FYI - links to the gore video will be removed if it is not properly marked as NSFW/NSFL.
Yes, it's bad. This is not like the Trump "maybe it was faked with razor blades" kind of thing.
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Good call. Definitely not for the squeamish. As a friend informed me: "It's the most anime level of blood loss I've ever seen." And in a literal split second.
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I’m happy it happened but I definitely don’t need to watch it
As a mod, I felt obligated because I'm not going to remove something I haven't watched or read, but... yeah. It's a LOT. If that makes you squeamish, do not watch it.
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Isn't it just strange that a right-wing agitator meets his end... by being shot in a school shooting??
Unrelated quote:
I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.
—Clarence Darrow, civil rights lawyer
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If this was a just world, Charlie Kirk would be alive and very well.
Serving a sentence for treason for his role in the January 6 coup attempt.
Are things bad enough yet that we don't have to pretend this is horrifying and we can just chalk it up as a point for the good guys?
Be the change you want to see.
Worst case scenario you get banned from a message board that is overly focused on "decorum" and making sure "both sides" feel safe.
To elaborate. Don't advocate for further shootings. That is what leads to TLAs sending letters. And even if you are outside of the country of interest, that is ALSO the kind of thing where local authorities are glad to cooperate because The Machine likes to protect its own.
But don't let "Jesus wouldn't like you laughing at this" stop you from laughing your ass off and celebrating the death of some real evil mother fuckers.
I mean, yeah. Nooone I've talked to about it has had any reaction other than a positive one. Some people are just too evil to feel bad for. Especially when they advocate for this exact treatment to happen to others.
What's horrifying was the size of that crowd.
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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
ill celebrate for both us, no problem
There's a moral distinction between celebrating the fact that an awful person is dead and celebrating violence against horrible people.
If he choked on a Goya bean and died, you'd still be morally justified in being happy about it.
Fuck you I'll do both! Im bloodthirsty and stupid enough to think this is a good thing.
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Finally, "good guy with a gun" makes an appearance. Would've appreciated you at some of those school shootings, but appreciate it nonetheless
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He had been delivering remarks while sitting under a tent with the slogan “The American Comeback” printed on it.
I mean, sounds like he just got it?
Isn't that the whole "an armed society is a polite society" thing?
It never meant people became nicer, it meant people that constantly talk shit eventually get got...
I hope other propagandists take notice and maybe have some pause about the consequences of their actions from this moment.
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"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational. Nobody talks like this. They live in a complete alternate universe."
LMAO! Rot in piss Charlie. Thought and prayers out for the old white dude who shot him. Can’t wait to see who the next rung on the ladder is.
MSNBC is reporting nobody in custody, so the old white dude may not, in fact, be the shooter.
Always be wary of early reports on these things.
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Update: he's dead
That was always going to be the outcome if you saw the video, carotid artery hit apparently.
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Huh. I guess there is finally an example of a Good Guy With A Gun
Play stupid games; win stupid prizes.
Tomorrow is 9/11.
Mamdani better keep his head low. I completely believe a MAGA nutjob is going to try for their own "massacre".
The deadly political violence floodgates have opened.
Buckle up, buttercup!
Cheeto Chimp will most definitely fan the flames and make the country worse, again.
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