I think the tragic irony of this is his foundation - Turning Point USA - was built around bringing conversations and debate back to the public sphere to help close the divide within our country.
I believe his death will be the actual turning point of the USA, just not in the direction he wanted it to go.
And I do believe, given the choice, he would still choose to die for our right to bear arms.
The close up video is on twitter, it’s quite gruesome. I feel bad for the college students who had to see that.
Other than that unfortunately you reap what you sow.
What did he sow?
People can be fucking nuts and there were risks that came with his political career especially given his popularity. His career led to his demise.
Okay but what did he sow?
It seems the posts between this previous post of mine and now have validated what I said.
His political career
He sowed his political career, so he reaped a bullet in the neck?
What you’re saying doesn’t make sense.
Yes.
Same concept as how a fireman can expect to maybe die from a fire due to the nature of his job.
You’re using this term wrong, bud.
I’m off to go do things.
So, anyone with a political career should now add getting shot to what they could potentially “reap” from “sowing” a political stance or career.
That is up there for one of the biggest brain dead takes I have heard today. I’m actually impressed.
“When people stop talking, really bad stuff starts. When marriages stop talking, divorce happens. When civilizations stop talking, civil war ensues. When you stop having a human connection with someone you disagree with, it becomes a lot easier to want to commit violence against that group. What we as a culture have to get back to is being able to have reasonable disagreement.” - Charlie Kirk
I thought it sounded like .223. Relatively close 100-150 yards.
I’m surprised it’s a brain dead take. We’ve had presidents assassinated too.
It’s not about “what it should be” it’s just reality that people are crazy.
He wasn’t even a politician at this point just a social media guy.
Not a brain dead take for presidents…. Jfc.
There’s not really a difference anymore.
There seems to be a huge disregard for human life.
That’s ultimately what I’m saying….probably not a bad idea for people to be cautious of their actions or words. Then again there are things we have no control over.
I’ll concede this to an extent.
Actions? Yes.
Words? No.
So the second suspect has been released.
So people calling political right nazis is acceptable after all. Pride marches, now banned LGBTQ books and everything connecting the subject is ok too.
Just want to see if there’s any contradiction.
I’m an advocate of freedom of speech, but words can lead to real world actions. So politicians should be aware what they’re going to say or how. Hence the cautiousness is a good word here.
If you say right are nazis or that immigrants are all criminals and rapists who want to destroy western civilization, there will be always people who will take these as truths and act by them.
Also, this is just a speculation at this point. We don’t know yet why Kirk was shot.
Sadly US has the culture of shooting people. Shootings of politicians, famous activists and just celebrities is not a new phenomenon.