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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 139 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's a great headline, BTW.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

An evil heart and a lust for power meant even as society changed he never lived a single day of freedom. It'd be sad if he wasn't, y'know, evil.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s still sad. Don’t get me wrong, fuck that guy. But it’s a tragic story that repeats too often. I hope for a day where no one lives it again.

[–] ferrule@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

In the words of Radiohead

You do it to yourself, you do And that's what really hurts

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"You won't believe what happened to this old celeb we won't name on the until you read the main body (gone sexual??)"

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 83 points 1 month ago

Another skeleton in the closet

[–] muffedtrims@lemmy.world 80 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The is no HIPAA regulations on Grindr releasing it's database on how many hookups Lindsay did per month.

[–] knife@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

grindr would lose so much business if they started snitching on conservative politicians

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe just the dead ones then.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Even then. If I want a secret kept, I don't want my death to release the secret to the public

[–] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't be a public servant.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

(no! Public service is great! But your point is valid)

[–] RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I had to verify that was fake. You can't miss it if a corpo actually tweets something like that

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good. Fucking. Riddance. Rot in hell you lady bug child fucking shit bag.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 74 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You should probably not accuse a man you’re insinuating was gay of also fucking children with zero evidence. The only man who has ever even publicly claimed he had sex with him said he did so as an adult (he was already a porn actor). Since accusing gay men of being pedophiles is an incredibly old homophobic stereotype, maybe don’t do that. Especially since there’s a slew of shit he actually did to criticize him for.

[–] DomeGuy@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

I won't accuse the late senator of either sexually abusing children or being erotically attracted to them.

But he was a consistent Republican vote for shitty Republican ideas. So, yeah, he definitely fucked America's kids.

[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

He only needed 1 golf game with trump to change his views by 180 degrees. I wonder why.

I also why Sasha Riley mentioned him specifically when talking about his experience with Epstein?

Those who voted for him are generally are those associating pedophilia with being gay, but there is also link with it of rich and powerful that we learned what was released about Epstein.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 8 points 1 month ago

He's a MAGA so he's automatically a Pedophile. If he didn't rape children himself, then he protected those who do, and you know what they call a person who protects pedophiles?

A Pedophile.

Lindsey Graham was a Pedophile. He'll have plenty of company where he's going.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 month ago

And a warmonger

[–] NekoKoneko@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

died Saturday evening after what his office described as a “brief and sudden illness.”

Graham had met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Friday

That's quite an escalation. What would be that sudden? Drug overdose? Suicide after the cognitive dissonance finally became overwhelming?

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] Monument@piefed.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I do really hope he shit himself to death.

They’re probably not announcing the cause of Lady G’s death because RFK might show up to try to eat the body if he thinks his decisions at the CDC contributed.

“It’s legitimate kill! Let me stick him in my trunk!”

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"First dibs on the peen!" -- RFK, probably

You did mention roadkill . . .

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A heart attack is a brief and sudden event...

If that's what happened, they're going to be hesitant to say it because that's what happened to McTurtle, and they're trying to stall till the normal election so it won't be a special election

If Mitch wasn't being kept alive by machines in a brain dead state, they'd have said Lindsey had a heart attack

[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

There was a report of something happening a week or so earlier there too it’s very common for heart issues to happen in clusters like that

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I found a news report that it was a tear of the aorta.

[–] skeptomatic@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately the website I have only works on dead mormons and they ain't dead dunked him yet

[–] tacoplease@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

You got me, thought that was super plausible.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Will he be buried with his favorite butt plug?

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

No, sadly trump is still alive.

[–] Rivermoonwolf@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Bury him with him, Egyptian style.

[–] oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago

Who wants to celebrate? Drinks on me, or edibles if you want that instead

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

There is no afterlife for those who have no soul.

[–] F6FHellcat@feddit.online -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can't wait for Candace to tell us it was really an exploding microphone that killed him.

[–] tacoplease@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago