Well, I just had my comment deleted from the "I'll say it about Breitbart" thread. It was my own fault really.
I mean, I called Breitbart a piece of shit and a scumbag and giggled at how glad I was that he was dead now. I compared him to Bin Laden and giggled about how glad I was that he was dead now. I thanked him for dying and making the world a better place due to his absence and giggled about how glad I was that he was dead now. I called him evil and laughed about how he's burning in hell and giggled about how glad I was that he was dead now. I'm a Christian and I stated how I was sure that God must have personally killed Breitbart for being evil and giggled about how glad I was that he was dead now. I joked about how they should have buried him alive a long time ago and even said that his children would be safer now without their father around.
And giggled about how glad I was that he was dead now.
Oh wait, I didn't say any of that. I'm the guy who wrote the post calling those who did make such statements "fucking pigs" and invited them to "wallow in their own shit". I pointed out that no matter how we may have viewed him he was a human being and right now his family and friends are mourning while so many on this site aren't even trying to conceal their erections over news of his passing.
I then invited all those same posters to migrate to one of the right wing blogs, where hatred and bile and finding joy in human misery is always welcome, as long as it's the misery of someone we disagree with, or their family.
And for that my comment got deleted.
I could write a huge paragraph now on how I'm finding difficulty seeing any difference between the haters on the right and the haters on this own site. "Oh, Breitbart was [insert insulting and demeaning adjective here] and now he's dead as hell and I'm gonna go dance on his grave! Take that asshole!" I could write that paragraph but in all the years I've been coming here I never thought I'd have to. So many of the posters on this site have revealed themselves to be just as petty and mean-spirited and gleefully ready to take joy in human suffering as any ignorant teabagger or far-right religious fundie nutcase.
"WOO HOO! HOORAY FOR DEATH! DEATH! DEATH! DEATH! GIVE ME THREE FUCKING CHEERS FOR DEATH!"
As long as it's one of them that dies. You know, because we're "us", and they're "them" and that's all the reason we really need now isn't it? And of course we're better than them, and if you need any proof just look at the majority of the comments made on DKos today regarding Breitbart's passing.
Ah, turns out I had another window open and was able to save the post that got deleted. Judge for yourselves folks, the difference between the vile, in-your-face hate-filled profanity that DKos accepts vs. my own vile, in-your-face profanity pointing out the venom and schadenfreude frothing and boiling and churning on this site right now.
"That's right, those of you rejoicing and snarking and making snide comments, keep wallowing in that shit you fucking pigs.
A man's dead, a family and friends are mourning and you can't stop giggling about it. Yeah Breitbart did many things that were dishonest and dishonorable and unethical but he never killed anybody, he never molested any kids and he never looted millions from someone's pension. We may disagree wildly with his viewpoint (and definitely his tactics) but he was at least sincere and genuine in his extreme views (can you say the same about Limbaugh, Hannity, etc.? They're cashing in a paycheck and they know it. Breitbart honestly believed he was fighting a war) and if you're gonna revel in human misery then you need to seek out a different group of schmucks to bother. Or maybe you were just all so terrified of Breitbart that you're now just gently pissing yourselves in relief that death has removed him from the field. It's okay if you're a bunch of pussies, you can admit it.
Why don't you smirking, chortling, hate-filled fucks go find another website's reputation to ruin? Hey, human death seems to bring you joy, they've got a place for you over at Free Republic, Red State or the Fox Nation. Go on assholes, your asshole brethren are waiting to welcome you with open arms. They'll be glad to wallow in that shit of human misery with you. Go ahead, get it all over you. Then we can smell you coming next time you try to post something on DKos and remember how you laughed while someone's family cried."
Like I said, judge for yourself. But judge quick I don't expect this diary to last five minutes before it gets deleted.
I'm sorry, if I'd only made a post full of jokes about how the worms wouldn't even eat Breitbart then I'd probably get a thousand tips. Instead I pointed out the festering hatred that so many of the supposedly enlightened and supposedly progressive members of this site seem so eager to give in to and my post got deleted.
I guess at Dailykos you can say all the shit you want about someone as long as they're a right winger. But the minute you point out the hypocrisy on your own side (admittedly, with a LOT of profanity) then you're quietly shooed to the back of the room and down the memory hole you go.
Enjoy your two minutes hate everyone. Judging from today it won't be the last, and you all deserve it.
12:32 PM PT: As many have pointed out my comment was not deleted but hidden. I offer my sincere apologies to the DKos staff for insinuating that they would censor me. I've been a lurker for years and only today did I feel the need to have to post something, and I admit to not knowing the intricacies of the posting process and how it all works.
I'm going to leave this diary up though, although part of the premise has been rendered invalid by more knowledgeable posters than myself.
The central point, that there are a ton of clueless assholes on this site still in the process of humiliating themselves over Breitbart's death, does remain valid.