{"id":538958,"date":"2023-01-11T03:23:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T00:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/celebrating-diamonds-or-anyones-unexpected-death-is-low-politics\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T03:23:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T00:23:42","slug":"celebrating-diamonds-or-anyones-unexpected-death-is-low-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/celebrating-diamonds-or-anyones-unexpected-death-is-low-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"#Celebrating Diamond&#8217;s \u2014 or anyone&#8217;s \u2014 unexpected death is low politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4073ea7d86a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4073ea7d86a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/celebrating-diamonds-or-anyones-unexpected-death-is-low-politics\/#%E2%80%9CCelebrating_Diamonds_%E2%80%94_or_anyones_%E2%80%94_unexpected_death_is_low_politics%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Celebrating Diamond&#8217;s \u2014 or anyone&#8217;s \u2014 unexpected death is low politics&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCelebrating_Diamonds_%E2%80%94_or_anyones_%E2%80%94_unexpected_death_is_low_politics%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Celebrating Diamond&#8217;s \u2014 or anyone&#8217;s \u2014 unexpected death is low politics&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Grieving the loss of a loved one is one of the few experiences people across the world intimately understand. We don\u2019t speak ill of the dead im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely after their passing because we wouldn\u2019t want it done to someone we cared about.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a sacred line of decorum you learned early in life not to cross. But amid a hyper-factional environment, some have begun smudging this line with their partisan palms, leaving their hands covered in immoral filth.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday evening, the political world learned of the unexpected passing of Lynette \u201cDiamond\u201d Hardaway, best known as half of the conservative duo \u201cDiamond and Silk,\u201d at the age of 51.<\/p>\n<p>Diamond and Silk, sisters and both former Democrats, rose to prominence after they switched parties and publicly supported Donald Trump for president in 2016 \u2014 and did so audaciously with their incredibly popular and humor-filled videos.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1209136161.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Lynette \u201cDiamond\u201d Hardaway,\" class=\"wp-image-25314727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1209136161.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1209136161.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1209136161.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1209136161.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The dynamic duo became popular when they started publicly supporting former President Donald Trump in 2016.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images\/Chip Somodevilla<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Trump, a great admirer of Diamond, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\">wrote on Truth Social<\/a>, \u201cReally bad <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> for Republicans and frankly, all Americans. Our beautiful Diamond, of Diamond and Silk, has just passed away at her home in the State she loves so much, North Carolina.\u201d He concluded, \u201cRest In Peace our Magnificent Diamond, you will be greatly missed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As heartfelt condolences from her peers and countless admirers <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared all over social media, many took this moment of mourning to brandish their dirty hands.<\/p>\n<p>A cause of death hasn\u2019t been released, but that didn\u2019t stop people from making assumptions. \u201cRIP Diamond. The newest member of the Herman Cain club,\u201d @rickhavic said, referring to the GOP businessman and candidate. \u201cI can\u2019t imagine anyone who is actually surprised that Diamond died from COVID. The only thing that surprised me was that it took this long,\u201d @jonathanjewel declared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly time you\u2019ll hear someone\u2019s glad they lost a diamond,\u201d one user <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liberalsracists\/status\/1612655152061620226\/photo\/3\">said<\/a>, while another wrote, \u201cThis is poetic irony, and she helped this sh*t get worse for a paycheck. F\u2013k her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This behavior isn\u2019t completely uncommon in recent years, as some on the left gloat immediately after a right-wing figure passes away. Liberals <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dcist.com\/story\/16\/02\/13\/twitter-dances-on-the\/\">celebrated Justice Antonin Scalia\u2019s death on Twitter<\/a>; a blue-checkmark writer\u2019s \u201cDing, dong, the witch is dead!\u201d is one of the few I can print here. \u201cGood Riddance\u201d began trending on Twitter in response to radio host Rush Limbaugh\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/NYPICHPDPICT000004963395.jpg\" alt=\"Diamond and Silk\" class=\"wp-image-25314611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/NYPICHPDPICT000004963395.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/NYPICHPDPICT000004963395.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/NYPICHPDPICT000004963395.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/NYPICHPDPICT000004963395.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Trump shared a sentimental post on Truth Social about Diamond\u2019s passing. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/Chris Seward<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When normal people hear of someone\u2019s death, they at least enter a state of momentary sadness and empathize with his or her family and friends because we\u2019ve all witnessed how brutally finite life is. Even people indifferent to the person who passed away abide by what our parents told us when we were children: If you have nothing nice to say, don\u2019t say anything at all.<\/p>\n<p>When I became aware of Diamond\u2019s passing, I thought of her sister Silk and the rest of her family and the turmoil they must be going through. Situations like these have me wandering back to when I watched my great aunt, who was a grandmother figure for me, moan in pain-inducing agony hours before she passed away and how distraught I was for weeks afterward.<\/p>\n<p>I couldn\u2019t imagine at such a moment, when my heart was already broken, a mob of people armed with verbal daggers attempting to dismember it further instead of leaving it to heal.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s moments like this when all Americans, no matter their party affiliation, should assess the tactics of the political battlefield. We\u2019ve become comfortably propagandized to accept that people are either with us or against us, and if someone isn\u2019t standing shoulder to shoulder with us, they deserve dehumanization.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-954738154.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Lynette Hardaway\" class=\"wp-image-25314694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-954738154.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-954738154.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-954738154.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-954738154.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A cause of death hasn\u2019t been released for Diamond, who was 51.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images\/Justin Sullivan<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Every human atrocity involved dehumanization because you must disassociate yourself from being remotely similar to the people you\u2019re about to massacre. Our political ecosystem uses similar tactics, presenting you with the poisonous dichotomy of being on the side of good or evil rather than concentrating on what we have in common for political understanding and eventual cohesion.<\/p>\n<p>The reason part of the left can\u2019t even pretend to mourn Diamond\u2019s death is that it would acknowledge her humanity. They are too afraid to peer across the political front lines and see a sister, a daughter or a friend as then they might start to question their involvement in this political conflict.<\/p>\n<p>I wasn\u2019t a frequent viewer of Diamond\u2019s content, and I\u2019m sure she said things I don\u2019t agree with. But she\u2019s still a human being, and we shouldn\u2019t lose sight of that no matter our politics or how war-ready we are. Even the military abides by Geneva Convention protocols to protect wounded people from having more pain inflicted upon them \u2014 and right now Diamond\u2019s family is hurting.<\/p>\n<p>When you go to enough funerals, you understand how precious life is and how meaningful a single person can be. Our palms may be covered in partisan soot, but we can clean them together. Rest in peace, Diamond.<\/p>\n<p><em>Adam B. Coleman is the author of \u201cBlack Victim to Black Victor\u201d and founder of Wrong Speak Publishing. Follow him on Substack: adambcoleman.substack.com.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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