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After comparing Alex Pretti to the BTK serial killer, Newsmax's Greg Kelly: "I can't just pretend because you're dead, you're like the superior person" (www.mediamatters.org)
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"Let's see, baseball, rode a bike - that could be me, except for the part where I go out and do something incredibly stupid. All those things - Boy Scout, outdoorsman, right? You know who that is? A lot of people. Dennis Rader, the BTK killer, was all those things. Dennis Rader, remember him? He's the beat, bind, torture and kill guy. He liked to hunt. He was a family man. Everybody liked him. His mother liked him. All that stuff. Dennis Rader and Alex -- I'm sorry, but I can't just pretend because you're dead, you're like the superior person."

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[–] 33 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

If you said he was skilled soldier, loved his wife, went to church, good father. The right would say ah yes perfect.

You saying he was caring, a good nurse, kind, went on walks with his dog. They have a fit. Why?

I think it's because they're fine with somebody being painted as a good person, as long as a good person means good citizen, a loyal citizen. They don't like hearing how someone was actually a good person. They don't like someone's moral character being brought into it, probably due to a complete lack of their own.

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