance and veracity no one can honestly dispute.
I sympathize with the bereaved. Most of us know what it is like to be personally bereaved. It sucks. Other people, by their bias or ignorance, saw Breitbart in a different light. We are all entitled to our own perceptions. I would never give my opinion of Andrew Breitbart at his funeral (as if I would even go), and I don't support dancing on other people's graves.
Rather, Breitbart's passing is a one-time occasion to condemn him for the evil he did to this world, and then to let go of our resentment of him for his crimes. With these few words I hereby accomplish exactly that, at least for myself. The people who say "now isn't the time" or "it isn't respectful" can go suck a lemon. They do not know what they are talking about. If we would ethically show quiet respect for a person in death, then our enmity toward that person in life was wrong. And if the enmity was not wrong, then quiet respect is hypocritical, and an abrogation of our obligation to bear witness to history.
more at link http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/01/1069795/-Marking-the-Death-of-an-Evil-Person
russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)Vincardog
(20,234 posts)rfranklin
(13,200 posts)the sense of relief will be short-lived.
Tumbulu
(6,431 posts)but who knows....I can hope that they will not.
tblue37
(66,035 posts)level of discourse in this country, one must admit that he was skilled at what he did; he was effective, in the sense that he frequently accomplished his goals, as evil and destructive as they were. We can only hope that whoever steps in to continue his "life's work" will be considerably less efective at it than he was!
Wow, I seriously disagree with your sentiments.
The last I saw of this guy was him screaming out of control at OWS protestors telling them to "Behave themselves" and telling them to "Stop raping people."
There is nothing "skilled" in being a liar, loudmouth, out-of-control misogynistic idealogue.
Yes, I am sorry for those who loved and lost him -- but that is all.
tblue37
(66,035 posts)With those shouts, he was, as we now know, setting up a reveal for a fake news story in which a woman would claim to have been raped at an OWS camp.
That sort of slimy planning is what I mean by skilled. He was actually pretty good at setting up fake stories to damage our side. Even when his stories turned out to be lies and fakes, they original buzz continued to be to main version of the story, not the correction or retraction.
Thats because the MSM is on the side of the corporations, of course, but still, he has done a huge amount of damage to our side, and that must be acknowledged. Even if what a person does is obviously evil and destructive, if he gets that evil destruction spread far and wide, he has been effective, because he has achieved his purpose. Hitler was also effective in his own way.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)is that he's dead.
Tommykun
(81 posts)he had a heart attack because of Keith Olbermann's continuous uncovering of his lies and shenanigans? Maybe the stress of having reality smack him in the face finally took its toll.
barbtries
(29,588 posts)witness the fact that cheney still breathes. my father dropped dead of a heart attack when he was 49. he was not a bad man. my daughter was run over by an enraged drunk when she was 21; she's dead and her killer as far as i know is still alive.
luck of the draw. his heart failed for whatever reason, probably undetected disease.
crunch60
(1,412 posts)have paid for his FIVE heart surgery's, the most advanced testing and the best medical care . Our money is keeping this POS alive.
Mr. Cheney was lucky to have government medical insurance to cover his five operations. Can you imagine if he had private insurance? After his first heart attack, the insurance company would have said, "Sorry Mr. Cheney, that's a pre-existing condition, we won't cover it." If Mr. Cheney were a self-employed house painter, what would his private insurance premiums be after that first heart attackif he could get insurance at all?
Very sorry about your Father and daughter, I understand your pain. My two beautiful cousins, 16 and 17 were killed by a drunk driver. They're dead and he walked. My Father died at 47.
barbtries
(29,588 posts)so sorry about your cousins, and the loss of your dad.
brewens
(15,359 posts)seabeckind
(1,957 posts)that after someone is dead, everyone says nice of him?
An asshole is an asshole. If he dies, he's a dead asshole.
i guess it's because he's dead and all the vitriol pointed at him may hurt his loved ones. he has very young children, innocents by definition.
but he did a lot of damage. that's why i loved this post. it just puts it out there, and then we go on. a cleansing thing if you will.
October
(3,363 posts)But I will add that his vitriol hurt others' loved ones and innocents while he was alive.
RainDog
(28,784 posts)who spent his life trying to tear down democracy.
no tears from me.
peace frog
(5,609 posts)wwytchwood
(31 posts)you said just what needed to be said
barbtries
(29,588 posts)but it wasn't me, it was Sinistral at DK http://www.dailykos.com/user/The%20Sinistral
i just thought it was so good i wanted to share it.
Bill USA
(6,436 posts)mikeh106
(7 posts)You expressed my thoughts on a completely odious, worthless human being to a T. Well done.
barbtries
(29,588 posts)it wasn't me, it was Sinistral at DK http://www.dailykos.com/user/The%20Sinistral
i just thought it was so good i wanted to share it.
Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)barbtries
(29,588 posts)this was the link to the writer's profile. or at least it was meant to be.
emsimon33
(3,128 posts)Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)But still a good summary of a man who CHOSE his battles.
asfghjtyk
(22 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Faith No More
(238 posts)doesn't mean they're any less an asshole when they die. Death doesn't mean you're automatically forgiven for the things you did in life, it just means that now the rest of us aren't going to have to put up with your sorry ass anymore.
barbtries
(29,588 posts)but i need not expend any more of my precious energy on this particular asshole.
zinnisking
(405 posts)...and Dkos too, but I don't read it much.
chervilant
(8,267 posts)To me, Andrew Breitbart was a daily reminder of the loathsome abyss at the bottom of which transpires much of our public and political discourse. Would that his vulgar and reprehensible behavior motivate a return to civility.
Uncle Joe
(59,873 posts)Thanks for the thread, barbtries.
barbtries
(29,588 posts)andrew who?