Comments on: I’m not one to be happy someone’s dead, but

By: DEAF FEMINIST PUNK!!!!

DEAF FEMINIST PUNK!!!! — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:39:59 +0000

I hope somebody opens his grave up and mutilates his body. I’d love to take a huge shit on his corpse. lol!!!

By: artemiscuous

artemiscuous — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:32:09 +0000

yeah, i gotta say, when i saw that he died, my first thought was, “oh, that’s nice news,” followed by, “why the hell does the headline say that he will be mourned?” then i was depressed because i realized that he probably will be.

By: Alison

Alison — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:24:32 +0000

Wonderful post, Jill. When I heard about his death a lot of these same thoughts went through my head – though I wouldn’t have been able to put them down on paper without a lot of cursing added :)

It sickens me when people use the word “patriot” to describe someone like Helms and it makes my disdain for modern patriotism even stronger. When I’ve been asked if I love my country (which I certainly have, since I’m a lefty liberal San Franciscan), I tell them I love what I know it could be it only we would let it.

By: boggle

boggle — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:17:08 +0000

The day I found out that my grandparents voted for Helms (and still supported him) was the day I realized they could never accept me as a lesbian. Growing up in NC, his popularity was a constant reminder of how much I wasn’t wanted. It cuts much closer to home when you can read some of his speeches and recognize the places he wanted to keep down. He protested the integration of the high school many of my friends wound up going to, he kept funding from the AIDS charities that cared for many of their relatives. When people from up north ask me why NC is getting so liberal, I tell them that it’s because we’ve seen what conservatism looks like.

By: William

William — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:27:34 +0000

…and nothing of value was lost.

C’mon, the man worked aggressively against civil rights, knowingly impeded AIDS research because he thought the victims deserved to die, and generally spent his career being an asshole. The only tragic things about his death is that it was so long coming.

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:33:23 +0000

Mark Levin, one of the most odious of an odious bunch at National Review Online, was praising Helms yesterday for his work on behalf of “oppressed minorities.”

Somewhere, George Orwell’s head is exploding. The Oceania Ministry of Truth couldn’t have done it any better.

By: Sarah in Chicago

Sarah in Chicago — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:54:16 +0000

Rejoicing at someone’s death is never, I think, appropriate. (We had this hashed out when Falwell died last year.)

I’m sorry, but this sounds like privilege talking to me.

I’m a gay woman, when you’ve specifically been targetted by the likes of Helms, Falwell and their scum, then yeah, honestly, I’ll dance in joy at a world that no longer has them in it. Seriously, good fucking riddance and happy days.

It’s easy to be all “respect your opponent” when you’re not the one your opponent thinks if deserving of less rights and is less human than you are.

Buh-bye Helms, it’s moments like this that I’m kinda wishing I wasn’t atheist, so I could imagine the eternity in hell you’d face. Course, hell doesn’t exist, so I’ll settle for the joy that a world without you brings with it, however small.

By: sergio

sergio — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:22:44 +0000

One can say good riddance, bu unfortunately, Jesse’s torch has been passed on to Sen. Tom Coburn, known as Dr. No. He specializes in obstructing legislation with which he does not agree, (anything not extreme right.) He has single-handedly obstructed 90+ bills. The more things change…..

By: Mr. J

Mr. J — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:14:25 +0000

Frangela is talking about this right now. Angela is celebrating this along with the previous demise of Strom Thurmond.

By: Renee

Renee — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:04:38 +0000

Jill there is no shame in telling the truth about someone after they are gone. What good did that man ever contribute to this world? If there is a hell I hope he is working vigorously on his tan for all of the evil that he espoused. Good riddance.