Charlie Kirk shot in the neck during Utah debate and has now passed.

[purbeast0]

News is still coming out slowly, here's an article.

Charlie Kirk, Trump ally and rightwing activist, shot dead at Utah university

Rightwing commentator killed while speaking at Utah Valley University, as Trump blames ‘radical left’ while suspect remains at large

www.theguardian.com

While he's a total douchebag and I disagree with basically everything he stands for, this is NOT the way.

EDIT:

He did not survive.

 

[K1052]

Thoughts and prayers.

https://bsky.app/profile/owillis.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3lyivmcppks2v

 

[Brainonska511]

News is still coming out slowly, here's an article.

Charlie Kirk, Trump ally and rightwing activist, shot dead at Utah university

Rightwing commentator killed while speaking at Utah Valley University, as Trump blames ‘radical left’ while suspect remains at large

www.theguardian.com

While he's a total douchebag and I disagree with basically everything he stands for, this is NOT the way.

I'm not shedding a tear for a shithead who liked to stir the pot. Something about what goes around comes around...

 

[purbeast0]

I'm not shedding a tear for a shithead who liked to stir the pot. Something about what goes around comes around...

I'm not shedding tears either, but political violence is never the solution IMO.

I hope he survives.

 

[Brainonska511]

I'm not shedding tears either, but political violence is never the solution IMO.

I hope he survives.

If Republicans can't stand the heat, they shouldn't have lit the kitchen on fire.

 

[K1052]

That dude directly helped facilitate J6. I don't care.

 

[fskimospy]

Thoughts and prayers.

https://bsky.app/profile/owillis.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3lyivmcppks2v

Came here to post exactly this. If he survives I wonder what his views will be about the acceptable number of gun deaths each year.

 

[hal2kilo]

Jerry Seinfeld, "That's a shame".

 

[purbeast0]

If Republicans can't stand the heat, they shouldn't have lit the kitchen on fire.

I'm not disagreeing, but I still don't think murder is the solution.

Maybe a silver lining on this will be some form of gun control finally since it "hit home" though.

 

[HomerJS]

Thoughts and prayers. FAFO

 

[Pens1566]

That dude directly helped facilitate J6. I don't care.

Yeah, kind of hard for me to feel anything more than "meh".

 

[Brainonska511]

I'm not disagreeing, but I still don't think murder is the solution.

Maybe a silver lining on this will be some form of gun control finally since it "hit home" though.

I don't think murder is the solution. The whole point of politics and democracy is to avoid rule through violence. Republicans have taken a path to completely undermine the normal political and democratic process, so we can't be all shocked Pikachu face when "the old ways of solving disputes" start rearing their ugly heads.

 

[hal2kilo]

I don't think murder is the solution. The whole point of politics and democracy is to avoid rule through violence. Republicans have taken a path to completely undermine that process, so we can't be all shocked Pikachu face when "the old ways of solving disputes" start rearing their ugly heads.

You first.

 

[HomerJS]

If Republicans can't stand the heat, they shouldn't have lit the kitchen on fire.

Can I steal this?

 

[purbeast0]

I don't think murder is the solution. The whole point of politics and democracy is to avoid rule through violence. Republicans have taken a path to completely undermine the normal political and democratic process, so we can't be all shocked Pikachu face when "the old ways of solving disputes" start rearing their ugly heads.

Yeah I mean again, I don't disagree with anything you are saying.

I'm not surprised this happened and my whole feeling is basically "oh well, anyways..." about it.

I'm simply saying I don't condone it.

 

[K1052]

I don't think murder is the solution. The whole point of politics and democracy is to avoid rule through violence. Republicans have taken a path to completely undermine the normal political and democratic process, so we can't be all shocked Pikachu face when "the old ways of solving disputes" start rearing their ugly heads.

The right went "hehehe political violence is fun since we have a monopoly on it" and said people who thought this was a bad idea were cucks.

 

[HomerJS]

Thoughts and prayers.

https://bsky.app/profile/owillis.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3lyivmcppks2v

This aged like fine wine. I guess we just move on, right?

 

[K1052]

This aged like fine wine. I guess we just move on, right?

If piles of dead grade school children don't do the trick to get Americans to care about gun violence then this sure isn't.

 

[Pens1566]

Prediction:

Orders of magnitude more rage about a nitwit that suggested exactly this was worth it for the 2A than there ever has been for kids killed in a school shooting.

These people are fucking ghouls.

 

[HomerJS]

Prediction:

Orders of magnitude more rage about a nitwit that suggested exactly this was worth it for the 2A than there ever has been for kids killed in a school shooting.

These people are fucking ghouls.

Another easy prediction. Trump won't call for the death penalty for the Kirk shooter because he is white and you can't scare other white people like with the black guy that killed the white Ukranian girl

 

[KLin]

Yea, he's dead.

Spoiler: NOT SAFE FOR FCKN LIFE

 

[Paratus]

If piles of dead grade school children don't do the trick to get Americans to care about gun violence then this sure isn't.

When will the administration be sending the NG to quell the violence in Utah?

 

[purbeast0]

Yea, he's dead.

Spoiler: NOT SAFE FOR FCKN LIFE

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Yeah I came across the video on Reddit and wasn't sure if I should watch it, but curiousity got the best of me - that pic doesn't do it justice either, blood is pouring out of his neck. I'll be very surprised if he survives.

 

[nakedfrog]

I'm not shedding tears either, but political violence is never the solution IMO.

I hope he survives.

This is America now, political violence is already upon us, this is where Republicans have brought us. It's not even been that long since the right-wing assassin killed a Minnesota legislator and nearly killed her husband, a month ago someone fired 500 rounds at the CDC.

 

[cytg111]

So good news is that the shooter is a old white dude.

Could you imagine ICE tomorrow?