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

That's a great headline, BTW.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 31 points 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago

In the words of Radiohead

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

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 2 months ago

Another skeleton in the closet

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

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

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe just the dead ones then.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months 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 2 months ago (1 children)

Don't be a public servant.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

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

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

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

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 74 points 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago

And a warmonger

[–] NekoKoneko@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)
[–] Monument@piefed.world 7 points 2 months 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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

You did mention roadkill . . .

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago

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

[–] skeptomatic@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

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

[–] tacoplease@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

You got me, thought that was super plausible.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Will he be buried with his favorite butt plug?

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

No, sadly trump is still alive.

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago
[–] Rivermoonwolf@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Bury him with him, Egyptian style.

[–] oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

There is no afterlife for those who have no soul.