When a famous conservative person dies, the classless parts of the left come out of the woodwork. Today, we sadly saw the passing of David Koch, a billionaire philanthropist. Koch passed away at 79 years of age after over two decades of battling with cancer.
Koch’s legacy is a net positive one for America, as he was often on the front lines of fighting for freedoms from a libertarian standpoint. Be it same-sex marriage or gun rights, Koch supported personal freedoms first.
As such, he understood that it was the right that was more in line to protect personal freedoms and often found himself opposed to Democrats. Despite his support for stances that Democrats find holy, giving money to Republicans is an unforgivable sin. Given this fact, the left consistently demonized the Koch brothers as one of the evilest institutions in America.
Go figure.
So when Koch died, you can bet there was a celebration by those completely ignorant of what Koch really stood for. As Shapiro noted, the absolute glee from leftists shows just how horrible our political conversation has become.
Koch was pro-same sex marriage and he wasn’t pro-life. Even that isn’t enough to appease the ghouls who see any support of Republicans as a symptom of grave inhumanity.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 23, 2019
A perfect example is Rob Sheridan, comic creator and art director for the band Nine Inch Nails.
Good riddance David Koch, you absolutely evil sack of ass. I hope you suffered.
— Rob Sheridan #BLM (@rob_sheridan) August 23, 2019
Sheridan received his just deserts for such a post almost immediately but swept it off as an attack by Russian bots.
I see the Russian troll farms have received their Koch scripts. pic.twitter.com/cafKQVjfX2
— Rob Sheridan #BLM (@rob_sheridan) August 23, 2019
Others joined in the chorus according to Twitchy.
NBC: David Koch died.
Me af: pic.twitter.com/q9ZPT0JFAr
— Jenn M. Jackson, PhD (she/her) (@JennMJacksonPhD) August 23, 2019
my partner just yelled DAVID KOCH IS DEAAAAAD! from the other end of the apartment like someone announcing Santa had just come and straight up left a dead fascist in our stocking
— B. Bolander (@BBolander) August 23, 2019
david koch, what a great guy and humanitarian. 😐 pic.twitter.com/HFGjt0DGzK
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 23, 2019
David Koch is dead.
But his legacy of destroying the environment, fostering income inequality and manipulating our democratic process to favor minority rule will live on for a long time.#FridayFeeling
— Grant Stern (@grantstern) August 23, 2019
It gets worse, as Koch’s death has even inspired people to go after his brother Charles.
Today Charles Koch is learning how overjoyed the world will be when he dies.
— Sandra Newman (@sannewman) August 23, 2019
Sorry to hear the sad news that Charles Koch is still alive.
— Dave The Happy Singer (@HappySinger) August 23, 2019
For all intents and purposes, the left should have at least been able to find common ground with Koch. He supported women’s causes, broke with the GOP when it came to gay marriage and the war in Iraq, and even supported delving deep into how much funding the military really needs.
He won’t be remembered for these things. In fact, the left probably doesn’t know about any of these stances at all thanks to the efforts of media outlets painting him as the boogie man of the century.
It’s sad that we’ve gotten so nasty in our political discourse that a man who was one of the best shots at bridging the political divide will never get a chance to do so thanks to the way those in charge of information dissemination demonized him. It’s even sadder when you see how hateful people have become, even toward a man they should respect.
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