Charles Krauthammer made the devastating announcement today that he has just weeks left to live.
So many are heartbroken over this news. The man is a legend. His sad but strong statement really struck me hard.
“I have been uncharacteristically silent these past ten months,” he wrote in his letter. “I had thought that silence would soon be coming to an end, but I’m afraid I must tell you now that fate has decided on a different course for me.”
“However, recent tests have revealed that the cancer has returned,” he continued. “There was no sign of it as recently as a month ago, which means it is aggressive and spreading rapidly. My doctors tell me their best estimate is that I have only a few weeks left to live. This is the final verdict. My fight is over.”
“I leave this life with no regrets,” he added. “It was a wonderful life – full and complete with the great loves and great endeavors that make it worth living. I am sad to leave, but I leave with the knowledge that I lived the life that I intended.”
This is tragic. I’m at a loss for words. I don’t care if you liked the man or not. The man is a legend and inspiration to so many. If you have nothing nice to say, zip it. Your commentary is unneeded and unwanted.
death doesnt make a very bad guy a good guy
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 8, 2018
He proceeded to provide a bunch of misleading links, pointing to Krauthammer’s supposed “hate.”
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 8, 2018
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 8, 2018
How could you say such a thing? We’re not talking about someone who advocated for a disgusting ideology that murdered and impoverished millions. We’re not talking about someone like Fidel Castro here. I can’t even believe that needs to be said.
conservatives love the "just kidding" defense when you bring up the way in which their movement goes after people's humanity in a fundamental way. "how dare you bring up the pain and suffering and death that would happen if our policies reach their logical conclusion!"
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 8, 2018
that time we called for health care to collapse, leaving millions without insurance? just kidding, bro! that time we called those opposed to a war that ended up killing hundreds of thousands "deranged"? just politics, buddy!
and on and on
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 8, 2018
but if conservatives want to preface their callous advocacy for ideas and policies that hurt millions with an "im just kidding here" preface each time, i won't take it seriously then and won't hold it against you long after. deal?
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 8, 2018
conservatism, even when dressed up in grammatically correct pseudo-highbrow columns and tv spots, is still almost always about urinating on the less fortunate and crapping on minorities
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 8, 2018
That’s a blatant lie. Oliver is a product of liberalism. He believes all these grandiose lies that have absolutely no basis in reality. He’s been conditioned to believe that conservatives are hateful, mean and heartless. He doesn’t have the SLIGHTEST clue what conservatism actually means. It’s about empowering the individual and defending the Constitution. That’s the simplest way to explain it, but I know I’m wasting my breath. He’s taking his misguided anger and essentially saying “good riddance” to someone who has been an advocate for common sense.
It’s disgusting.
We really wanted to tell you what you deserve to hear, but then we remembered how @krauthammer would have handled you, he would’ve shook his head in pity and would have moved on, we’ll do the same. https://t.co/KYsUW6jHYg
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) June 8, 2018
thanks for the heads up, guys who named themselves after the president who condemned thousands of aids patients to death
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 8, 2018
It can’t be easy to bear so much hatred for fellow human beings, we’re praying for you. https://t.co/DgAOc5ekTv
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) June 8, 2018
yeah i know imagine https://t.co/x6BzQceXfN https://t.co/2ihmP64w2w
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 8, 2018
I have no words left for such scumbaggery.