No matter how much many despise MAGA, what it stands for and what it preaches, no one should be killed for their political views, and they are entitled to voice their opinions in public, as long as it isn't hate speech.
From what I can understand the victim, one Charlie Kirk, was a preacher of hate speech. As he was shot, he was talking about transgender people being guilty of more mass shootings than??? I know this 'fact' has been well and truly debunked. So, I suggest he was talking hate speech. That of course doesn't make him in any way a target for murder.
It disturbs me that such a preacher of hate is allowed to speak on university campuses, and if he holds strong MAGA views, that automatically makes him a chronic liar and distorter of the truth.
What further disturbed me was that a man in the crowd who was interviewed by media, had brought along his three year old daughter to hear lies and hate. I think MAGA and #47 are so bad, letting children hear the vitriol they spout, it is a form of child abuse.
What is obviously happening in the US is not democracy at work but an extreme abuse of power. The country has turned into one where political differences can no longer be ignored to keep society polite and workable, but of two different sides venomously hating each other. I think this began with #45's presidency, exacerbated by Covid and the planted doubt about the result of the 2021 election leading to criminal behaviour as the White House was attacked.
Murder is wrong, but don't expect me to shed any tears over Kirk's death.
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I agree.
ReplyDeleteI find the murder disgusting but when you live your life spreading hate and lies--he has said that gay people should be put to death--you reap what you sow.
ReplyDelete"...a form of child abuse". I totally agree with you about that Andrew. Kirk's tragic death is yet more proof that the ease with which Americans can purchase powerful guns has created an environment in which just about anybody could be shot.
ReplyDeleteKirk said back in 2023 that he accepted there could be shooting deaths but he accepted that if it protected the second amendment. I doubt if he realized it could mean him. Terrible way to find out.
ReplyDeleteHow quickly the underlying primitive, brutish nature of humans is ignited and a country falls to the barbarians. It is profoundly shocking to witness from afar, knowing that it can oh so quickly spread to our corners of the globe.
ReplyDeleteThe violence going on here in U.S. is unbelievable. Our constitution has gone into the bin. Unless its needed to make an irrelevant point.
ReplyDeleteThere is much rumour going around that it was staged by tRump and cronies...
ReplyDeleteSocial media rewards the most outrageous. There is no reward for balance and constraint.
ReplyDeleteWhat you said. What a fucking mess.
ReplyDeleteThey want guns and so this is bound to happen - no sympathy from me!
ReplyDeleteAnyhow he was a bloody ratbag.
Colin
"no one should be killed for their political views" Ditto religious views! I don't think it's the right place for a three year old either.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with you. He advocated for the right to bear guns and sadly died in connection to gun violence... if he only knew his fate!
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