Sucks for his wife and kid(s) but otherwise nothing of value was lost. He made his silver spewing hate and oppression.
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Some people I know are taking a dangerous amount of glee in this. Not dangerous in a "Oh he wasn't that bad of a guy how dare you be happy about it" kind of way, but in a "You know people can see what you're writing, right?" kind of way. The sort of stuff that would get you banned from sites or fired from your jobs.
By all means, be happy about it if you want to be, I know there are some specific minority groups out there that are cheering the house down at Kirk's death, but be smart about it. Then again I probably don't need to tell anyone on Lemmy this since privacy and anonymity are pretty key elements of the community.
Given his attitudes towards guns and empathy, I see no need to be nice -or even civil - about his death. He preached scorn and cruelty, so we should honor that by returning it (legally) with interest.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
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Busting out the cigars and celebrating this. Finally some good news. Sending thoughts and prayers
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And nothing of value was lost
It really says something about what a POS you are when you get shot dead and everyone's reaction is to point and laugh.
Quoting Charlie Kirk himself, these actions are prudent and rational
Here’s the video. Pop.
https://en.as.com/videos/charlie-kirk-shot-in-neck-graphic-video-shows-the-incident-v/
Out of respect for the mods, lemme just say:
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Hey, be respectful. This man really put his neck out for his beliefs. He offered himself as tribute to the 2nd amendment, and we should admire his conviction. The proper way to celebrate would be to honour his wishes and show zero empathy. It's the least we can do for him.
It's a rare man that has the courage to rationalize senseless violence in defense of unrestricted access to deadly weapons, and it is even rarer to literally make that the hill you die on. He showed us all by example how you truly live your creed.
"So we need a bigger distraction. Like Horst Wessel meets Reichstag fire." I wonder if someday we'll find out Trump ordered it.
Or maybe it's just chickens coming home to roost.
Or most likely of all, far-right faction fighting.
“Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America in the last 10 years?” a person asks. “Counting or not counting gang violence?” Kirk responds right before he is shot.
Shooter fired from a building 200 yards away and managed to give him the most stunningly ironic last words. It honestly seems contrived.
And apparently he’d been in contact with the trump administration, through frequent calls and texts with Vance, all through trump’s campaign and presidency. Wonder how they’ll deal with a seemingly immensely important person leaving so suddenly.
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Stealing this from mastodon:
No one can say he didn't believe in what he (hate) preached, I guess.
I don't think this is good! But at least he did.
Rest in piss genocide denier.
Advocated for guns on campus and 2A and died for his cause, so props for that.
So what you doing this weekend?