I appreciate the angst that DU goes through when a scumbag like Breitbart dies.

[trumad]

It's happened a hundred times here on DU--- A dirt bag like Breitbart takes a dirt nap and the fine folks at DU begin their first sentence with---"I take no joy in a person dying" --or--- "not to grave dance" ---or---"sorry to his wife and kids".... etc...

See here is the difference with folks on the left.... At least we try.

We try for a couple of minutes or sentences to show a bit of humanity---but after that we say fuck it... enjoy the worm dirt.

Oh I'm certain that there is great joy here at DU that this cancerous puss ball will no longer stain this world of his hate filled bullshit--- but it is nice to see our angst when expressing it.

[Liberal Veteran]

1. We do at least try to hold our baser reactions at bay.

In the end, we are only human.

[tularetom]

2. It's hard to explain

I'm not necessarily happy that he croaked, nor am I unhappy. It's something I really don't give a shit about.

What I am happy about however is that we won't have to be subjected to his miserable bullshit anymore and we won't have to watch the liberal media tremble in fear of his idiotic raving.

In other words I'd be just as happy if he had become a monk somewhere and taken a vowel of silence. The result would be the same.

[Fawke Em]

11. He'll just be replaced by some other slimeball who

rants about some other conservative bullshit and the liberal media - with the exception of Olbermann and Schuster - will still tremble in fear of that person's idiotic raving.

The right has money... they'll just hire someone else.

[Kurmudgeon]

12. Yep! +1!

[peekaloo]

3. I do feel sorry for the kids

that their dad was such an asshole.

[Keystone Writer]

4. I'm hoping they take after the mother.

[pansypoo53219]

13. what if the mom is a asshole too?

she married him. but then maybe his bile overdose is a relief.

[Bok_Tukalo]

5. Think of it as a lesson in perspective and whether or not you learned it

The Dirt Jig is unseemly, petty, small, and gratifying in a way that reflects poorly on those who seek that gratification. Because really, all he was to you (and others) was simply an individual whose political philosophy and methods of advancing it in a mature (small d) democratic society you disagreed with.

He wasn't Nicolae Ceausescu. Now that guy was a serious douche.

[Generic Other]

6. Perhaps it is a lesson for all

Make your life one worth living and others will mourn its passing.

[randome]

7. I appreciate your sentiment.

But with more than 100 threads on DU about Breitbart, we have given him more air time than he had when he was alive.

I don't see the need for sorrow or rejoicing. Blowhards like Breitbart only have power if we give it to him.

Unfortunately, in his passing, DU has given him even more power.

[Gold Metal Flake]

8. I appreciate the hide thread button.

I don't appreciate finger-shakers either left or right.

I think your post strikes the perfect balance about the unfortunate death of the cancerous puss ball.

[scheming daemons]

9. no angst here. still dancing.

[treestar]

10. True, but this guy specifically danced on Ted Kennedy's grave

So his just desserts on his death are a different question. I don't think he would even expect those he opposed to be respectful.

[Rowdyboy]

14. Some folks cause joy where ever they go...others whenever they go....Breitbart was the latter

And so it goes

[joeybee12]

15. I am angst-free!

The world is a better place without him.

[UTUSN]

18. Me, too!1 What is this "angst" of which is spoken?!1 n/t

[nanabugg]

16. Sometimes I think that folks like Limbaugh and Breitbart just use their hate for money.

They may not even really believe what they are saying and even if they do they still know they can thrive off of the uncountable amount of money they will get from the RW-hate mongers who make up a large part of the 1%.

[mr.banana.hammock]

17. Yes, true, but ask yourself why "liberal" Talking Points Memo is censoring any mention of Breitbert

Why won't Josh truck any criticism of his boyfriend Breitbart? I'd expect this from those Red State morons, but from a supposedly left leaning blog?

http://www.dailykos.com/blog/uid:54791

[randome]

21. Maybe because it's a news site, not a discussion forum.

Sure, they open up stories for discussion but it's primary purpose is reporting, unlike what you find on DU.

[Horse with no Name]

19. The big difference in the Left and Right on this issue

isn't the absence of gravedancing....it is the absence of wishing people dead and/or actively facilitating their death. That is what THEY do...we don't. We take the gifts as they come, but we do wait for nature or karma to give them to us.

[PlanetBev]

20. Breitbart lived to destroy people

but I would bring him back to life in a minute, if I could exchange him for Limbaugh. In the Rat-Fucker Olympics, Breitbart was only a top ranking amateur.

In my mind, Limbaugh is the head of the snake. I would give anything for him to depart this planet. That would totally demoralize the Right, as they take their marching orders from him. They would be lost without him.

[Major Hogwash]

22. You saw my angst, huh?

Is that what the kids on Twitter are calling it these days?
I gotta start wearing pants when I post here.
That's all there is to it.

This is embarrassing.

[trumad]

23. No dude---

Douchebags don't have angst.