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I was going to post some dumb meme making fun of Charlie Kirk's death celebrating his demise
But then I thought ... why should I take part in the same stupidity that fascists play on everyone?
I absolutely abhored Charlie Kirk and everything he stood for and in a macabre way, I'm happy that he won't be able to spout all the stupidity he's been pushing for years ... but at the same time, I won't celebrate the death of a human being, no matter who they were ... no matter how much I hated them.
I have enough darkness and despair in my heart already, I won't add to that blackness by joining in the depravity
I agree. I cannot condone the killing of a person.
However, I can appreciate the irony of someone with his opinions on gun control getting gunned down. Even if I still prefer it hadn't happened.
I definitely can condone the killing of a vitriolic piece of shit fascist like Kirk. Advocate for it, even, in addition to celebrating it
Thank you Jesus_666 ... you're doing the Lord's work
Ngl, the Death Star blowing up was awesome.
Fictional. But awesome.
I truly respect and appreciate you for this.
Agreed
Calling Charlie Kirk a "hoomon" disregards his entire creed: the rules of acquisition.
He became unprofitable & the red hats needed something to distract people from chomo island
Also, it's in Russian interest to make nations fight themselves. That's the whole game.
So Americans just need to agree that it's good Chuck is gone.
Don't gotta celebrate. But fighting fire with fire is the only way.
If you want an example of not falling into the darkness of fighting fire with fire .... look at what Martin Luther King accomplished through peaceful protest and non-violence in the 1960s ... sure he was killed in the process but everything he did and led ushered in a new wave of peace and prosperity for minority rights everywhere. He might have been killed for being peaceful .. but he accomplished so much more through love and standing with your fellow man against intolerance and injustice.
“But it really doesn’t matter with me now, because I’ve been to the mountaintop … I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land” - Less than 24 hours after these prophetic words, Martin Luther King was assassinated by James Earl Ray.
https://youtu.be/xZQdANyuh34
Martin Luther King, Jr existed alongside Stokely Carmichael and Malcolm X. Not disagreeing with you just saying both paths are correct depending on your viewpoint and your lived experiences.
I'm Indigenous Canadian .. full blooded Cree/Ojibway from northern Ontario. My family has had a long history of being under the thumb of government.
And as an Indigenous person, I've seen recent examples of what my government would do to me if I violently resisted ... in 1990 the Canadian government called in our national armed forces to contain Mohawk land protesters in Oka, Quebec ... in Stoney Creek in Ontario in Sept 1995, our Ontario government allowed our provincial police to use violent force and kill an Indigenous protester Dudley George who was protesting against illegal land title ... in 2020 the Canadian government used the national RCMP police in military tactical gear to raid at gunpoint unarmed Wetʼsuwetʼen First Nation land protesters who were blockading oil pipeline projects.
It's a fine line that both sides play in the debate for equal rights, tolerance and justice ... the right want to push the debate far enough to make an excuse to want to start killing people and use death as an instrument of control ... the left want to push the debate far enough to not have to cause bloodshed .. both sides accuse the other of leading everyone down a bloody path.
But in all that I agree ... use love and peace and resistance first ... but if all else fails and everyone is left with nothing to lose, then there is nothing to lose.
Tin foil hat time.
What you described has me worried because for the last couple years the right has riled up their side to the point of weaponized patriotism that would make McCarthy cringe. And the hard push towards deification of military and veterans to the point that they'll blindly support the military being deployed against US citizens.