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Charlie Kirk said repeatedly said it was okay to have a society where people routinely get shot and killed. Pointing that out right now highlights just how wrong it is.

Charlie Kirk shouldn't have been shot. The way to have prevented that would have been gun control.

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DrillShopper 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

No, pointing out someone being odious does not equate to saying they deserve it.

This incident additionally is darkly ironic because of his thoughts on gun violence: https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-says-gun-deaths-worth-...

To make it clear - I am pretty much politically diametrically opposed to Charlie Kirk, but I don't think he should have been shot.

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thinkingtoilet 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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JumpCrisscross 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

> Why does he get to say that when others are murdered but others can't say that when he is murdered?

Because we aren’t Charlie Kirk?

This isn’t to high when they go low crap. This is about basic human decency. It’s also about not turning him into a martyr.

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briandw 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's a simple matter of 2 wrongs not making it right. How can you in the same sentence say that Kirk is wrong for endorsing violence, while at the same time endorsing this shooting?

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thinkingtoilet 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

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myvoiceismypass 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

No one here is “endorsing” the shooting. Simply pointing out that empathy is not a guarantee in life.

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		For the downvotes: "I think empathy is a made up New Age term that does a lot of damage" - Charlie Kirk

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rkomorn 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I think Kirk is a giant sack of crap, but as a rule, I want to not behave in ways that I find objectionable in others.

So, really, it's not about Kirk. It's about me (or us: the folks I tend to side with ideologically).

I don't think this falls under the paradox of tolerance, by the way.

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s5300 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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