Aurora, IL I am also told that at least one fire station had kept their flag lowered, and locked it in place, requiring the fire chief to come cut the lock. Also that there are people sneaking around lowering flags.

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[–] 117 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

He (Kirk) is just not that important of an individual to merit this kind of national response. It’s not on the level of the September 11 attacks. It’s simply not. And, I would argue it further divides Americans than unites us.

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

    He wasn't a politician, head of state, particularly well known, or unanimously loved person. The only person he represented was himself. Objectively speaking, There's no reason to lower the flag for him.

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

    Honestly, lowering the flag for him cheapens lowering the flag altogether.

    It just doesn’t mean what it used to. This is when it changed.

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

    It's insulting. Regardless of your feelings on Kirk, this was hardly an attack on the whole of America. It was yet another school shooting. We have quite a few of those.

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

    Arguably, a school shooting with only one victim is progress? I didn't quickly find statistics on average deaths per incident, but did see that there is over 1 incident per week average since 2021.

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

    Speaking of September 11, remember that Donald's response to the attacks, on the day they happened, was to do an interview where he bragged about how they made a building of his the tallest in the neighborhood. And as always with him, it was a lie as there were several taller buildings nearby.

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

    I sorta love it. Everyone who treats him with empathy is basically shitting over everything he said and stood for. Its an awesome catch 22.

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

    everything he said and stood for

    Charlie Kirk stood for nothing besides Charlie Kirk. Kirk was a lying grifter. He would have loved everyone treating him with empathy, because he didn't ever actually care about empathy generally; he cared about hurting other people to his own benefit, and that meant eliminating empathy towards them.

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

    Well I mean taking his words at face value. Either you should shrug your shoulders and say thats what he gets and his kids have learned something. That would be following the charlie kirk preaching. Or you say its horrible and express feelings he would deride for anyone else. So charlie kirk would not be empathetic to charlie kirk if he was not charlie kirk.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I know exactly what you mean. I just don't want people to lose sight of the fact that Charlie Kirk had no actual principles in any capacity. He said and did whatever helped him in that specific moment.

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