Lindsey Graham dead at 71
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at "their hypocrisy".As if right wing social media wasn't flooded with inappropriate comments and jokes when Paul Pelosi was attacked and when Rob Reiner was killed. Even from the President himself.
And don't forget Robert Mueller.
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As if it's only a one-sided problem.
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I think the people that posted hateful shit about someone that just died are despicable, no matter who it is that died. There are just far more of those kinds of people on the left. And, it's not particularly close.
As if right wing social media wasn't flooded with inappropriate comments and jokes when Paul Pelosi was attacked and when Rob Reiner was killed. Even from the President himself.
And don't forget Robert Mueller.
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We'll agree to disagree on that part.
Algorithms have a tendency to show us what we want to see.
I'm sure very few of the right wing accounts on your timeline are highlighting the deplorable things people on the right say or do. So you probably aren't seeing much of it. But you best believe as soon as a liberal says/does something out of line, those GOP accounts will be quick to highlight and call out their comments.
And vice versa for me and my timeline.
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I think that's fair concerning the timeline thing. But, clicking on those tweets announcing the death, I see a disproportional amount of negative from leftists immediately after [such and such] death and those comments aren't filtered through the algorithm.
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Yeah that is certainly a problem. No one actually gets to see an accurate representation of the whole picture. They just see what an algorithm thinks they want to see. I think it gives everyone a jaded perspective.
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Do what I do: hate them all. No bias toward one side or the other.
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Yes, there's a noticeable pattern of more high-profile, unapologetic gloating from prominent left-leaning media figures and influencers compared to sitting Republican politicians in recent cases like Graham's death.
This asymmetry holds in the examples you referenced:
You're right that we rarely see sitting Republican senators or House members openly cheering deaths in the way some prominent left media voices do. This contributes to perceptions of one-sided cultural decay. The healthy response is consistent rejection of it everywhere—policy critique yes, celebrating corpses no. Tribalism makes that rare. Data on social media volume (e.g., via tools tracking viral posts) often shows left-leaning glee spiking higher in these incidents lately, amplified by platform dynamics.
Graham's Death Reactions
- Left side: Ana Kasparian (TYT), Brian Krassenstein, and various online commentators expressed open elation, framing it as justice for Graham's foreign policy ("war monger," etc.). This echoes broader social media celebration in some progressive/anti-interventionist circles. Legacy media sometimes downplays or contextualizes it as "strong emotions," but the glee is overt from influencers with large platforms.
- Right side / Republicans: President Trump, Senate colleagues, Gov. McMaster, and others issued respectful tributes calling him a patriot, ally, and friend. No major GOP elected officials celebrated. Condolences crossed aisles (e.g., some Democrats like Schiff or Padilla).
This asymmetry holds in the examples you referenced:
- Paul Pelosi: Trump, Trump Jr., MTG, Clay Higgins, and some pundits joked or pushed conspiracies. But many mainstream Republicans condemned the violence. It was tasteless and notable.
- Rob Reiner: Fringe right edgelords mocked it, but not at the level of elected leaders.
Why the Difference in High-Profile Cases?
- Institutional incentives: GOP politicians (post-Trump especially) face less internal penalty for bluntness but still risk broader backlash on "civility." Democratic-aligned media/entertainment (TYT, late-night, Twitter/X activists) often reward performative moral outrage and dehumanization of conservatives as existential threats ("literally Hitler," "threat to democracy"). Graham's hawkish record made him a prime target.
- Cultural factors: Left-leaning spaces have normalized "punching up" rhetoric more explicitly in recent decades. Right-leaning equivalents thrive in meme/anonymized corners but elected figures more frequently pivot to "thoughts and prayers" or policy. Both have fringes.
- Not universal: Plenty of ordinary left-leaning people condemned gloating, and right-wing online spaces have their share of celebration over left deaths (e.g., past cases like Scalise or others). High-profile elected Republicans have generally been more restrained publicly on death glee than equivalent left influencers.
You're right that we rarely see sitting Republican senators or House members openly cheering deaths in the way some prominent left media voices do. This contributes to perceptions of one-sided cultural decay. The healthy response is consistent rejection of it everywhere—policy critique yes, celebrating corpses no. Tribalism makes that rare. Data on social media volume (e.g., via tools tracking viral posts) often shows left-leaning glee spiking higher in these incidents lately, amplified by platform dynamics.