concordtom said:
DiabloWags said:
concordtom said:
DiabloWags said:
School shootings happen almost every month in this country.
Where is the moment of silence for the parents of these kids who die because we have a love affair with guns in this country?
Charlie Kirk's death is being "promoted" by the Administration because he had a following that voted for Trump.
Let's be honest about this.
Kirk wasn't Martin Luther King.
Or Nelson Mandela.
Pointing that out is what got the MSNBC guy fired.
I heard it was more about Matthew Dowd criticizing Kirk for his hate speech.
Dowd said Kirk has been "one of the most divisive, especially divisive younger figures in this, who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech or sort of aimed at certain groups. And I always go back to, hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions."
"I think that's the environment we're in, that the people just you can't stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have, and then saying these awful words, and not expect awful actions to take place. And that's the unfortunate environment we're in," he added.
I just meant, you pointed out that Kirk was not some great guy like Mandela or King, and the MSNBC guy gave reason for his getting shot - not a great guy but angering with his political debating.
And apparently it's too soon to let anyone know what we all can figure out.
I mean, Kirk has pisses me off when I've heard him speak.
But then again, I probably piss others off just the same.
Big C, Okaydo…. They never piss anyone off, right?
Thank you for providing the exact quote!!! Thumbs up to that. Better than my generalized summary
This discussion is inane. What difference does it make what Kirk said or what views he held? Even if it was "hate speech", racist, or misogynistic (all subjective opinions), it doesn't justify his killing. NOTHING he said has any bearing on the violence he was subjected to. The entire discussion implies he had it coming or that somehow we all should not be outraged that this happened (or less outraged) because Kirk was a "bad guy." NOTHING he said justifies his assassination or a lesser reaction to it.
And I would point out that many political figures on the left say racist, hateful, bigoted, and/or other outrageous things that are well outside the Overton window. Rashida Tlaib and Ilan Omar come to mind for saying some objectively antisemitic things. Biden said some crazy things. None of that has any bearing on whether they should be assassinated (which of course they should not).
If
god forbid, one of them - or another popular dem figure like Obama - was assassinated, would you be discussing the merits of their statements and political positions? Would the liberals on this board think that had any relevance to the crime? I highly doubt it.