Most people in the real world outside of the internet didn’t even know who this guy was until yesterday, especially outside the US. When I was talking to my roommate after it happened the first thing he said was “who’s Charlie Kirk?”

I noticed that too. Got so many notifications on my phone with everything going up. I’m not necessarily saying its because of this, but it is very convincing.

There are so many things I find suspicious and annoying about this whole thing. For some reason, everyone all of a sudden thinks this man was a national hero while most people I meet in real life have never even heard of him. So many people, especially online and in the media, have been calling for violence after this and all at the same time (almost like it was coordinated with the bots and Russian trolls to go all out) and all with literally zero proof of why the shooter did what they did and who they were. And all of this happening around the same time as the Epstein birthday book while Charlie Kirk himself has been saying that he wanted it all released.

Edit: Bonus screenshot of Trump and Netanyahu tweeting at the exact same time

You’re not wrong, they definitely started it. But just because they started it doesn’t mean it’s all of a sudden a good thing when it happens just because you don’t like the guy. You can condone this type of violence and also not feel bad for the guy at the same time. We all know the saying “an eye for an eye makes the world go blind.”

I do not condone this type of violence in any way whatsoever. I never liked this guy and he was human garbage, but this is not the answer.

However… I do not feel bad for him or his fans. I feel bad for his kids who had to witness it and will now grow up without a father and I would never wish that upon anyone. Unfortunately, when you base an entire career off of hate you’ll only get hate back. We’re talking about the same man that said school shootings and people dying from gun violence are necessary sacrifices. The same man that wanted to bail out the guy that assassinated two Democratic lawmakers. The same man that stopped talking about Epstein as soon as Trump came up.

I think political violence is disgusting and a slippery slope to so much worse, but I do not feel bad for this man for facing the consequences of his actions and hate.

I used to think back in the day that authoritarians couldn’t take over in the modern world because everyone knew better, especially in some western countries where they broke away from it and built entire countries based on rights and freedoms. I know it’s coming from a place of privilege and I always thought I took that into account when thinking about these kinds of situations, but I didn’t realize I could be that fucking wrong and in so many different ways. I didn’t realize that the reason why it’s able to happen was because every single company and institution, especially the ones that the people rely on, will literally do whatever the government wants without even second guessing it all in an effort to save their own ass. I didn’t realize it was naive to think people could be better than they used to be. I’d see things like the Civil Rights Movement in the US and women getting the right to vote as prime examples of how good people can be when they get together and that we we’re “growing up” as a global society despite its flaws and outliers.

This all disappoints me in a way that I have never been disappointed before and it genuinely makes me lose my faith in humanity in its entirety. And the fact that it’s all coming from the oldest generations in the world is so infuriating. They took their biases into the future and instead of learning from it they decided to teach the next generations to be shitty to each other all over again. The fact that we live in the information age apparently makes no fucking difference when people just ignore the information. Literally feels like there is a perpetual feeling of disappointment and anger that I feel with every fiber of my being and I don’t like that feeling. Sure, there are good people in the world and I love people and will always continue to do my best to make the world a better place, but I have absolutely no faith in humanity as a concept at this point. I feel like a tired old man at the age of 30.

How about you leave. Like, what are y’all even fucking doing anymore? You guys are more unpopular than you ever have been and it’s literally your own fault.

So they can actually read the room. Let’s hope they actually follow through and aren’t just lying to get votes, which is entirely possible.

I’m starting to think this is a worldwide issue and we are slowly reaching the climax of global society. Governments and US politicians caving to Trump, the slow adoption of authoritarian laws, the increase of mass surveillance around the world, governments denying genocide when they see it, politicians ignoring the public, and so many more issues. I feel like every world leader has blackmail on every other world leader and we are just waiting to see who gets exposed first. And when that does happen, I expect a domino effect of things akin to the Epstein files being exposed as every world leader gets their dirty secrets leaked one after the other.

I mean they are the ones that wanted no guardrails on AI. They want all the benefits but none of the downsides and I’m sure they’ll prove that in the next couple weeks.

Exactly. I couldn’t care less about Newsom as a person. And if literally any Democrat started fighting back I would support them. It’s such an easy strategy to win that I’m absolutely baffled by how cowardly Democratic politicians have been.

Yeah, they would. Not the politicians or hardcore MAGA people online, but the people in my community that overwhelmingly voted for trump definitely would. The majority of them are radicalized and indoctrinated, not evil. My parents voted for Trump but I don’t think they’d celebrate my death just because of what I voted for.

You are lost, my friend. I hope you find your way that doesn’t involve being happy when children die. If your fight against radicalization turns you into a radical yourself the only thing you’ll accomplish is moving the target.

Do the infants have that mentality? Sure, their parents are fucked up people, but do the infants deserve to die for the actions of their parents? Do I deserve to die because my dad voted for Trump? I was an infant once, too.

I’m not saying you have to shed a tear for the people that caused this. But not shedding a tear for innocent children that are the victims is a slippery slope you do not want to go down, my friend.

You know who else celebrates the death of children that they don’t like? Israel. Don’t you fucking dare pass judgement on children without understanding the consequences of that mentality. Be mad at the people that got them killed, not the victim.

My parents are conservative and I have the exact opposite political beliefs. People aren’t born conservative, they are taught it. Wishing death on infants is just fucked up no matter how you look at it.

They’ll call it a hate crime against Christians and throw out the whole “most persecuted religion” argument out against.

They’ll call it a hate crime against Christians and throw out the whole “most persecuted religion” argument out against.

Edit: Oops, replied to the wrong person. Thank you for your attention to the matter.

I’m sure the white house will send out “thoughts and prayers” within the next few business days.

Always talking about standing up and fighting but as soon as their job or paycheck are in danger they back down. If you’re not even willing to sacrifice the bare minimum nobody will have your back. People have lost more jobs than Jeffries has even had. I make more compromises at the grocery store than these people have made their entire political careers.

The MAGA lawmaker added, “I’m not a lawyer and I’m not a judge, but it is more complicated than just saying, ‘boom, here’s the files.’”

But I thought Trump could declassify things just by thinking about it? His words, not mine.