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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 30 Nov 2018
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    Hagiography is bad, allowing bogus mythology to dominate public discussion is bad, but I'm not a fan of gratuitous dunking-on-the-freshly-deceased either. Maybe because revering the dead is a humanistic impulse, and worth honoring in some way. I don't know. Contradictory thoughts

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      1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 30 Nov 2018
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        Addendum. Enforced consensus in the wake of high-profile death can be extremely oppressive, and should be fought against. Bitterly and rudely, if necessary. But I don't like when it's done in a gleeful or celebratory manner. "Joy" seems like the wrong impulse to cultivate here.

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      2. Jonathan Patrick‏ @JonathanPtrck 30 Nov 2018
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        Not speaking ill of the dead applies to relatives with minor flaws; not public officials who wield institutional power and leave suffering in their wake.

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      3. Austen Proctor‏ @Austenouttaten 30 Nov 2018
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        They hold more responsibility and thus should be held to a higher standard. They don't even come close to meeting that standard.

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      1. Burton Fisher‏ @FisherBurton 30 Nov 2018
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        And a lot of humanistic impulses suck. Taking the death of a war criminal as opportunity to note his crimes and seek to prevent future similar ones isn't "dunking on the dead," it's working to preserve and cherish the living.

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      2. KnightsOfLabor vAFL:RFK vHumphrey: Which got Shot?‏ @DoItForMaMa 1 Dec 2018
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        KnightsOfLabor vAFL:RFK vHumphrey: Which got Shot? Retweeted KnightsOfLabor vAFL:RFK vHumphrey: Which got Shot?

        Not a fan of that either. But there' always time for exceptions bc this ones about narrative itself i.e. what esoteric marketed leftists are permitted to read and what 310 million are..https://twitter.com/DoItForMaMa/status/1068894265995079680 …

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        KnightsOfLabor vAFL:RFK vHumphrey: Which got Shot? @DoItForMaMa
        TO H.W. BUSH From: Hell. Drop in sometime... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOs3uIEyHaY …
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      3. Read A Lie Too Big To Fail,JFK and the Unspeakable‏ @_jrvansant 1 Dec 2018
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        Every time these people die the System seizes upon it as an opportunity to rub out another chunk of history, the only option for survival is to counter this as hard as possible as fast as possible, we should even get to work before they die, will be kissinger soon

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      1. Ziggy ⏳Jesus was a Socialist 🌷‏ @ZiggyRichards 30 Nov 2018
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        Honesty is the best policy. If we wouldn't write heartfelt obits for foreign war criminals, why should we do it for those who happened to be born in close geographical proximity?

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      1.  🌺Nichole DeJesus ❤️‏ @1nicholedejesus 1 Dec 2018
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        Honest objectivity will always breed inner conflict like this

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      2. Free Speech "Extremist"‏ @roblanderos 1 Dec 2018
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        There is no better time to speak good or ill of the dead than when the moment of passing is fresh in the mind. Revering the dead is best reserved for those who deserve reverence.

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      3. Free Speech "Extremist"‏ @roblanderos 1 Dec 2018
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        Free Speech "Extremist" Retweeted Aaron Maté

        And in the case of war criminals, Aaron Maté has a good thought.https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1068739058195664896 …

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        Aaron MatéVerified account @aaronjmate
        When a war criminal dies, it should be obvious that we not honor the war criminal & instead honor their victims. On 2/13/‘91, 408 civilians were killed — most of them women, children, & the elderly, & most of them burned alive — when US forces bombed the Amiriyah shelter in Iraq.
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      1. Mike Scott‏ @MichaelScarn001 30 Nov 2018
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        He didn’t spend a second thinking about the people he killed, he just continued to murder. If he were a regular citizen that committed such atrocities there would be no “conundrum.”

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      1. jcricket 🌻 🌹 🏴‍☠️ 🐾 🍸‏ @therealjcricket 30 Nov 2018
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        death is a pretty sacred thing. where those who have died are the cause of destruction of some kind, I find it satisfying to refrain from the hagiography in general. However, when Kissinger goes, I'm opening champagne.

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      2. Oops! The Planet! ⓥ‏ @TippingElements 1 Dec 2018
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        The minute I got the push notification (11pm? ugh) I knew you’d be on fire with what might be McCain Round 2. (Feel sorry that it seems you might be trying to circumnavigate bad faith.) I agree, tho I don’t think you have to ascribe to humanism to see cheering as antisocial.

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      1. Louie Lozano  🇺🇸‏ @WeldtoWrite 30 Nov 2018
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        I feel the same. Thank you for articulating it better than I've been able to.

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      1. Austen Proctor‏ @Austenouttaten 30 Nov 2018
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        There are few who deserve it, but he is definitely among them. Nothing about him makes me see him as anything less than your run of the mill mass murderer

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      1.  🍂 Bonfire  🎃 #BoycottBlizzard‏ @Shouryureppa 30 Nov 2018
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        should there be a standard for dunking? 48 hours after the burial maybe? A vain attempt to keep our humanity.

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