If they’re “just words” then why are they so butthurt over our words? It’s just words when I say “Charlie Kirk deserved what he got”. What’s the big deal???
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frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 1 month ago
I hate how some are trying to spin this as “he was killed just for having different opinions” like no, he didn’t just have “different opinions” that’s grossly oversimplifying things, he advocated for the genocide in Gaza, said kids being shot in school is “worth it” because “god given rights” (which version of the Bible had assault rifles in it?) ridiculed disabled people in his circles, and said if his 9 year old daughter got raped he wouldn’t allow her to have an abortion
All while in a position of authority and power with influence over a significant portion of people. How anyone can sympathise for him I don’t know
Ghis@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Advocating for genocide in Gaza isn’t even a different opinion. It’s the same opinion as democratic party leadership.
Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 month ago
This person is correct.
Knightfox@lemmy.world 1 month ago
How anyone can sympathise for him I don’t know
At the end of the day he is a human being, that’s why. I’m not trying to defend the guy, but fundamentally that’s what is supposed to divide the progressives/liberals vs the conservatives. The conservatives don’t care except when it’s their own while the progressives and liberals are supposed to care about all people supposedly.
WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 month ago
At the end of the day he is a human being, that’s why.
Julius Streicher was also a human being. He was hanged at Nuremberg for the same kind of hate-mongering that Kirk made his whole career doing. Kirk was guilty of crimes against humanity.
bluefootedbooby@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Maybe it’s time to start fighting fot our liberties, instead of feeling bad for the guys taking them away.
moakley@lemmy.world 1 month ago
There’s a long list of people taking our liberties away, and the guy who says stupid shit is pretty far down on that list. Words matter, but they’re not violence.
bluefootedbooby@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Why do you think the actual white power, right extremists are getting closer and closer to power everywhere? Why is there is a spike in young men leaning right? Because they listen to assholes like this one. Words are very dangerous in the long run.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 month ago
No, someone who spread as much hate as he did, doesn’t deserve sympathy.
I hope the bullet is ok.
DeathbringerThoctar@lemmy.world 1 month ago
No he wasn’t a human being, he was a fascist. The two are mutually exclusive. The world is a better place now that he’s not in it and that’s worth celebrating.
NoodlePoint@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Whatever. He was fucking gloating ever since the MAGAts took over, while others are being violently oppressed for “not qualifying” to be “American”.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 month ago
He was a human beibg who tried every day to be ans say as inhumane shit as possible. Fuck anyone so willing to betray humanity.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
while the progressives and liberals are supposed to care about all people supposedly.
This is like saying “so much for tolerance” when progressives don’t tolerate intolerance. It’s a social contract: if you are intolerant of others you don’t get the benefit of tolerance extended to you.
If you are unsympathetic towards others then you don’t get the benefit of sympathy.
fafferlicious@lemmy.world 1 month ago
People don’t sympathize with their trash when it ends up in landfill.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I hate how some are trying to spin this as “he was killed just for having different opinions”
…like who?
AndiHutch@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I heard something like that from 2 different ‘news’ sources. One was Fox News and the other was PBS news. The PBS one was a lot less direct, but some rando who knew nothing about him could still take that message away. Zero mention of what he advocated for beyond challenging opinions on college campuses and mentioning he was a right wing influencer. They were playing up the think of the CEO’s family card just like they did with the UHC CEO. Oh and don’t forget the 247 (/s) random politicians who condemn political violence.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
One was Fox News
Shocking
the other was PBS news
No, it wasn’t. Bullshit.
don’t forget the 247 (/s) random politicians who condemn political violence.
Okay. That’s just what they feel they have to do for appearances. Even the ones who actively wish for political violence (Trump) say that shit. No one should be surprised there.
sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
I watched PBS news tonight as well, and what AndiHutch said was pretty much right on.
AndiHutch@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Why do you disbelieve me? Do you think that PBS news wouldn’t focus on the political beliefs of a political activist without actually mentioning what those beliefs are when eulogizing him? They talked about how he was big in the Maga movement and how he was close to trump, but they didn’t mention any of his horrible views that he got flack for. When you don’t mention what his actual horrible views were and instead focus on a bunch of politicians’ generic condemnation of political violence, It’s not exactly a stretch to think that a viewer could think he was killed for his opinions or his political stance. PBS didn’t say that directly, but they don’t have to for people to take that message away.
Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I dearly regret Charlies tragic passing.
When I initially heard the news I was hoping he was in for a half a century of quadriplegia with destroyed vocal cords.
codapine@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
It’s okay, you can also deeply regret his tragic birth, too.
NoodlePoint@lemmy.world 1 month ago
For a white ethnostate, obviously.