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I think something is fundamentally wrong with cheering a human being's death. Especially from a party that bills itself as "pro-life." It's almost as if the same people who say "life begins at conception" believe that it ends at birth.
I am among those who think that the death penalty is necessary (if overused). I think war is sometimes necessary (if undesirable). Maybe a person needs to live with the consequences of their decisions if they actually decide that they're going to go without insurance even if they can afford to have it.
But cheering people dying? That should be unconscionable to anybody who is a decent human being. Apparently the GOP candidates are decent people. Unfortunately, it seems the same cannot be said for a very vocal (if hopefully small) number of their supporters.
That's because the rightwingers "pro-life" moniker is just a lie similar to their claims of "personal responsibility", "compassionate conservatism", "small govt", and on and on