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Twitter Users Mock Phyllis Schlafly, Celebrate Her Death

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Phyllis Schlafly died Monday at the age of 92, and Twitter users couldn’t even wait for her body to grow cold before celebrating her death in enthusiastic fashion.

Author and journalist Mark Harris summed up Schlafly’s life by saying she made the world worse off, and then jetted off to the movies.

Phyllis Schlafly's dead. She did a lot to make life worse for people I care about. I'm going to the movies now.

— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) September 5, 2016

Entertainment Weekly writer Anthony Breznican took a similar tack, saying Schlafly had “squandered” her entire life.

I feel pity for Phyllis Schlafly. Given 92 years, she spent them fighting against women's rights, gays & people of color. A life squandered.

— Anthony Breznican (@Breznican) September 5, 2016

Upworthy’s Parker Malloy had a similar perspective on the matter.

But for real, Phyllis Schlafly was just a horrible person.

— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) September 5, 2016

Jeb Lund of Rolling Stone was one of the most celebratory, bluntly saying Schlafly was the spawn of Satan and had gone to Hell to spend eternity with her master.

On the one hand it's a shame Phyllis Schlafly died, but on the other it's always heartwarming when Satan calls one of his own home.

— Big Sepsis Jeb Lund (@Mobute) September 5, 2016

Popehat blogger Ugarles even expressed the hope that Schlafly had been murdered.

the only thing i want to know is if there was a pillow on phyllis schlafly's face. please say yes. i need this.

— (((ByYourLogic))) (@Ugarles) September 6, 2016

Dan Canon, an attorney who helped litigate the Obergefell v. Hodges case which legalized gay marriage nationwide, lamented that Schlafly hadn’t died earlier.

Bad news everyone: Phyllis Schlafly lived to be 92 years old.

— Dan Canon (@dancanon) September 5, 2016

The New Republic, meanwhile, memorialized Schlafly by linking to a 2008 article where they labeled her “an immeasurable force for bad.”

Phyllis Schlafly has died. In 2008, we called her "an immeasurable force for bad." https://t.co/LLSfrbmjmB pic.twitter.com/ceLUcQxDaL

— New Republic (@NewRepublic) September 5, 2016

Author and comedian Julie Klausner contrasted the presumably fortunate death of Schlafly with the unfortunate departure of Gene Wilder last week.

God never takes a Gene Wilder without relieving us of a Phyllis Schlafly.

— Julie Klausner (@julieklausner) September 5, 2016

Little Green Footballs editor-in-chief Charles Johnson claimed that he wouldn’t celebrate Schalfly’s death, but also called her a “nexus of evil” and was upset the media would likely produce obituaries without overtly vilifying her.

The worst thing about it is that we're almost certain to see some context-free media "tributes" to her now.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 5, 2016

While others were celebrating, at least one person, television producer Bob Schooley, realized an article just like this one was probably incoming.

Already Twitchy is searching timelines for rude Phyllis Schafly tweets to prove… something something liberal monsters.

— Bob Schooley (@Rschooley) September 5, 2016

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