I don’t condone his shooting but I was listening to the audio of what happened. Literally right before the shooting he engaged in a bad faith argument: when asked if he knew the number of trans mass shooters over the last decade, his response was “too many”. At face value, that’s obviously defense-able; any mass shooting is too many. But he doesn’t use it like that. That statement is used as a sword to defend his opinions on trans people and how dangerous they are.
And that’s precisely why he and MAGA in general was/are dangerous; they seize on those little truths and wield them like hammers to bash wide groups of individuals. Kirk was not a debater like he always claimed; he was a master at building a straw man and convincing others of its stability.
He didn’t deserve to be shot but he sure as shit didn’t deserve the attention he got.
I think he deserved it. When you make a career of knowingly manipulating people to embrace the hate and violence against innocents, you’re a threat into society and deserve to be removed.
The only thing I don’t like is that his kids were there.
I won’t speak for OP, but I would prefer it if we lived in a world where no one got shot. Violence should never be desirable, but it is sometimes necessary. I think that’s an important distinction to make.
Having said that, Charlie got exactly what was coming to him. Rest in piss, you clown.
I don’t condone his shooting but I was listening to the audio of what happened. Literally right before the shooting he engaged in a bad faith argument: when asked if he knew the number of trans mass shooters over the last decade, his response was “too many”. At face value, that’s obviously defense-able; any mass shooting is too many. But he doesn’t use it like that. That statement is used as a sword to defend his opinions on trans people and how dangerous they are.
And that’s precisely why he and MAGA in general was/are dangerous; they seize on those little truths and wield them like hammers to bash wide groups of individuals. Kirk was not a debater like he always claimed; he was a master at building a straw man and convincing others of its stability.
He didn’t deserve to be shot but he sure as shit didn’t deserve the attention he got.
I think he deserved it. When you make a career of knowingly manipulating people to embrace the hate and violence against innocents, you’re a threat into society and deserve to be removed.
The only thing I don’t like is that his kids were there.
Maybe it’ll be a hard lesson for them to not grow up to be a shithead.
Why didn’t he deserve to be shot in your opinion?
I won’t speak for OP, but I would prefer it if we lived in a world where no one got shot. Violence should never be desirable, but it is sometimes necessary. I think that’s an important distinction to make.
Having said that, Charlie got exactly what was coming to him. Rest in piss, you clown.
I mean this is exactly it. This is not the way I want the country to go.
But I’m also not surprised it went this way in Kirk’s case.
Exactly. I completely agree with you. I also feel like those who act shocked by this are arguing in bad faith.