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[–] 225 points 1 year ago* (67 children)

His last words

He was asked how many shooters were trans in the last 10 years and replied "Too many"

He was corrected, the number is 5.

He was then asked how many shootings happened in these years (there were 5700)

He asked back: "Counting or not counting gang violence?" and got shot

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    A sniper with an innate sense of comedic timing?

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago*

    Maybe he was waiting for Chuck to say a number. But chuck was too slippery. One last owning of the libs, right before he was triggered. At least you know he died doing that thing where he opens his mouth and just kind of shows his gums with glee

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  • [–] 68 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    And isn't it poetic?
    Don't you think?

    It's like rain on that assholes birthday
    It's a free ride when they've already paid
    It's the gun shot that you just took to the neck And who would've thought? It figures

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  • [–] 94 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    I always said "You can tell when Charlie Kirk is arguing in bad faith by when his lips are moving and sounds are coming out."

    And it was literally the last thing he ever did.

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    Lying for money. I hope he saved enough for his family

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year 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.

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  • [–] 53 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    “Gang violence” = racist dog whistle. The assassin couldn’t have picked a more perfect time to fire. 😂

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    a dog whistle has nothing to do with the facts but a shared agreement between people in the know as to its hidden meaning.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago

    He was engaging in hate-mongering right until the end. Just like the Nazi propagandists of the WW2 era, he was spreading a message of a demonized minority group being responsible for countless crimes and social ills. He ran literally the exact same playbook against trans people as the Nazis did against Jews.

    I have no more sympathy for him than the Nazi propagandists we hanged at Nuremberg. They're guilty of the exact same crimes against humanity.

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  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago (15 children)

    I would actually like to know what he was leading to with that question. Is the implication that gangs have an overrepresentation of trans people? Or that gang violence doesn't count for some reason?

    I guess we'll never know.

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  • [–] 42 points 1 year ago

    Pointing out that gangs do a lot of violence is an attempt to shift blame onto the demographic groups which are overrepresented in gangs due to socioeconomic reasons (systemic racism).

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    As others mentioned, "gang violence" is generally a euphemism for non white, especially poor, people. I used to listen to Knowledge Fight(stopped after election not because of the boys, but didn't want to hear Jones gloat) and during several shootings that involved black victims Jones dismissed it as gang violence.

    One case I recall was a shooting in a school in GA that he was spinning some other way, until he found out the school was primarily black and the victim (who survived iirc) was black. He then just stated the kid was in a gang with no proof and dismissed the story.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It's a deflection technique. The intention was to not answer or address the question at all, but to shift to another topic he could more easily use to manipulate his audience. If you've ever watched him "debate" he was a master of deflection.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    Does anyone have video of this? (This conversation, not the shooty part) All the news media are quoting this while referring to a video but not showing it.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    They're /very/ intertwined. I don't recommend looking for it unless you want trauma

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

    I watched the close up video and didn’t find it traumatic especially given all what has been happening in gaza and Ukraine, not to mention the children being shot in schools

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Do you say the same to those somehow still supporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza when there is vastly more grotesque footage? Or for the slaughtering and rapping in Ukraine with now years of footage? Or those enabling the children being blasted away in schools across the us on a daily basis, including yesterday? 🧐

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