Within months we'll hear his name about as often as we hear Rush Limbaugh. Far-right fear peddlers bring nothing of value to the world and are soon forgotten, leaving the rest of us to deal with the aftermath of their lifetime spent sowing hate and discord.
They'll milk his death until no one cares anymore and then they'll toss his entire life aside once he's no longer of use as a political prop. And then all anyone will remember of him will be his huge gums and tiny face.
Given the neck hit, it was probably more of a thump and a wet gurgle. Long enough for him to realize what happened and pray that God would let him live to spread more hate.
You're right, a lot didn't vote at all! Collectively, the formerly united states is getting what it voted for. Every non vote was a vote for trump. The majority voted him in.
The Trump regime is going to apprehend someone, try them, convict them, and possibly execute them. Whether or not they are actually guilty will be irrelevant.
Charlie Kirk called for the mass lynching of trans people.
All 13 extremist-related murders in the year 2024 were connected to right-wing extremism, with eight of them linked to white supremacists. People like Charlie Kirk feed their rage with lies everyday, putting the guns in their hands and you don't think we should celebrate when one of those deadly voices is silenced? I think it can't be celebrated enough and hope it inspires others.
I feel bad for not feeling bad. This man is on record for stating people dying to guns is acceptable for the right to own guns and that empathy is weakness.
Like; the most fitting tribute to Charlie Kirk feels like stating 'good, he deserved it' in his own views?
I feel bad for his kids though; they didn't deserve to see that happen.
My thing is that this asshole doesn't deserve this death. He does not suffer for his actions and does not have to deal with the consequences of his actions. What he deserves is to ignoblely die a decrepit old man, desperately grasping for relevance in a movement that ditched him the second he was no longer useful to them.
99% of American's have been living in fear — either from the rise of authoritarianism and fascism or because of the relentless, never-ending propaganda campaigns aimed at dividing us. If you ask me, I think it's only fair that those responsible started living in fear too.
You should feel as bad about him dying as you would for a man mauled to death by a bear, who's hobby was going up to bears and kicking them in the nuts.
Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk said of gun deaths on April 5, 2023, "I think it's worth it. I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights."
He was shot while answering a question about how many mass shootings there have been in the US this year, jokingly asking if he should include gang shootings.
That wasn't a joke. It's an important point because people use different definitions of "mass shootings" based on the message they want to send. Most mass shootings ARE gang-related, which is why you'll often see statistics explicitly call out that they're excluding those.
But there is no reason to exclude them. These are people dying due to gun violence. Excluding them is a way to lower the numbers and derail talk of gun control by changing the topic to "but what counts". Taking up time arguing definitions means less time spent defending against harder arguments
Most mass shootings are NOT gang-related - around 60% are domestic / family violence. Gang-related shootings make up less than 10% (source: Gun Violence Archive).
Well, he was all alone basically in the tent. Shooter was elevated well above the crowd, shooting down.
I think he had a reasonable sense what was behind the target, and at least an average level of skill it seems.
I would say more skill than luck. Aimed for center mass and the bullet bounced up through the neck, which yeah was perhaps lucky but even if it was through and through I'm not sure there were any other people in the straight path of the bullet.
“Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America in the last 10 years?” a person asks. “Counting or not counting gang violence?” Kirk responds right before he is shot.
I mean, they're synonymous, and have been for years. Ever since the GOP embraced fascism, any conservative activist is a Nazi. They support conservative causes, which, in the U.S. (and increasingly more countries, sadly) means they support fascism.
I will say that using the one term is softballing it for the few people who still haven't picked up on that, but coma patients aside, everyone knows that, and the only ones who won't say it are on the wrong side.
Very true. Conspiracy brain is taking over big time right now, I'm afraid. There's already politicians pinning it on Democrats and social media is ablaze with right wing nut jobs hating Democrats, but we know literally nothing of the shooter and I think that silence is purposely being filled by outrage for the Left and rallying behind Trump and conservatives. As much as I hated this guy, this is a disaster.
As soon as I have the funding. I have a American-born kid and their gf to get out, too, so it'll take me a while longer. A huge fear of mine, though, is they're both trans and I'm not sure how late is too late, you know? It's painful watching it happen.
The news is talking about what kind of security these people need from now on. I say we give them the same security we give school children. Once a month, shooter drills should do it.
Y'know what though, in just so glad he was the kind of guy to step up, a real man of his word. I just wish more MAGA political activists and politicians would follow his lead.
soromon
Within months we'll hear his name about as often as we hear Rush Limbaugh. Far-right fear peddlers bring nothing of value to the world and are soon forgotten, leaving the rest of us to deal with the aftermath of their lifetime spent sowing hate and discord.
doctorId
They'll milk his death until no one cares anymore and then they'll toss his entire life aside once he's no longer of use as a political prop. And then all anyone will remember of him will be his huge gums and tiny face.
iusedtodream
Right? In 20 years show any high school kid hos picture and they will not believe this fucking guy had a massive following.
ryohji
The head of Turning Point defeated by a hollow point.
ThatGuyFromJustSouthOfTheMiddleOfNowhere
CyrilConnolly
I bet you’re going to pop your top with the ultimate obituary that is still owed to anyone who voted against him.
ThatGuyFromJustSouthOfTheMiddleOfNowhere
Waiting. Anticipating. Longing.
LincLoud
ButteryBiscuitBass
Well-known enough to push Epstein off the front page, but not that popular to be missed for long.
Idontneedrealfacts
man, my upvote finger is getting TIRED today
TheAccursedHamster
I shall show him the same amount of empathy that he showed other shooting victims.
MyDogIsBiggerThanABanana
Has anyone checked to see if the bullet is ok?
KevinStrexcorp
We thank it for its service
tygerpsimatrix
I hear it was fired...
TheDoctorCrankenstein
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beeeeeeerkaaaaa
Maybe? Probably very lonely after going through and through.
SecretAgentSuperBooger
nclu
“Charlie Kirk couldn’t be reached for comment”
TheDoctorCrankenstein
Did they try breaking out the ouija board? Do we know if he is available or is there a wait time before he gets his one phone call in hell?
TreasonousCheeto
Boom.
SomethingBored30
Given the neck hit, it was probably more of a thump and a wet gurgle. Long enough for him to realize what happened and pray that God would let him live to spread more hate.
TreasonousCheeto
Long enough for him to think how totally worth it it’s been defending unrestricted access to guns.
Kyzyl
Looks like another American got what they voted for.
UsuallyARabbit
“surely not my face”
nickswoop
Yeah, Haha, I get it. But the majority of Americans didn't vote for this shit, and are powerless to stop it without life changing sacrifice
Kasemoch
.
wejustdontknow
Looks like one person today showed we aren't powerless.
alrightalrightalrightpartyatthemoontower
One person was ok with life changing.
CheeseB0t
You're right, a lot didn't vote at all!
Collectively, the formerly united states is getting what it voted for. Every non vote was a vote for trump. The majority voted him in.
theworldcouldbeflat
Lol, like Charlie Kirks life, sacrifice the Republicans before you get sacrificed.
historycat
He was in favor of J6 pardons.
So he was saying political violence is ok. But we don't know a motive yet.
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CommunCreator
The Trump regime is going to apprehend someone, try them, convict them, and possibly execute them. Whether or not they are actually guilty will be irrelevant.
Lexgeddon
That is VERY important. I'm seeing lots of assumptions, but we DO NOT KNOW YET. Could be another target of opportunity.
idiotsonfire
Charlie Kirk was the perpetrator of stochastic terrorism. He advocated for those shootings. I do not grant him the title of 'victim.'
EvilScallywag
Crisis actor.
Fahrenheit536
Oooh, that would be a delicious response.
landbaronness42
May you live in such a way that millions of people don’t rejoice at the news of your death.
Iblamemyparentstoo
Charlie Kirk called for the mass lynching of trans people.
All 13 extremist-related murders in the year 2024 were connected to right-wing extremism, with eight of them linked to white supremacists. People like Charlie Kirk feed their rage with lies everyday, putting the guns in their hands and you don't think we should celebrate when one of those deadly voices is silenced? I think it can't be celebrated enough and hope it inspires others.
Milanda
I feel bad for not feeling bad. This man is on record for stating people dying to guns is acceptable for the right to own guns and that empathy is weakness.
Like; the most fitting tribute to Charlie Kirk feels like stating 'good, he deserved it' in his own views?
I feel bad for his kids though; they didn't deserve to see that happen.
Traquaire
Wow, cool. Anyways, where's the Epstein list?
B3N15
My thing is that this asshole doesn't deserve this death. He does not suffer for his actions and does not have to deal with the consequences of his actions. What he deserves is to ignoblely die a decrepit old man, desperately grasping for relevance in a movement that ditched him the second he was no longer useful to them.
maeta
The second he guaranteed his own death was the second trump had to notice and silence his disagreement on the pedo & Epstein files.
Beefkins
SmellingMistake
True, but you should get off twitter and stop supporting one of his fellow right-wing extremists.
morningxafter
Not the obituary i was hoping for, but I’ll take it for now.
nclu
I’m not opening a bottle of champagne for him. But at least he tried
loedout
99% of American's have been living in fear — either from the rise of authoritarianism and fascism or because of the relentless, never-ending propaganda campaigns aimed at dividing us. If you ask me, I think it's only fair that those responsible started living in fear too.
PraiseAzathoth
You should feel as bad about him dying as you would for a man mauled to death by a bear, who's hobby was going up to bears and kicking them in the nuts.
Madalchemist2018
Less he wasn't bring a bear to a public place first then kicking it and running away.
toptac
Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk said of gun deaths on April 5, 2023, "I think it's worth it. I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights."
eion85
He was shot while answering a question about how many mass shootings there have been in the US this year, jokingly asking if he should include gang shootings.
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Nandortherelentless
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Fucking great.
joshuasplinth
I can’t tell if it’s better than the Pope dying right after meeting Vance.
11Weasel11
Mainstream media doesn't want you to know they had to throw the pope's couch away as well.
joshuasplinth
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gamer2k4
That wasn't a joke. It's an important point because people use different definitions of "mass shootings" based on the message they want to send. Most mass shootings ARE gang-related, which is why you'll often see statistics explicitly call out that they're excluding those.
PackratMagpie
But there is no reason to exclude them. These are people dying due to gun violence. Excluding them is a way to lower the numbers and derail talk of gun control by changing the topic to "but what counts". Taking up time arguing definitions means less time spent defending against harder arguments
OTBZab
Most mass shootings are NOT gang-related - around 60% are domestic / family violence. Gang-related shootings make up less than 10% (source: Gun Violence Archive).
DimwitF
I guess +1 in the non-gang column!
eion85
Not a mass shooting though. One target, one bullet, no collateral damage.
alrightalrightalrightpartyatthemoontower
Yeah. Not hitting anyone else is interesting to me. Luck?
eion85
Well, he was all alone basically in the tent. Shooter was elevated well above the crowd, shooting down.
I think he had a reasonable sense what was behind the target, and at least an average level of skill it seems.
I would say more skill than luck. Aimed for center mass and the bullet bounced up through the neck, which yeah was perhaps lucky but even if it was through and through I'm not sure there were any other people in the straight path of the bullet.
obviouslyrob
Via the New York Times:
“Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America in the last 10 years?” a person asks. “Counting or not counting gang violence?” Kirk responds right before he is shot.
Warthog2
It would be fitting if it was Night of the Long Knives hit then.
eion85
And just before that he equivocated when asked how trans mass shooters there have been in the past 10 years by saying "too many"
(The answer is around 5, out of hundreds and hundreds of total mass shootings, mostly by white men)
alrightalrightalrightpartyatthemoontower
So, statistically it could be 6 or 1000s of others. Interesting.
eion85
what do you mean?
Gerokeymaster
At a university in a state that just over a month ago expanded open carry to their college campuses: https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0128.html
11Weasel11
Seems it worked out just fine.
landcfan
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Bigblackdick69
Nice reaction gif my friend
xj4low
Thoughts and prayers.
Kyzyl
Nothing more.
EternalWipeForTheSpotlessBehind
mothmam
I’m glad she called him what he was. I’m sick of people referring to him in the news as a “conservative activist.”
DukeDarkwood
I mean, they're synonymous, and have been for years. Ever since the GOP embraced fascism, any conservative activist is a Nazi. They support conservative causes, which, in the U.S. (and increasingly more countries, sadly) means they support fascism.
I will say that using the one term is softballing it for the few people who still haven't picked up on that, but coma patients aside, everyone knows that, and the only ones who won't say it are on the wrong side.
ThisGuyHere
Good god.... the lengths this administration will go to distract us from the Epstein files.
portalpotty
Kirk turned against trump recently about Epstein. Then he had to walk it back. It wouldn’t surprise me if Trump decided he was expendable.
ThisGuyHere
Very true. Conspiracy brain is taking over big time right now, I'm afraid. There's already politicians pinning it on Democrats and social media is ablaze with right wing nut jobs hating Democrats, but we know literally nothing of the shooter and I think that silence is purposely being filled by outrage for the Left and rallying behind Trump and conservatives. As much as I hated this guy, this is a disaster.
Chereazi
There was a school shooting today again too. And he's one of the big ones advocating against any kind of gun control. Kinda ironic...
Grinch01
And still the Media Cover his case but not the shooting because thats no news in the usa
ninjafartball
RootMeanSqr
I only he had a gun to protect himself, nothing would have changed.
aface62
*Iconic
MizWeirdo
Also (although not gun related) a beheading in a motel in Dallas.
As a Canadian, I just want to ask WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON DOWN THERE?? JFC
coquuiicola
As a Canadian living in the US right now... I dunno, bud, I dunno. I'm doing a lot of Wtf'ing these days. Wishing I could easily get out right now.
MizWeirdo
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coquuiicola
As soon as I have the funding. I have a American-born kid and their gf to get out, too, so it'll take me a while longer. A huge fear of mine, though, is they're both trans and I'm not sure how late is too late, you know? It's painful watching it happen.
MizWeirdo
Well holy shit, I wish you many many lucks, and all of the help the universe can muster. <3
Isthe4thtimethecharm
The news is talking about what kind of security these people need from now on. I say we give them the same security we give school children. Once a month, shooter drills should do it.
Molotovbliss
Cult of personalities.
Melonfish
Strategicgnomer
Y'know what though, in just so glad he was the kind of guy to step up, a real man of his word. I just wish more MAGA political activists and politicians would follow his lead.
03448203970326357609
It would be awful if someone were to write that on his tombstone.
TheFleshItBurns
Knowing how people felt about him in life, writing that on his tombstone will involve first removing several layers of dried-on urine
SarcasticComment
I mean...ya. he died in a school
hyperchondriac
Has anyone checked to see if he was just a crisis actor?
Cheelamom
But at the other one there were 3 children critically injured, (one's the shooter) whereas in this one nothing of value was lost.
SupernaturalReactions
Quite the opposite. Soon there will be a future urinal for public use. The old Rush Limbaugh treatment.
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Chereazi
True, then there were 2 even!
GravyEducation
Gotta pump those numbers up, those are rookie numbers - the ghost of Charlie Kirk