Schadenfreude

Schadenfreude is a German word that means the pleasure derived by someone from another's misfortune. Usually, someone must feel that the other's misfortune is somehow deserved. Otherwise, one would feel sympathy for them. But in the case of Dick's Sporting Goods, their misfortune is richly deserved. Tom Knighton at Bearing Arms has the story entitled Dick's may have to close stores due to anti-gun decisions.

According to National Review

In remarks made to the Goldman Sachs Retailing Conference and first reported by the Washington Free Beacon, CEO Edward Stack explained that the 3.9 percent decline in the company’s sales during the third quarter could be partially attributed to its ban on the sale of assault-style rifles and on the sale of all firearms to customers under 21 years old — both of which were implemented in the wake of the Parkland shooting in February.

As Knighton notes, it was perfectly within the rights of Dick's to eliminate AR-15s from its stores. They are a private company, after all. But then:

Honestly, it couldn’t happen to a better company. You see, while I might not like its decisions, Dick’s is a private entity (even if publicly traded) and can make whatever decisions it chooses so long as it doesn’t disobey the law. Had it stuck with just not selling AR-15s, so be it. I’d have thought it was a stupid decision but within the company’s rights.

But Dick’s couldn’t just leave it there. It had to institute a discriminatory age limit for long gun sales – something that is blatantly illegal to do – and then double down by hiring lobbyists to push an assault weapon ban.

Dick’s deserves what’s happening to it.

We fortunately have a Cabela's nearby, and on the occasion, I need something in the way of sporting goods, I go there.  There is no equivalent word in English, but what I feel about Dick's is schadenfreude.