Can we stop trying to beatify this psychopath? It's possible to be against violence and still condemn Kirk and his violent legacy.

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[–] 172 points 1 year ago (27 children)

I'm against political violence but as Kirk would say about a raped woman that was wearing a short skirt "what did he expect?"

Dude literally died for what he believed in. We should be happy for him.

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

    Dude literally died for what he believed in. We should be happy for him.

    More than that, it's "worth it to have the cost" of everyone owning guns, so that we can have some fascist pricks die every so often.

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

    Besides, empathy isn't real, its more of a new age belief. Luigi can be the patron saint of the righteous hand of justice. Charlie can be the patron saint of the self righteous receiver of justice

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago*

    It's gonna get a whole lot worse before things get better, but they'll be remembered as some of the first, yes.

    personally I'm of the opinion that society goes in cycles, generally, if you know history. We're either about to have civil war or mass revolt, I'm pretty sure -- when the circuses are still going but there is no bread, for millions, and it's only getting worse -- that's generally when shit gets real. Massive, massive oversimplification, mind you; but more and more people in the US are feeling the economic squeeze that republicans (and by extension also, late-stage capitalism) pile on more every year.

    In other words, we're in the opening paragraphs to a very long chapter in some high schooler's history class on this period of American history in the future -- probably also lumped into an economics class with the 1929 stock market crash and the consequences thereof. How it will be written about I shudder to imagine, but you'll have a lot of "patron saints of fucking around/finding out/delivering unto thee the finding out".

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

    I don't agree with the political violence (unless you're fighting back against it) but everyone in America that isn't a maga cult member should look at investing in more guns and gun handling training.

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

    I'm paraphrasing his quote on gun violence.

    In a way, he's right -- this death? Worth it. Totally. I just wish it didn't come at the cost of many schoolchildren and other innocents before (and after) him.

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

    So then, how do you reduce? Very simple. People say, oh, Charlie, how do you stop school shootings? I don't know. How did we stop shootings at baseball games? Because we have armed guards outside of baseball games. That's why. How did we stop all the shootings at airports? We have armed guards outside of airports. How do we stop all the shootings at banks? We have armed guards outside of banks. How did we stop all the shootings at gun shows?

    Turns out those police officers and security couldn't keep Charlie Kirk alive.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    On the other hand, in a sick and twisted way, this all does lend credence to the whole "good guy with a gun" idea. you can't tell me that microphone in his hand isn't a weapon, and you sure as shit can't tell me Charlie Kirk was a good guy.

    In other words, this was justifiable self-defense, that sniper protected those college kids from a cognitohazard.

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

    Work for the world you want to live in, prepare for the world you already live in.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I didn't expect this shit to happen in my life time (a phrase uttered by many, no doubt) but here we are.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, we ain't even rock bottom yet...

    Like, it's past recommending "guns".

    Everybody should legit be getting ARs/AKs and plated vests these days.

    It doesn't take a lot of range time to get competent. Both platforms are very simple.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

    The time for being "against political violence" as a general concept is long passed.

    One side has violence against anyone but themselves as their only policy. Fascism doesn't surrender to reasoned argument, law or elections.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    It's certainly on the very limit of when it should be used but for whatever it means, Kirk was just a hateful person. As far as I'm aware he didn't actually murder anyone but in the current climate, what did he expect?

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  • [+] -22 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Being "against political violence" is defending the status quo. Kirk's opinion on guns wasn't problematic at all and fucking liberals acting like that was his problem disgust me.

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