How Twitter reacted to Scalia's death--The word cloud

[pinebox]

Says it all doesn't it?

[KingFlorez]

1. What a terrible way to be remembered

Things done in life surely will effect one's memory in death.

[AtomicKitten]

18. hmmm

[volstork]

31. Jacob Marley, Scrooge's partner,

might be an apt comparison:

"I wear the chain I forged in life," replied the Ghost. "I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it.... It is a ponderous chain."

[panader0]

36. I'll remember you for calling a DU member's mother "horrible" earlier today.

[KingFlorez]

37. I'm not worried about what strangers on the internet think

[panader0]

38. Neither is Scalia anymore

[Lucky Luciano]

41. Lol! nt

[Faux pas]

2. All sadly true.

[redwitch]

3. The response to his death made me think of the ghost of Jacob Marley

Jacob Marley: It is required of every man that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow men! If it goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death! It is doomed to wander through the world! Oh, woe is me! And witness what it cannot share but MIGHT HAVE SHARED on Earth and turned to happiness!

[LongTomH]

14. Perfect literary analogy! Thank you!

[volstork]

32. Sorry, Redwitch

I posted a Marley quote above before I read your post. I guess we are on the same page...

[redwitch]

34. No worries kindred spirit!

[volstork]

40. thx!

[LuvLoogie]

4. His rulings caused a lot of hardship, but he had one vote.

What is said in reaction to his death is not as important as what is done. I hope that President Obama puts forth his nominee and forces the GOP to continue to obstruct. Principle and the Constitution are on his side.

[AlbertCat]

11. but he had one vote.

5 to 4.....

one HUGE vote.

[LuvLoogie]

13. Kennedy has been the swing vote. His vote was more impacting on which way an issue would be decided.

Scalia was pretty partisan, but I find Alito to be the more dangerous of the bunch.

[yourout]

17. Alito should have been filibustered....period

That one I blame the Dems for not fighting hard enough.

[mountain grammy]

42. Agree! I read about him after he was nominated and thought

oh shit, he's a young Scalia. We'll have him for another 30 years. Yes, they should have fought harder on that one.

[AlbertCat]

19. Kennedy has been the swing vote.

Only because of Scalia's vote with the other Neanderthals. (no offense to Neanderthals)

[LuvLoogie]

20. You have to go all the way back to Reagan as to when

anything could have been done about Scalia. Sandra Day O'Connor was also appointed by Reagan.
Since then, we have had a Bush gain or usurp the Whitehouse.

How a judge rules is how a judge rules. The only way we can effect that is by whom we elect to the Senate and the Whitehouse.

[Warren Stupidity]

46. Actually he had two votes.

He had his sock puppet Clarence as well.

[Hoppy]

5. Make "Asshole," 1,306. Nothing but shit ever came out of him.

[underpants]

6. #JudgeReinholdforSCOTUS

[m-lekktor]

7. LOL! poor Scalia.nt

[valerief]

8. I'm surprised there weren't a lot of Ding Dongs, as in...

[Fawke Em]

35. That was my first thought when I read about his death.

I sort of felt bad about it, but that it was my gut reaction means that he fit exactly the descriptions in the OP's Word Cloud examples.

[valerief]

39. I don't feel the least bit bad about celebrating the deaths of evil people who

ruin/end the lives of millions of people.

[mdbl]

47. Damn! I was reserving this for when Mush Limpballs croaks

Now I have to find something else

[roguevalley]

9. given my spiritual beliefs and a near death experience,

I would offer that he is experiencing the actions of his life as he reviews it including the pain he caused. He is experiencing every sorrow and every joy he ever was responsible for. If that is consolation then I offer it freely.

[Voice for Peace]

23. Agree. I also think every sorrow we inflict in life

one day must be felt by us as you described but tenfold.
The same is true of love, goodness, it comes back bountifully. Ten-fold is a random amount.

I've found that either way, it's multiplication. No escaping it. This is how we learn best, by first-hand feeling..

[renate]

28. I think it's fascinating that your near-death experience taught you that

It's what I've always (well, not always, but for a long time) thought about what happens when we die. It seems like a very good way to learn from our lives before we go on to whatever.

Thank you for sharing that!

[DrBulldog]

10. History always wins out.

Eventually we all get what we deserve.

[DrBulldog]

12. Justice Scalia?

Sorry, I don't remember him . . .

[Spitfire of ATJ]

15. It would make a great balloon bouquet for the funeral.

[Helen Borg]

16. Genius and Brilliant are missing!

[boston bean]

21. Isn't it telling how sexist does make the bubble.

[eppur_se_muova]

22. Certainly a lot of overlap between those categories ...

"Racist" and "Homophobe" are subsets of "Bigot", which is a subset of "Evil". Hard to know which is the most inclusive category -- evil, asshole, or good riddance. I guess really they're all the same thing.

[lark]

24. I'd add more

hater
crony capitalist
hypocrite
judicial activist

He earned every bad thing they are saying about him and more. Anyone saying good things (other than RBG) are RW liars themselves.

[MariaThinks]

27. thank you.

[mountain grammy]

43. and sexist.

[dropboss11]

25. RIP Justice Scalia

All that matters is what his Creator says about him.

[lark]

29. Guessing here,

but go to hell sounds about right to me, lol.

[mdbl]

48. Which creator?

If it's the creator that Jesus speaks about, Scalia's in trouble!

[MariaThinks]

26. at least there are people who are thinking and calling it like it is.

scalia was a horrible disgusting human being who caused the death of millions - he was instrumental in stealing the white house for bush and responsible for all that led to.

[SusanaMontana41]

30. Yup. eom

[Raster]

33. So...Good riddance to the racist, biggoted, homophobic, evil, fascist asshole.

Yeah, sounds about right.

[wolfie001]

44. My thoughts about this person exactly!

Thanks Twitter Universe!

[IronLionZion]

45. I remember learning in school that he made history

for being the first Italian American on the Supreme Court. And I thought conservatives liked him a lot. His supporters don't use twitter?