But they were asking why users were enjoying something they purportedly dislike. Regardless of whether you view it as a practical necessity, you should not celebrate his death if you oppose murder overall.

Most content from .ml users likely isn’t even political, so people certainly overstate how prevalent radicalism is. Lemmy is part of the fediverse and isn’t a reserved political space any more than any other part of it. But you are much more likely to see controversial positions from the “tankie triad” compared to other instances and other social media. It is one of the few big instances where you can find popular support for Russia over Ukraine or denying the Uyghur genocide for example.

Removing a threat doesn’t have anything to do with justice. You can punish criminals to deter future crime and hopefully prevent more suffering than you inflict. Inflicting suffering for the sake of vengeance is wrong.

You cannot determine whether an action is selfish without knowing the motivation behind it, so an absolute like “trying to prevent someone from committing suicide is selfish” is categorically false. I can imagine someone being motivated to keep someone else alive to exploit them or to avoid personal inconvenience, but I imagine genuine concern for another’s wellbeing is generally a much bigger motivation.

Also, I would not entertain the angels being called to heaven thing. I would be already wary for it glamorizing suicide, but it contradicts Christian teachings anyway. As far as I know, no branch of Christianity has dead human souls become angels. Angels would have either existed from before creation or else been one of God’s earlier creations before man in Genesis.

I don’t want to casually throw out advice without knowing more about the situation, but your ex seems to be very manipulative. I would distance yourself from him if possible.