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Yeah I'm honestly kinda dealing with these two conflicting feelings.
On the one hand, I want to feel empathy for a human who has been shot, likely killed.
But on the other hand, I remember all the people he wants this to happen to, and I think of all the people he can't hurt anymore. He would certainly have been cheering if this happened to me. And my empathy for the people he's hurt trumps my empathy for him. Numerically it would be sufficient, but the people Charlie wants to destroy have generically done nothing to him.
Personally if I have to be assassinated, I'm cool with going out like that. Looked like he was out like a light. Sure it's gross, but that wouldn't be my problem anymore.
The thing is, feeling empathy for him isn't for him. It's not about what the victim would have wanted or what he would have done if the roles were reversed.
It's a reaction that you feel because you know what it's like to be a person.
I think part of what bothers me is his age. I can't see it hitting me like this if it happened to trump. Not that I can even say Kirk actually deserved to live.
Now that I've had some more time to read about it, apparently his wife and kids were there. Seriously, poor kiddos likely saw their dad publicly assassinated, and no kids deserve that 😞
Yeah I saw that too. A part of me thinks this marks a larger escalation too.