The hypocrisy of so many people on here...
I realize that 30-somethings and younger probably haven't faced having to deal with deaths of people they know as much as those of us who are older, but imagine this: a bully from school, or a coworker who was constantly late, gamed the system yet got promoted over you. Or, a family member (close or distant) who either ruined their life or tried to ruin your's; either way, it destroyed more than one relationship. (Or anyone else like that, for that matter). While not as common, throw in people that engaged in violence or criminal activity against either you or a loved one. Then, they die.
Are you REALLY just going to issue RIP notices and leave it at that? Or, for some of the most egregious actions mentioned above, how many of you HONESTLY can say you wouldn't utter something like, "F that guy..." -- out loud or not? Can you honestly say that if someone like Reiner had spent the last decade with a full on press to make your life FAR MORE than miserable, like he did with Trump, you wouldn't have reacted in a similar way? I have one of the thickest skins of most people that I know, and I'm honest enough to admit that I can't say that. NOBODY has skin that thick.
I'm not saying I would have done what Trump did or even that I support it. But the vitriol on here for a comment about a truly miserable person (Reiner) who's said far worse about dozens of conservatives for decades is a little too much. Some of you are trying WAY too hard to show you can be "fair and square" in a battle where those tactics are, at best, outdated, and at worst, useless. That's what has led to the Never Trumper idea, which is beyond stupid. At any rate, this has no comparison to any Charlie Kirk comment. Kirk was not only a man of ideas, he cared about the generation of this country that had been lied to. Not about acquiring and abusing power. Had Reiner done things similar to Kirk, even with a leftist viewpoint, that might have been one thing. Had he gone around and said, "Trump and the conservatives are wrong because...," fine. But he didn't. He was pissed when his party was out of power -- a power that he knew he could partake of (and abuse) at least a little of. That was the REAL Reiner, and that's what Trump's comments were based on.
Rob Reiner didn't give a damn about any of you -- or frankly, anyone other than himself and a few in his close circle. He cared far less for those of us conservatives. There's little reason to care about what was said about him. Unless you're honest about your own reaction to those deceased who have personally affected you in serious negative ways, you need to take a pass on this.