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"While I think some of the comments in the letters are mean-spirited, those of you calling for civility should consider Helms' example. From comments like "she's not your garden variety lesbian" to saying President Clinton would need a body guard to come to NC, Helms was unsparing in his attacks on people who disagreed with him or didn't live by his "principles." I'm not sure he'd be any more civil than some of those here if his ideological opposite had been the one who died."
He lived a disgusting, ugly life. His political career was based on the destruction of 3 or 4 men by vicious racist, homophobic and jingoistic garbage.
When a person dies, we should celebrate his life in all the manner in which it was lived. I'm going to go take a shit. That's the best way to celebrate the life and accomplishments of this repulsive asshole.
