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Of course, no one deserves to die this way and we hope he gets better. But the...irony (?) here is pretty thick
by bmcn2020 6y ago
Of course, no one deserves to die this way and we hope he gets better. But the...irony (?) here is pretty thick
- torified 6y agoIf you could imagine a person who does deserve to die this way, what would they act like? Just a little bit similar?
- bmcn2020 6y ago:D I'm trying my best to be...diplomatic. In any case, Lord of the Rings taught me that no one deserves death, and that's my motto by default... even when I sometimes disagree with it
- 0goel0 6y agoWhy do you hope he gets better?
- slg 6y agoI will ignore the human aspect of Trump being sick because I don't think that is nearly the most important part. America needs to reckon with everything Trumpism has revealed about our country. Him getting seriously ill or dying would let a lot of people escape that reckoning. Not to mention that there is a non-negligible portion of this country that still refuses to believe the seriousness of this pandemic. If Trump becomes seriously ill or dies, those people are likely to view this as some sort of assignation, coup, or assault on our country. There could be real violence or prolonged civil unrest as a result. I firmly believe that the best thing for the future of this country was for Biden and the Democrats to have a decisive victory in November, put Trumpism to bed, and force the GOP to reevaluate how they allowed someone like him to take control of their party.
- torified 6y agoYes, I agree. I would rather he lost decisively and then died.
- dang 6y agoPlease don't post poisonous comments like this to HN. You may not owe you-know-who better, but you definitely owe this community better if you're participating in it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- neilsense 6y agoWhy would you hope he doesn't? Wishing harm on any human isn't a reasonable stand to take just because of political beliefs.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> Why would you hope he doesn't? Wishing harm on any human isn't a reasonable stand to take just because of political beliefs. Sue, but there is a distinction between beliefs (including attenuated actions like voting behavior) and consequential actions here. If it's legitimate to use deadly force in self defense, it's certainly must also be to wish deadly harm as, while not an ideal outcome, a better-than-status-quo one on one that is the source of ongoing, conscious policy with unwarranted deadly harms for which there is no probable other immediate remedy.
- owowow 6y agoShould we shed tears for someone who repeatedly chose to expose himself, his family and our nation to a dangerous virus despite being fully aware of the consequences?
- sershe 6y agoYes, I also don't think the poor virus deserves to be extinguished by something as horrible as Trump.
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- mhh__ 6y agoI hope that he doesn't die purely so he can be tried when he hopefully loses the election. Even if he gets pardoned somehow he'll probably be at war with NY for the rest of his waking hours.