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I'm more worried about how the convicted felon will use this to inflict even more pain and suffering on the American people. While we condemn this violence, the convicted felon will use it to amplify his violence.

Trump declared him dead. He is not dead. Trump will fly to Utah, touch his forehead and it will be a miracle that he is alive! Distraction!!!!

We have been fighting against gun violence for decades. And there are those who said gun deaths are worth it. The innocent families who have lost children to gun violence deserve our prayers and support. Those who enable it? Maybe not.

P.S. The US is no longer a democracy. It's a competitive autocracy. Let's please name the elephant in the room for what it is.

Horrified? Really? Can we not? He was a Christian nationalist whose organization provides haven for white supremacists and who thinks it's "worth [it] 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."

Horrified? Really? I mean he sorta brought this shit on himself it would certainly seem.

MSNBC, CNN are making it out like Kirk was a saint. He was not. It’s unfortunate that he was shot and killed. “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" - Charlie Kirk, 2023

Thanks for taking a stand. This is not about whether we liked Kirk or found him reprehensible. It's about how we resolve differences in a democracy. Violence is not the way to change things for the better.

Or did, anyway

Every mass shooting we continue to allow is a political decision. Political violence is a daily occurrence for many in this country, and we damn well accept it.

Oh no a maggat is dead how what a tragedy, and you know what ironic part is? He got killed by the guns he so desperately tried to stand for!

He has died. Heard it was a 70 yr old white man. At least the blacks and Hispanics are safe. Plus it happened in a red state. Will he send in the national guard?

Whatever one feels about Charlie (I thought he was a despicable person) I never think violence is the answer or a morally sound choice in one’s life. He has children who have lost a father. And this kind of violence, political violence, if you will, only begets more violence.

It sinks in for a second, and it’s awful. But… gun laws were meant to protect everyone. I hope his family sleeps well knowing the second amendment was so fiercely protected!

Democracy is associated with the tule of law, with fundamental freedoms, & equality for all. It connected to accountability & none, nada of the GOP, Maga & this fascist president respect. So spare us the lefties the mis use of the Word when you are excusing dangerous behavior coming from the right

Tell that to the white supremest that are in our government - to DT to Theil to Miller to Holman to ICE to the white nationalist, to Maga and final to all, ALL Republicans. Actually the way thru are raging war with Americans scream it at them. And please spare us with your B-S-h-i-t!!!!

I hope that will be on his tomb stone.

We’re not living in a democracy anymore. People like Charlie Kirk are the reason. DT & HF don’t want a democracy. They are doing everything they can to destroy it. They spread hatred & racism & although it’s not as visible as a bullet in the neck, it’s still just as violent & deadly!

Charlie Kirk might have been a moral leper, but that alone cannot justify murder. Whoever did this has only helped to strengthen the evil afoot in our country.

Maybe if he wasn't so hell bent on destroying our democracy he'd still be alive.

Not actually shedding tears.

Agreed, but respectfully we don’t know what the motives were here.

Ummmm

Deeply disturbed by the shooting of Charlie Kirk. No matter your politics, violence is never the answer. A democracy only works when we can disagree without fear.

Crazy how the world works, isn't it? Who could have ever thought someone may hate the person making a living off selling the hatred of others?

I'm am sorry for the families loss. We need to be able to agree to disagree and come to the table, no name calling and talk to each other. Let's begin now.

Yep

That's why we need to starve the oligarchs and the corporations. DJT is the outcome. Neo-liberal capitalism has taken our government hostage and has since 1980.

And this week Trump changed the name to Department of War so what kind of message have these people been pumping in the atmosphere like sarin gas

What about acts of kidnapping and harassment by masked shadow police?

@ezralevin.bsky.social propaganda is fatal…..we need to address this. There was nothing Kirk said that wasn’t bigoted and down right wrong. Children were shot in school same day…and assailant took his own life coloradosun.com/2025/09/12/e...

Democracy has never come without violence. In his words, "he was asking for it, he put himself in that position" (just replace he with she when he talks about sexual assault).

If the President is using violence to get his way, then anyone can use violence to get their way. This is how democracies work.

Why do you think it is political? Was he running for office and presenting his policy ideas? I thought he was just a man ensuring women had no choices and that gun death were the necessary cost for the 2nd Amendment.

And the Tallahassee legislature just said that open carry guns are constitutional. How is rational!

He was shot while saying gun violence is necessary, it's okay to say this one is deserved.

The assassination of Charlie Kirk instantly made life more dangerous and difficult for all the people who are working against fascism in this country.

You haven't posted about Denver? Is Kirk more important?

Why bother saying this? Really, he’s not worth it.

Yeah! Three students shot but all this news on Kirk. Is he more important? I am confused.

We don’t know that it was political. And he died protecting our Second Amendment rights. He stated that to protect that right, there have to be some deaths but that it’s worth it. He died protecting what he cherished more than life.

Well he’s an ex-psychopath now.

I'm old enough to remember when Kyle Rittenhouse murdered two unarmed protesters at a rally, and the Right praised him as a hero and raised his bail and paid for his defense. We're not like them no matter what they day.

"violence has no place in democracy." What democracy?

While the left is universally condemning political violence, the right is blaming the left. Another day of politics for the good old #GOP. PS (just so we're perfectly clear)- It's. The. Fucking. Guns.

Tell that to the Trump administration whose first response *EVERY DAY* is to intimidate, threaten, spread lies about a political opponent who exposes Trump’s bad policies and lies.

Dead.

Charlie Kirk didn't believe in those principles and actively worked to undermine them. No sympathy for a fascist hoisted on their own petard. You got sympathy for the leader of Hilterjugend, too?

Well, the news isn't talking about Epstein, or the letter, anymore...🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

The fact that this reprehensible retrograde fascist person was ''beloved'' by so many young people indicates that our education system is failing and groups like yours have a lot of work to do to change minds. Keep going.

I respect people's beliefs. He believed that it's worth, unfortunately, some gun deaths so that we can have the 2nd amendment. He also believed that empathy is a made-up, new age term that does a lot of damage. So, in honor of his beliefs, I don't care.

He just died. It’s on all the news like CNN and People. The president also announced this. How awful!

It’s really not different but any kind of murder is not the answer. Gangs killing gangs? That is no answer. Charlie getting killed solves nothing. Yes he was despicable but he should not have been shot to death in the neck. It’s just wrong, whatever his views. It was murder. It was illegal.

Ty

less laugh-out-loud hilarious and more just sad

If we were still a democracy, I might agree. This administration is fascist and authoritarian at its core, and violence is part of that. Not sure what country you are living in, because it sure isnt this one right now.

Live by hate, die by violence

Horrified HORRIFIED? You must be kidding. Good riddance for him being dead and gone! Don’t fucking pretend to be “horrified” when he was one of the driving forces behind anti-vaccine, anti-education, anti-gun control, and project 2025 agendas.

Let's not pretend we don't know how this could have happened, though

I believe I just heard he did not survive. Killing people for a political agenda is atrocious and wrong

Gun violence spares no one No one

You reap what you sow

Could be an inside job then! Using him and his death to further their agenda.

Ah. Whatever that meant, I guess...

The issue isn't CharlIe Kirk, the individual. Assassinations lead to more repression, more danger for resistance leaders, and scare would-be allies away. We must firmly stand for the principle of non-violence. In this country we don't do kings, and we don't do assassinations. Ever.

Terrible testament to America's fetish with guns. But I can't help thinking of the proverb "as you sow, so shall you reap." www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk...

“Stamp out wokeism?” What the actual fück is wrong with this guy!?

All I’m saying is, if we don’t choose very carefully when and where to use violence, it could strengthen our enemies and hasten our total defeat. 1/

If you are under direct threat of deadly violence then obviously fighting back with violence is justified. I feel like, as reprehensible and hateful Charlie Kirk and Turning Point’s movement are, they didn’t meet that threshold. I can think of other much better alternatives to Kirk, but I digress.

Exactly, he has made the US a mafia state. All the courts are afraid of him, all of Congress, most state governments, the military It is untenable

"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. That is a prudent deal. It is rational." - Charlie Kirk

It will be a distraction from Epstein and the birthday card for sure

Charlie Kirk committed political violence every time he opened his mouth. This country used to celebrate fewer Nazis.

Oh well.

Thoughts and prayers

Then act accordingly. If this is t a slow motion civil war I don’t know what is

This changes literally nothing except that there is one less Nazi in the world.

They want millions of people dead already, weaponizing this changes nothing for those millions.

You reap what you sow...good riddance to bad rubbish. 0 empathy. #FAFO 💙☠️💙☠️💙☠️💙

Get ready for the retribution tour by the US military. Includes round-up of anyone who ever posted a meme about Charlie.

Leah & ezra would you be open to a civil discussion to see how we can unite both sides the republicans & the democrats to truly end the war on hate & suffering to see how we can unite as one country & enter into a peaceful new dawn & golden age & end the war on hate & suffering once & for all?

Kirk stood down on talking about Epstein … we know MAGA were not happy about this. I think it’s an “inside job” (MAGA on MAGA violence )

Everyone is assuming political violence. What if it’s not the case.

How do you know it was political if the shooter hasn't even been caught?

This is why indivisible is only good for people who want to find community and resources

This is horrifying news. No one is safe from gun violence.

blah blah blah blah blah they weren't obeying this contract, they revel when it's against their enemies

The United States of Violence or Gunfight at the OK Corral. Take your pick but it doesn't have to be like this.

This. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlg0...

you watch media will never stop talking about this! while they stopped after 24 hours with the Minnesota politicians !

this

There was a #SCHOOLSHOOTING in CO today. 2 Dead Do NOT make this pro gun death guy the martyr.

Two students at a Colorado Hight School were shot and killed today. I feel more upset about that than the death of an propaganda spreading hater who asked his supporters to post bail for Pelosi’s attacker.

I agree 100 percent that political violence has no place in a democracy. My question is "Where is this level of outrage when children are slaughtered while in a church praying, or in a school classroom, which happens frequently in this country and far more often than political gun violence?"

Too bad Trump and his posse didn’t get the memo!

Also, and much more horrifying, there was another school shooting.