AITAH for celebrating that someone got deported finally?
In a world where justice often feels elusive, one person’s long-awaited reckoning finally arrives. The deportation of a toxic figure, who cast shadows over a family with cruelty and harassment, brings a bittersweet sense of relief and closure.
For those who endured his torment, this moment is not just legal action—it is a hard-won victory over years of pain and suffering. Yet, beneath the surface of celebration lies a profound moral conflict.
The harsh reality of deportation stirs deep questions about justice, humanity, and the true meaning of punishment. Is it right to rejoice in someone’s removal, even if they were undeserving of kindness?
This story wrestles with the painful complexities of accountability and compassion in a fractured world.
My stepsiblings' father has been under a final deportation order for years, and he finally *finally* got deported recently. I was at my dad's house and his wife told me, and I was thrilled.
I told her congratulations, and she was really happy about it too. I mentioned the situation to a friend of mine and he said "dude, that is so fucked up.
How can you be happy that someone got deported?" I explained to my friend that this guy is a huge POS that treated my stepsister like garbage and was always harassing my step brother for being too westernized.
He was awful to his ex and kids, and he was supposed to be deported years ago anyway. My friend says deportation is cruel and amoral, and that it's never okay to celebrate it.
Even if a person is a bad person they don't deserve to be deported. If he's as bad as I say he should be in jail, not sent to a dangerous country. I don't think that's fair.
He never had permission to live here in the first place, it just took a long time to remove him. His own biological kids are happy about it. Am I seriously an asshole for this?
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HERE’S HOW REDDIT BLEW UP AFTER HEARING THIS – PEOPLE COULDN’T BELIEVE IT.:
What started as a simple post quickly turned into a wildfire of opinions, with users chiming in from all sides.
SeraphinaMist - :- NTA.Deportation isn’t the issue, relief from an abusive, toxic presence is what you’re celebrating, and that’s valid.
HolySheetCakes - :- My kid is Mexican. If someone told them their abusive bio parents were being deported they’d throw a party. Now if someone who wasn’t a horrible person was being deported they’d be upset. Your reasons are valid. You now know your family is safe. Theres a difference. NTA.
HUNGWHITEBOI25 - :- Meh…honestly Op i don’t think you’re celebrating the deportation…i think what you’re feeling is the relief that your family won’t be harassed by this POS anymore. NTA and congrats
hwga8686 - :->My friend says deportation is cruel and amoral, and that it's never okay to celebrate it.
Even if a person is a bad person they don't deserve to be deported Would your friend be okay if the guy was jailed instead for being a huge pos? Like sorry I see where he is coming from.
But sometimes some people are awful that tjem simply being gone is a huge relief. So I get why you are happy He was an awful person doing awful things and now he cant. Of course you'd be happy Im sure you'd be happy if he just changed his ways but he didnt
ristlincin - :- I don't understand half this subreddit.
Deportation is a legal consequence of a formal proceeding, the same way that if the murderer of your best firend is put into jail, that's also a legal consequence of another formal procedure.
Nobody would say "wow dude chill the fuck out, how can you celebrate someone being incarcerated????". Deportation does not always come exclusively as a consequence of immigration law violations.
t-mckeldin - :- YTA for celebrating someone's misfortune.
Speedy89t - :- Your friend is a moron. Celebrate away.
The original poster experienced deep relief and celebrated the legal removal of an abusive figure from their family's life, conflicting sharply with their friend's absolute moral stance against celebrating deportation, regardless of the individual's past actions.
Is celebrating the legal deportation of an individual who has caused significant harm to family members an acceptable expression of relief, or does the act of deportation itself carry an inherent immorality that prohibits any positive reaction?