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[–] 97 points 1 year ago (20 children)

The officials also voiced that it would be difficult to bring federal charges against Robinson, as Robinson allegedly committed the crime in Utah and is a resident of the Beehive State. Furthermore, Kirk was an influencer activist, and not an elected official.

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

    Furthermore, Kirk was an influencer activist, and not an elected official.

    Exactly. Not an assassination. I hate that people keep calling it that.

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

    When a Nazi gets killed it's called 'a good job'

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

    Well, until they're out of power you should ideally call it nothing at all and deny it ever happened. I walked past the USC campus this morning and saw kirk alive and well. I don't know what all this hubub is about.

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

    I've never heard being elected official as a criteria for the term, the dictionary definition of assassination is

    "the premeditated act of killing someone suddenly or secretively, especially a prominent person."

    And there have been plenty of non-electoral assassinations, including those by (or of) mob figures, journalists, and many others.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Doesn't the act of assassination require that the killer be an assassin? ie someone paid to kill people.

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

    The killer in an assassination is by definition an assassin. An assassin is not always some paid mercenary killer (this is rarely the case).

    John Wilkes Booth is an easy example. He was an actor.

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  • [+] 12 points 1 year ago (7 children)
  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I guess every murder is an assassination to you then? Or only if they are "celebrities"

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