Cognitive dissonance

Many in the liberal blogging spaces are writing how “they are happy” or they are “glad” that terrorista numero uno is finally dead. And I have to wonder, how many of these liberals are actually against the death penalty and executions? Because it does baffle me to see words like happy and glad thrown together with the word death. Or is there a point where patriotism overrides liberal ideas and I am not aware of it?

I would be indeed happy if he had been brought to the International Court of Justice, which I understand might not have been possible due to the fact that he probably would not have gone without a fight. But still, the words some people use to describe their feelings confuse me.


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