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Yes, it's bad. This is not like the Trump "maybe it was faked with razor blades" kind of thing.
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I abhor violence and I don’t want this to ever be considered normal or acceptable. Once again, we need actual gun regulation in this country.
That being said, fuck that guy in particular. He, his ideology, and the causes he advocates for are monstrous and no amount of violence against him should be used to wash any of that away. Make no mistake, his political ideology has helped build the society that is making this kind of horror more commonplace. Let’s not forget, the society that HE is helping to build is largely accepting of gun violence toward children, not to mention many others.
This fucker was lying about trans people, saying they are more likely than white men to commit mass shootings, right before he was shot.
He was perpetrating politcal violence against a marginalized minority when political violence silenced him. I don't think this is a good situation (overall as a nation and a society) but this is very much a live by the sword die by the sword moment.
Just think he died with a lie on his lips. Its okay though because he has asked the sky wizard to forgive him for all his sins.
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I don't abhor it. It's the only language some people understand and we've been placated and lied to since forever that "it doesn't solve anything"
If it doesn't solve anything then why do we have armies?
It’s funny that violence is fine when the US government is assassinating an iranian general., but is abhorent and deplorable when someone assassinates a propagandist who helped destroy american democracy. It’s like the US has a standard, but it’s like, doubled in some way…
They aren't against violence. They just want a monopoly on it.
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In the end, all laws are enforced by gun.
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The irony of him talking about shootings in America and then the shot rings out.
That is just…a little too convenient?
That is just…a little too convenient?
Too convenient? It's an assassination ~~attempt~~, of course it's convenient, it's deliberate.
We just don't know what the exact motive was, or if there even was one. There's a lot of information we're missing.
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Quote from the guy:
The Second Amendment is not about hunting. I love hunting. The Second Amendment is not even about personal defense. That is important. The Second Amendment is there, God forbid, so that you can defend yourself against a tyrannical government.
So does this count as defense against a tyrannical government? Given that he's a propagandist / mouthpiece for the current said government causing harm to countless humans right now.
That's not even true. The reason for the second amendment is clearly spelled out in the amendment itself. The part that everyone seems to ignore.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State...
It was intended as a way for us to have an army available on short notice without having to maintain a standing army.
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https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-says-gun-deaths-worth-it-2nd-amendment-1793113
Charlie Kirk Says Gun Deaths ‘Unfortunately’ Worth it to Keep 2nd Amendment
Couldn't have happened to a more deserving person I guess? He's super pro gun and "taking things in your own hands", so I guess he got what he was asking for.
The only good nazi...
Over 30 minutes since it happened and not a single post on Reddit’s r/politics…. Censorship much?
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Thoughts and prayers.
Authoritarians use shit like this as fuel to crack down harder.
Yeah, but they use anything and everything as fuel to crack down harder and will only keep cracking down harder and harder until they implode. Other than the talking points people will spout this eveng doesn't actually change anything about our situation.
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They do that anyway tbh, it's not like they'll just be nice if nothing ever happens during their time in power
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My non-mod opinion on this:
Trump is posting Kirk is dead.
Not going to celebrate, just noting:
"I can't stand the word 'empathy', I think it's a made up New Age term." - Charlie Kirk
May the gods judge him fairly in accordance with the life he lived. I bear no further ill will towards him and wish him well in his coming journey. I'm grateful he has stopped hurting people and only wish it had happened differently
There is no negotiating with fascists.
Is the prick dead or not? This article seems more like it wants to fellate republicans who are posting their literal thoughts and prayers for their scumbag friend.
Judging from video, he looks pretty dead.
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I saw an unironic comment on one of the outlets reporting the shooting, and it was "All the liberal violence has got to end".
I mean....WTAF? No one even knows who the shooter is yet, do they? And how many instances are there of liberal violence?
I bet that same dipstick thinks that J6, the Proud Boys, The 3%ers, the Oathkeepers, and all the other right-wing domestic terrorist groups, are all fine, too....
"near the neck"?
NSFW/NSFL/CW: gunshot to the neck
https://mastodon.social/@Ulfh3dnar/115181548207581457
Please mark NSFW/NSFL - I get that the destination is marked, ours needs to be as well.
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Well, there was ample warnings on that link… but I still wasn’t prepared.
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Oh shit he's dead dead. There ain't no way he's surviving that.
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What’s near the neck? The head? The chest? Trachea?
They would have said in the brain, but that requires brain to be there
It looked to be in his left side of the neck to me. Very severe shot. This is not a Trump "well, maybe he faked it with razor blades" kind of thing. Dude was straight up shot in the neck.
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"Utah Valley University spokeswoman Ellen Treanor has confirmed to the New York Times that Charlie Kirk was struck by a gunman positioned in the Losee Center, a building approximately 200 yards from the event site."
Unlike Mr.Kirk, I'm in favor of much stronger gun control, but that was quite an accurate shot, harmed nobody else, and well timed for context. Unlike the idiots trying to shoot Trump and either killing another person or not even getting a shot off
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Ya know I've been saying for years the best way to remove Republican influence is to put the propagandists to the sword. Thusly I am not only fully okay with this, I fucken support it.
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