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by Laremere 1949 days ago
"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure."

I've heard plenty of him due to close relatives refusing to turn him off in my presence. They called it "education".

The most specific thing I remember was somewhat subtle, and incredibly insidious: Almost always, he would refer to Barack Obama using first and last name. However during one show where Muslims were in context (probably terrorism, but I don't remember specifically), he consistently used "Barack Hussein Obama". I don't remember him actually calling Obama Muslim directly in that episode, but he clearly wanted to both paint being Muslim in general as evil, and associate the (then current) president with Muslims.

This is a man who not only spread hate, but did so intentionally and effectively.

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> "I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure."

Brilliant quote illustrating schadenfreude: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude