I do unironically feel bad for his kids, even if they may grow up better without him they still watched their dad get ganked in public. Note they were with him at the time.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I did not know that... That sucks

And I wasn't being ironic either. I hope his ill gotten gains are enough for his kids to be ok... The damage he did collecting it will never equal what he squirreled away, but hopefully it at least is enough for his kids to grow up with food and therapists

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago

That's my take as well, right now they need comfort food and a highly respected trauma therapist. Maybe keep them away from crowds for awhile as well, who knows what issues will start to manifest in the coming days/weeks/months/years.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

You're looking to feel sad for someone because a violemce happened, but this wasn't bad.

Feel sad for his victims, cry with joy for those who now won't be, or shut the hell up and enjoy your sippy cup of champaigne.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

I feel bad for his kids, actually.

They’ll likely be raised to think their father was a martyr, so the poor things (like 1 and 3 years) will probably grow up in the alt-right-o-sphere where their dad was a martyr to the cause.

That’s very sad. They’ll likely won’t have had a chance.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I do too... But I wouldn't say they don't stand a chance

Their dad got shot while encouraging gun violence. That might instill some strong opinions in them

The kind of strong opinions that will likely be buried and come out later in therapy

But it could go either way

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Depends. I expect his wife is just as alt-right-addled as he was, which might mean she’ll raise them to be little Nazis. I guess they might break out of that, and I hope so, but being raised alt-right with a prominent martyr to the cause as your father could seriously fuck you up. Don’t forget they’re very rich, so they’re insulated from the real world.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 points 16 minutes ago

I mean you might be right, but I imagine the martyr thing could go either way

Just putting myself in their shoes, it probably won't feel nice having their dad constantly praised for doing what they saw him die doing

Plus, Charlie Kirk was more hated than loved. There's no putting them so deep in a bubble that they aren't confronted with that fact

Kids tend to either follow or reject their parents beliefs... I'm not sure what this kind of trauma does to that, but I'll bet it'll make it more extreme