# Phyllis Schlafly dead at 92 - Does anybody care?

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**Created:** [September 5, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phyllis-schlafly-dead-at-92-does-anybody-care/765155 "2016-09-05T23:58:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phyllis-schlafly-dead-at-92-does-anybody-care/765155/115 "2016-09-08T03:36:40Z")

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> [@Miller](#):
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> Ted Kennedy.

From me:

> [@Ted Kennedy is dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-kennedy-is-dead/507746/38):
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> 1. Senator Kennedy will be missed. I disagreed with the vast majority of his positions, but never doubted his commitment to better the world. We disagreed on the best way to do that, but he devoted his life to public service in the truest sense of the word. He was, indeed, the Lion of the Senate, and we are richer for having him here and poorer for his passing.

Granted that I was not joined by everyone:

> [@](#):
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> 1. I was confident that this would be an occasion to quietly note to myself how different conservatives are from liberals, at least on this board. I knew that after the hate-filled venom spewed at disliked conservative figures who have died, the contrast would be obvious.
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> 2. How disappointing it is to be so wrong about #2.

But even so, the actual number of people that spoke against Kennedy in that thread:

aldiboronti  
Magiver  
aruvqan  
ralph124c  
Daylate

And:

> [@Ted Kennedy is dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-kennedy-is-dead/507746/43):
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> I think you have to give some conservatives credit for some extremely classy things they have said in this thread. I don’t want to single any out for fear of omitting others, but most conservatives here have done themselves proud today.

Like:

> [@Ted Kennedy is dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-kennedy-is-dead/507746/6):
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> I suppose somebody should set the tone for this, why not have it be an avowed Ted Kennedy opponent:
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> I don’t like anything he did, I don’t like his connections, his influence, his personal actions, much of anything, but I can say that legislatively he did what he thought was right and he was loved by millions. That’s as good an obituary as any man can reasonably expect, and far better than I expect when I die.

> [@Ted Kennedy is dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-kennedy-is-dead/507746/29):
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> In the political realm, with few exceptions, I lean more on the Helms-Falwell side than I do the Kennedy side.
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> Jesse Helms and Jerry Falwell both had a friendly adversarial relationship and a shared respect with him.
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> That’s good enough for me.
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> God grant you rest, Senator Kennedy, reward your virtues and forgive your sins, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

> [@Ted Kennedy is dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-kennedy-is-dead/507746/30):
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> May the souls of the faithful departed, thru the mercy of Christ, rest in peace.
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> I didn’t agree with pretty much anything he said or did in his public life. Nonetheless, as Bob Dole said, he was my opponent, not my enemy.
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> My condolences to his family and his constituents.
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> Regards,  
> Shodan

> [@Ted Kennedy is dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-kennedy-is-dead/507746/31):
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> Bravo. My sentiments exactly.

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