Regardless of how you feel about McCain, I’ve been very, VERY clear.
I have absolutely NO respect for anyone who wished him death while he was still alive, or anyone openly CELEBRATING his death now that he’s passed.
I’ll say it again here, because based on what I’ve seen lately, it’s worth repeating. Here’s what I wrote the day it was announced he would end treatment:
I HATE that people openly wish DEATH on John McCain. Not because I’m loyal to him.. but rather because I don’t think you should ever debase your OWN morality for the hatred of a politician. I don’t wish death, or even HARM on ANYONE for not sharing my political views. It’s below me. It’s below YOU, too.
Someone’s going to say “fight fire with fire!” because inevitably, someone always does. Saying crap like that on some comment on some website isn’t “fighting fire with fire.” As big and brave as you want to pretend you are, you’re not “fighting” anything by posting nasty comments on the internet. Don’t kid yourself. You’re just letting the world know you’re an a-hole with no sense of decency. So whatever… keep on fighting, keyboard warrior.
I have ALSO expressed my frustration with his politics, and with the fact that he didn’t resign from his seat early on into his treatment. Arizona deserves a working Senator.
And then… I see things like this… and my stomach just drops.
WARNING… it’s really messed up.

I actually had to catch my breath when I saw this.
Look at Meghan’s face. LOOK AT IT. You know what it makes me think of? How much I love my dad. How DEVASTATED I would be if I lost him. This is what pain looks like. She is in so, so much pain.
As a freaking HUMAN BEING, how can you not see her face and feel for her? I mean… I’m actually tearing up right now. This is just so difficult to see.
The person who did this isn’t human. They are garbage.
I don’t even want to share a PLANET with these heaping piles of excrement.
Twitter just ignored it. Because of course they did. The same Twitter than BANS people for saying there are only two genders IGNORED this.
Meghan’s husband was understandably upset:
Hey @jack, this has been up for half a day. It has been reported 100+ times. No response. Tell me why this is cool by you. pic.twitter.com/8InXkfsWTj
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) August 31, 2018
Ben received a wave of support… because WTF.
And even still… it stayed up.
You should prepare an answer for the people pissed off at you. A hint: the entire committee.
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) August 31, 2018
It took my hours later tweet to finally get a reaction. Did not want to elevate it but that is what Twitter requires apparently.
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) August 31, 2018
Oh, and the reaction was from the guy, not Twitter. Looks like he set his account to private.
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) August 31, 2018
Unbelievable.
This account is now protected, but not suspended. Pretty amazing. https://t.co/QplKNY3FeB
— AWFULSMATT (@mdrache) August 31, 2018
Why would it be? Attacking a Conservative woman is obviously not against the rules.
Then, FINALLY.. after THOUSANDS of messages and reports… the account was suspended:
Yuck. At least the account is finally suspended. Too bad it's probably not permanent.
— Somebody else's unindicted baby (@SBfut3) August 31, 2018
But there’s no double standard… right?