• Gorilladrums@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Kirk was a piece of shit, you’re not going to find me defending him for what he did or stood for. My point is that the way he got killed is not acceptable. He shouldn’t get honored or anything like because fuck him, but cheering the way he got killed is not okay either. He wasn’t killed under the death penalty by the state, there was no due process, and there wasn’t even a valid reason for his death. He was gunned down in broad daylight in the middle of a public crowd by some random guy who didn’t like his political views… how is that not fucking crazy to you? Y

    ou’re trying very hard to justify it because you don’t like him, but you don’t seem to understand that this isn’t about him specifically. I don’t like Kirk either, but you’re not going to find me trying justify this type of political violence because it sets a dangerous precedent that violence is an acceptable part of political discourse. Political violence is always a two way street. Just as you’re trying to justify and cheer on this guy’s death and how he was killed, you’re making it more normalized and more likely that some conservative whacko isn’t to shoot down some left wing figurehead, and they’ll use the very same arguments and justifications that you’re using now. If you can’t accept someone like Hasan Piker or Nina Turner getting gunned down, then why would you cheer this on? If you condemn their deaths, but not Kirk’s death or others like him, then you don’t have any principles to stand on.

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      8 hours ago

      Sorry. Don’t lecture to me about the dangers of political violence when we’re talking about someone that actively championed literal genocide. In a just world he would have been tried and hanged for crimes against humanity.

      Kirk already engaged in political violence. He encouraged his followers to countless acts of violence. You’re just mad when people dare to fight back against their oppressors. You call it a two way street, but it was already a one-way street. Right wingers are allowed to plot literal genocide, and the rest of us are supposed to just sit back and pretend it’s just fine and normal.

      No, sorry. Fuck everything about that. The world is a better place with Charlie Kirk firmly in the ground. He was a mass murderer.

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        8 hours ago

        I already made it clear multiple time that I don’t like Kirk or what he stood for, but even I, as someone who can’t stand him, can clearly see that you’re just making shit up as you go try to come up with anything to justify his murder. It’s honestly embarrassing. It’s so obvious that you lack the merits to come up with a genuine case to justify his murder because you don’t have any principles to stand on whatsoever. This is evidenced by the fact that you’re unable to even acknowledge any point I’ve made, let alone give any counter argument as to why you disagree.

        Face it, given your melt down here, it’s crystal clear that you’re aware that your stance is simply indefensible because you’re only possible positions is to be a hypocrite, a tyrant, or both. Nobody with any reasonable set of morals, basic understanding of history, or just logically thinking through the consequences can come up with a rational defense for something so unbelievably backwards and dangerous as trying to cheer on political violence. It’s an inherently absurd stance.