U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
It took no time at all on Liberal Twitter for news of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death to turn to gleeful, grave dancing.
Let’s go live now to Twitter pic.twitter.com/WLLY0hqLI3
— Jason Sparks (@sparksjls) July 28, 2015
Some were more measured in their responses:
“I feel bad for his family” and “That guy was a homophobic, racist jerk” are not mutually exclusive sentiments.
— Brooklyn Spoke (@BrooklynSpoke) February 13, 2016
But there was a whole lot of SORRY NOT SORRY blowing up Twitter:
Ding, dong, the witch is dead! https://t.co/HVWDdgM469
— brian boucher (@briankboucher) February 13, 2016
We had a tough month of “R.I.P.”s so now we get a “Good riddance!”.
— Joe Dator (@JoeDator) February 13, 2016
Scalia was a retrograde bigot who, just this week, voted with his colleagues to kill climate regs and the planet. I don’t care how he rests.
— Bae Talese (@elongreen) February 13, 2016
It’s gonna be so awkward of all those corporations Scalia said were people don’t attend his funeral
— Beth Benson (@NotoriousBRB) February 13, 2016
My condolences to the Koch brothers on their loss. #Scalia
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) February 13, 2016
Wow, Scalia died. it’s not cool to speak ill of the dead, so RIP to one of the BEST racist, fascist enemies of democracy & humanity.
— dave ciaccio (@daveciaccio) February 13, 2016
Wiki right on top of this Scalia news https://t.co/FDvkyQjmaG pic.twitter.com/VSt6OpT4TE
— Ben Yakas (@yenbakas) February 13, 2016
I’m so happy I lived long enough to experience an alive Bowie and a dead Scalia
— Ariana Lenarsky (@aardvarsk) February 13, 2016
oh come on, don’t concern troll over a man who gleefully spent his limited time on this planet making the world harder for millions
— @Cam_Oflage’s Ally (@surfbordt) February 13, 2016
Look, sometimes assholes die.
— Helen Rosner (@hels) February 13, 2016
Scalia was a retrograde bigot who, just this week, voted with his colleagues to kill climate regs and the planet. I don’t care how he rests.
— Bae Talese (@elongreen) February 13, 2016
Scalia *gleefully* shat on minorities of all stripes while he was alive. No one owes him respect and decorum now that he’s dead.
— Bae Talese (@elongreen) February 13, 2016
RIP JUDGE WARIO
— josh androsky (@ShutUpAndrosky) February 14, 2016
At least it’s nice to think Scalia got to die doing what he loved: killing adorable quails! pic.twitter.com/ILOagx5O6s
— Kris Pigna (@KrisPigna) February 13, 2016
Particularly anyone who thinks of gay people as actual humans:
Flashback to that time an NYU Law student asked Scalia, “Do you sodomize your wife?” and he wouldn’t answer https://t.co/JMpUdwEeAz
— Nathan (@nathantempey) February 13, 2016
Gays, please remember to show Scalia the same respect he showed you.
— Chris Kelly (@imchriskelly) February 13, 2016
I’m just happy that Antonin Scalia lived long enough to see his Supreme Court make legal gay marriage the law of the land.
— Nathan Rabin (@nathanrabin) February 13, 2016
I personally recall with great fondness when Antonin Scalia twice vehemently argued for the right of states to imprison homosexuals for sex.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) February 13, 2016
Liberals everywhere are raising a glass IRL to a Supreme Court that just got a lot less terrible:
people in this bed-stuy bar are hugging and celebrating scalias passing
— ಠ_ಠ (@MikeIsaac) February 13, 2016
Dying peacefully in his sleep as early reports indicate seemed too kind:
Please be autoerotic asphyxiation, please be autoerotic asphyxiation, please be autoerotic asphyxiation…
— Jake Fogelnest (@jakefogelnest) February 13, 2016
There is only one real reason to mourn: RBG.
I grieve for the family of my fellow only child, Antonin Scalia, and his friends, such as Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
— John Hodgman (@hodgman) February 13, 2016
Solemn moment as Ruth Bader Ginsburg pours a little bit of her wine on the ground. #Scalia
— Ryan Parker (@TheRyanParker) February 13, 2016
Timeless picture of #Scalia and RBG on an elephant in India, 1994: pic.twitter.com/BjSMX1cRUm
— Gareth Rhodes (@garethtrhodes) February 13, 2016
Now the focus is on the future, and #FLOTUSforSCOTUS is trending:
Gotta admire a deity that thought the 2016 election needed this twist.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) February 13, 2016
Im just gonna put this suggestion out there. #Scalia. pic.twitter.com/3JSssBrzjO
— Jeremy Newberger (@jeremynewberger) February 13, 2016
Biggest concern is actually that next SCOTUS nominee must be from Queens, to preserve balance of power among the 5 Boroughs
— Jordan Fraade (@schadenfraade) February 13, 2016
“The longest it has ever taken to confirm a Supreme Court nominee is 125 days. Obama has 361 days left in office.” https://t.co/uMwBqOO0XJ
— never gon B prez now (@CharlieChu) February 13, 2016
Wow, TWO Supreme Court openings! (I assume Thomas will be buried alive with Scalia)
— Drew Magary (@drewmagary) February 13, 2016
In honor of Scalia’s death, Clarence Thomas will continue observing the moment of silence he’s been observing for the past ten years
— Megan Amram (@meganamram) February 13, 2016
But don’t worry—the GOP is ready to politicize his death until one of their candidates loses the presidential election:
Obama must appoint a constitutional originalist to replace Justice Scalia, nothing else will do.
— Michele Bachmann (@MicheleBachmann) February 13, 2016
Justice Scalia was an American hero. We owe it to him, & the Nation, for the Senate to ensure that the next President names his replacement.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 13, 2016
The Latest on Antonin Scalia: Senate Majority Leader McConnell says Obama shouldn’t replace Scalia https://t.co/0O2TZttIr9
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 14, 2016
