Darth vader Quote by Greg Gutfeld
““But it’s no surprise that when someone truly awful dies, the cool break out in reverence. Which is what happened when Hugo Chávez croaked. On that day in March 2013, we saw a parade of misty-eyed celebrities and solemn left-wing hacks paying tribute to a dead guy. Out of the woodwork came a parade of Hugoslavians, tyrant-lovers who could overlook the heathen’s badness for the sake of coolness. See, someone can be truly evil. But if that person runs a country and you know that person well, it makes you kinda cool. It’s better to know Darth Vader than Doris Day. It’s pretty cool to brag that you just shared a burrito with a murderous despot, as opposed to a biscuit with Billy Graham. And so when Chávez bit the dust, who did we see? Sean Penn. Oliver Stone. Jimmy Carter. Joe Kennedy. All decorating the corpse with wreaths of blithering blather. And no one blathers blitheringly like that quartet. That’s the worst set of four since the last Who reunion.””
About This Quote
Source Television: The Greg Gutfeld Show, 2013
Critiques the tendency to glorify controversial figures after death, highlighting hypocrisy in public mourning and media spectacle.
In simple terms: People often praise the dead, even if they were evil.
Question the sincerity of posthumous praise.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- political commentary
- media analysis
- public discourse
- celebrity critique
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- Why do we elevate controversial figures after they die?
- What does this say about our values?
The admiration may ignore real harm caused by the individual.