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Charlie Kirk shot at Utah Valley University
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Anonymous
On blue sky a lot of people posting about how sad it is, worrying about how the GOP is already talking so openly about “retribution”… On Twitter, lots of libs talking about how terrible it is, newsy stuff and posts promoted by the algorithm saying really scary stuff about the need to hurt liberals. So yeah there is some messed up stuff being said online, but I haven’t seen any celebrating. |
Anonymous
When news of the shooting first came out, the guy on MSNBC suggested that maybe it was a supporter of Kirk’s shooting a gun in celebration. It was a stupid thing to say in the first place, and was even more offensive when the dust settled and the facts of what had happened emerged. |
Anonymous
He was a lot of things but that’s not how most people would describe him. Gleefully provocative - a kind of happy warrior… that’s what teen boys like - he looked like had so much fun trolling and teasing his opponents… |
Anonymous
He was respectful in conversations with people who disagreed with him. I don’t think teen boys see that happening all that often. |
Anonymous
It’s an example of uniformed blather and time filling but it’s not offensive or a serious thought. |
Anonymous
You’d be surprised. My aunt is a realtor who got into guns because of the dangers of doing open houses solo and she is now NRA’s highest level of marksmanship. A lot of random people out here with a lot of guns. |
Anonymous
The collateral damage of having an armed citizenry and liberty is violence like this. And the violence that resulted in the school shooting in Colorado today. If he had been talking about lawful citizens who use guns legally, there wouldn’t be any unfortunate gun deaths, right? He meant that some unjustified gun deaths are acceptable because freedom to own guns is more important. It’s a rational argument. It’s the same reason why we allow 16 year olds to drive and do not have breathalyzer devices on all cars. Some traffic fatalities are acceptable because freedom to drive/drink and drive is more important. Some smoking deaths are acceptable because freedom to choose to smoke is more important. Don’t pretend that he meant anything else. |
Anonymous
Politicians are going to have to openly denounce the edge lords online. A small amount of people are destroying it for a lot of other people. |
Anonymous
I’m sorry, did you just call those three centrists far left? I’m glad that they condemned it, but please. Get real. |
Anonymous
I’m proud to say the Dems have been doing this all afternoon. Our party may not be in power but we have an opportunity to lead. |
Anonymous
| Another interesting thing - the fbi just rereleased the suspect they had. Back to square one. Why isn’t anyone claiming this? If it was political, we’d be hearing buzz from one side or the other like we did immediately in Minnesota. |
Anonymous
The difference is that cars are made for transportation. Guns are made for one purpose: to kill. |
Anonymous
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Inside job. The next election is for a Trump, not Kirk.
“ Mr. Piskadlo said that the setup of the amphitheater struck him as unsafe before the event. Despite a heavy security presence, he noticed “there were a lot of ledges, points where this could happen,” he said. “This seemed really preventable. I’m kind of angry at the organizers.” -NYT |
Anonymous
They probably can’t figure out who it is. It took what like four days to find Mangione? |
Anonymous
New poster here. Knock off the fake outrage. Matthew Dowd is a political analyst. He's not a reporter. He messed up. The network apologized. He apologized. I guess you've never expressed any strong opinions yourself, eh? |