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The widespread rejoicing over Henry Kissinger's death is repugnant
(sh.itjust.works)
I'll get this out of the way right now, I'm a progressive socialist and Kissinger's legacy in the world is one of reactionary repression and suffering. I find pretty much everything he stood for to be wrongheaded and harmful to society.
That said, celebrating someone dying in the way that's happening now shows disrespect to human life and an utter lack of humanity. I understand the motivation, but it should be fought against by remembering that no one is ever just one thing, everyone is a mix of good and bad, and we certainly shouldn't give in to the desire to rejoice at another's death, no matter what we think of them.
If he had been murdered, sure. But the fucker lived to be 100 years old and died peacefully, unlike countless other people's deaths that he was responsible for. Celebrating the peaceful death of a monster isn't anything to be upset about.
Was Kissinger though? What good has he done, and is it even a fraction of the evil he has done?
as the Rolling Stones’ headline put it, “beloved by the ruling class” – while the ruling class probably isn’t hanging out in the fediverse, there’s still plenty of bootlickers, dickriders, sycophants, gusanos, and “temporarily embarrassed millionaires” willing to defend the indefensible
Not to mention he lived a long life free of any consequences for his actions. I'd agree with OP in a lot of cases but not here.