781
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] testfactor@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Look, I fully agree Kirk was trash. You're preaching to the choir here.

But I shy away from saying "any extrajudicial killing is fine when it's against someone I think is trash."

If he'd died a natural death the world would be a better place for it, but that doesn't make it okay that he was murdered.

It's a dangerous game when we just start saying it's okay to murder bad people without due process.

[-] shinysquirrel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 month ago

nope I'm joyfull that he is dead.

[-] TBi@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

I don’t think many people are saying it’s ok he was murdered. Just that we aren’t that upset about it.

[-] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 12 points 1 month ago

No. It's cool. Lots of people probably have justified hangovers from celebrating too hard

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

excuse me i have not stopped

[-] testfactor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I mean, perhaps you're right, but I bet if we took a poll here we'd get a majority of people sounding off that it was a good thing he was murdered.

But maybe you're right and everyone agrees it was bad he was murdered. I wouldn't bet on it though.

[-] NewDark@lemmings.world 18 points 1 month ago

Killing fascists is good, actually

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago

Due process would be nice, but it doesn't seem to be a thing in the US anymore for anyone leaning right.

[-] devolution@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Didn't happen soon enough.

[-] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 4 points 1 month ago

Charlie Kirk advocated violence. Charlie Kirk caused people's deaths.

I don't see anyone here saying that it was correct to shoot him, but we don't have to whitewash his history.

[-] testfactor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I mean, in this exact thread, lol: https://lemmy.world/comment/19339137

Plenty of people are saying it was correct and good to shoot him.

And I'm not whitewashing his history. He was the worst kind of asshole. I'm not sad he's dead. But there are in fact a lot of people on this site arguing that it was the absolutely correct thing to do to extrajudicially murder him, and that's where I disagree.

this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2025
781 points (100.0% liked)

Political Memes

9774 readers
2609 users here now

Welcome to politcal memes!

These are our rules:

Be civilJokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.

No misinformationDon’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.

Posts should be memesRandom pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.

No bots, spam or self-promotionFollow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.

No AI generated content.Content posted must not be created by AI with the intent to mimic the style of existing images

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS