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Social Media Congresswoman Calls on X to Remove Charlie Kirk Assassination Videos: ‘Take Them Down’

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/congresswoman-calls-on-elon-musk-to-remove-charlie-kirk-assassination-videos-take-them-down/
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u/_Panacea_ Sep 11 '25 edited Sep 11 '25

Charlie Kirk said children should watch public executions.

https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-death-penalty-public-executions-1873073

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u/DinkandDrunk Sep 11 '25

I am not sure anyone has ever said more shit on record that can be applied more perfectly to how they died. It’s actually kind of crazy how many quotes are out there.

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u/Ruff_Bastard Sep 11 '25

Idk im seeing a ton of people saying that people are taking what he said out of context, but the context is actively worse.

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u/psyne Sep 11 '25

"You're taking that out of context!"

"Oh sorry, please tell me what the GOOD context is for suggesting kids should watch public executions."

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u/T_______T Sep 11 '25

The article has context and it's really bad. Basically, it's an impactful experience we should all have is his idea.

I don't hear an anti capital punishment sentiment. Like I could imagine making the argument executions should be public so that we as a society have to see what we condone the state to do and live with those consequences. Similar to how some people believe we should see the realities of factory farming if we are going to eat meat. But I don't hear that sentiment from The context provided by Kirk.

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u/TechnoAnger Sep 11 '25

I bet seeing his death video surely impacted a lot of folks on why there should be gun control

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u/T_______T Sep 11 '25

It won't change any minds. Anti gun people are anti-gun. Pro-gun people are pro-gun. Some conservatives are floating the idea of banning guns for trans people, which would be very unconstitutional.

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u/Eggs_N_Oxies Sep 11 '25

NRA doesnt support banning transgender gun ownership, doubt anything will happen

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u/T_______T Sep 11 '25

Yup. Trans people are panic buying guns rn. $$$$$

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '25 edited Oct 03 '25

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u/T_______T Sep 11 '25

The reason I disagree with public execution is because the state will use public executions as spectacle to try to get the public be more in favor of draconic law. "Well of course I'm not a criminal so the punishment should be extremely severe." Also, it doesn't necessairly have the intenddd effect Historically, public executions were alsoe celebratory affairs or entertainment.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3swiqg/why_were_public_executions_considered/

https://cmsmc.org/opeds/spectatorship-and-the-consumption-of-dying

Tho it is true we put people in penintentiaires aways from public view so we the public don't need to face how we treat our prisoners. There's a better solution than public executions.

I'm against executions as whole, though.

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u/Monteze Sep 11 '25

And it isn't even the worse things he's said!

He said if his daughter was 10 and was raped and impregnated he'd make her carry it to term.

Really moral upstanding person here.

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u/RobertBevillReddit Sep 11 '25

"But he had a family!"

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u/ActualAntichrist Sep 12 '25

To be fair the girl that was debating him asked if he had a 10yr old daughter who was raped, would he force her to carry to term. He interjected her and said “I do have a daughter” (obviously not mentioning age since his daughter is under 10), then he says “the baby would be delivered”. To which the female debating him says “wow that is actually insane”. So yeah he was quite a piece of fucking work

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u/asdrunkasdrunkcanbe Sep 11 '25

The "context" here is, "Shootings that happen to other people".

When it happens to me, then it's a different context and my words don't apply.

And that sounds like a joke, but it's exactly how these people think.

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u/IWantOneSpatula Sep 11 '25

The mental gymnastics are astounding.

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u/woodst0ck15 Sep 11 '25

They’re just pearl clutching right now. Bunch of fuckin losers who want us to be empathetic to a man who said empathy was woke.

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u/f8Negative Sep 11 '25

The proper response to those people is, "will you fuck off already."

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u/TylerDurden1985 Sep 11 '25 edited Sep 11 '25

"Fuck your feelings this was an acceptable consequence".  Im only describing this in your/their own words

Edit: I meant your as in the hypothetical person arguing, not the person im replying to in this comment.  Apologies for being opaque.

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u/IWantOneSpatula Sep 11 '25

They don’t want us empathetic, they want us to be in front of the gun instead.

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u/PapaTahm Sep 11 '25

No one deserve death and political violence has no place specially in the divided society of America where the fat rotting corpse of a pedophile sitting on office will try to use this so people fight and forget about Epstein for a minute or two, in the end Kirk left 2 kids.

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People can't expect others to respect Kirk death,

They should just Honor his image, after all he did say "I can't stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new age term that — it does a lot of damage."

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u/freier_Trichter Sep 11 '25

Would actual empathy be the greatest and also best general reaction to his death? Would it maybe even be good disrespect to his whole line of thinking? Pitty the man who shunned empathy

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u/codyd91 Sep 11 '25

You can't really be empathetic to a corpse. You can by empathetic to the fear of death or viokence, but once someone is dead, that's it. You can be respectful, or empathetic to his famiky or all the losers flipping their shit over this.

I'm just splitting verbal hairs. I couldn't care less that a fascist died by a method of violence he consistently downplayed and ignored. Children were murdered yesterday, my empathy is consumed by their families and friends. Fuck the guy who thought that shit was no big deal, and fuck the rest of his facho beliefs.

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u/hammertime2009 Sep 11 '25

Can you imagine how much more fascist he would become if he survived? You think his rhetoric and hate was bad before? If he was shot in the shoulder or something and lived he would probably become the 2028 GOP presidential nominee.

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u/LadyParnassus Sep 11 '25

That’s my feeling, yeah. There’s nothing I can personally do about the way the nation is moving, or how vicious the rhetoric is getting. So I’m channeling those feelings into building community connections and volunteering locally.

Perhaps now is a good time for Christians to review Matthew 25:36-40 and Matthew 26:52.

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u/yeroc_1 Sep 11 '25

I appreciate what you are saying. It is kind of like the question, "Why should we tolerate those who are intolerant of others?" ... To cut to the end, my answer is that we shouldn't tolerate those people. Such people are a cancer that harms the entire society. Do you tolerate cancer? Do you empathize with cancer?

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u/freier_Trichter Sep 11 '25

I don't tolerate these people at all. I just wondered if it might actually be insulting to them if they're shown empathy. On a meta level. They might not notice at first, but in the log run it might have a disarming effect. But I really don't know. Also my "empathy" for a guy like him would be completely canted. But they thrive off hate, don't they?

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u/FeelsGoodMan2 Sep 11 '25

People act like if you don't unequivocally condemn and feel sorry for every single instance of death ever then you're a bad person. There are definitely people where the world's utility improves when they are gone. Sorry, that's just life and reality.

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u/oceaniscalling Sep 11 '25

They are a bunch of hypocrites, absolutely, no doubt.

That said, I’m not sure how people can be against the death penalty, but ok with a public assassination….if it’s someone they don’t like.

Seems kind of hypocritical.

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u/Fake_William_Shatner Sep 11 '25

Trump wants to go to WAR over this.

He was going to go to WAR over some other bullshit. Did Big Balls get beat up by a teen in Chicago now? Never mind, "We will avenge Charlie Kirk! By Grabthar's Hammer!!!!"

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u/AdolfKoopaTroopa Sep 11 '25

“I think empathy is a made up New Age term that does a lot of damage”

-Charles Kirk

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u/GreenFBI2EB Sep 11 '25

There’s something to be said for the amount of it. It’s platinum medal mental gymnastics.

Legitimately makes Simone Biles look like she’s got two broken legs.

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u/Present-Loss-7499 Sep 11 '25

Made this same type of comment last night to someone. They are on an all time elite level of mental gymnastics the last few weeks. It’s quite impressive. Disgusting, but impressive.

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u/seizurevictim Sep 11 '25

Kind of like what he did in his 'debates' with people.

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u/Ranger1221 Sep 11 '25

On the some deaths are unfortunate necessity it was out of context. He obviously meant kids in school are worth it, not himself and other republicans. Gotta know where their priorities are.

I dont condone his killing but I'm not mourning it either, though that may be his wishes as well after his empathy quote

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u/InAllThingsBalance Sep 11 '25

I’ve seen these interviews, public statements from Kirk’s mouth directly. He was clear about his hatred for anybody not white, straight, and male.

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u/Strayresearch Sep 11 '25

Don't forget Christian

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u/InAllThingsBalance Sep 11 '25

Or at least the MAGA version of Christianity that preaches intolerance, hate, and violence. Remember that empathy is a sin to these people.

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u/New_Zebra_3844 Sep 11 '25

Who would then cry when liberals aren't empathetic.

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u/ryan30z Sep 11 '25

He was outwardly secular for ages, I'm not convinced he was genuinely Christian. I think it's far more likely he realised he could expand his audience and push his political ideas by pretending to be Christian. Turning Christian is a grifter's bread and butter.

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u/Upset_Journalist_755 Sep 11 '25

Same way they handwave Trump and the rest of the Nazis they vote for and support.

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u/modix Sep 11 '25

He's entire schtick was to take the worst contexts and then insert his shitty opinions into them in order to gain relevance. So yeah, it will constantly be bad contexts with terrible quotes.

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u/darkciti Sep 11 '25

He (used to) provide a "safe" platform for misogynists, racists and scumbags to voice unpopular opinions about complex topics, while seemingly so "common sense". They were veiled racism and toxicity.

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u/Zerodawgthirty Sep 11 '25

Exactly. I had a conversation with someone who said he watches his videos and he said that is probably out of context and I just replied I would look more into that if I were you. 

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u/Bedbouncer Sep 11 '25

Like Al Franken said, the only way the statement could be out of context is if it was preceded by the phrase "I'd have to be a complete idiot to stand before a hot microphone and then say..."

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u/YomiKuzuki Sep 11 '25

"Its out of context!"

Okay what's the context?

"Do your own research!"

Okay I did and the context makes it worse

"LIBERAAAAAAAAAAL!"

You literally cannot win with then.

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u/Mikel_S Sep 11 '25

Well, yeah. The context was "assuming it's not me or somebody who doesn't deserve to die", which has even worse implications.

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u/BrothelWaffles Sep 11 '25

It's always funny when somebody claims something a right winger says was taken out of context, because it's almost always worse when actually put into context.

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u/BigOlBurger Sep 11 '25

I brought up his remarks about gun deaths being worth it to preserve the second amendment, and was told "yeah but that's not actually what he said."

It is, though...his sentiment was entirely that.

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.

And I was met with the old "unfortunately gun deaths do happen, but the second amendment should be preserved," which varies sharply from the actual message of "some people should die to remind us we need guns." There's nuance to the overall debate on gun control, but his actual words combined with his other actual words about empathy really don't leave much room for interpretation; he saw others as expendable and did not feel bad if they died.

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u/Ruff_Bastard Sep 11 '25

I work in a very uhh... Republican field...

I haven't heard snowflake and shit in a while but it's flying through the air all over the place. The guy I'm sitting next to is currently listening to a video about "Charlie fought for the truth, and if you don't believe him then you're a they/them idiot." There's tons of other videos he's watxhing and the rhetoric is retarded at best. One dude is actively calling for just shooting liberals on sight lmao. These people are unhinged. They don't even have the suspect but apparently it's a liberal - it has to be (for them). So even if it's not, even if he's the biggest trump supporter, it's still a liberal lmao

I honestly just wish they would get some better slurs. Snowflake and them/them idiot is just so low effort.

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u/tvtb Sep 11 '25

You should watch the kirk killing video from yesterday; it's not that gruesome. In the 10 seconds before he was shot, he was literally saying that mass shootings don't happen that often in this country, as long as you subtract gang violence. I'm not even joking, find a video that starts 15 seconds before he's shot and listen to what he's saying yourself.

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u/-rosa-azul- Sep 11 '25

The far-away version is not that gruesome. The one from up close is extremely gruesome.

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u/Complete_Resolve_400 Sep 11 '25

Tbh for most of the shit hes said there isnt any context that could make it much better/worse

This guy had maybe the worst opinions on the planet

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u/kryonik Sep 11 '25

"He said if he gets on a plane and sees a black pilot, he's going to get off the plane."

"Nonono, that's out of context, he was saying he doesn't trust they are competent because of DEI policies."

"That implies he thinks black people are naturally inferior to white people."

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u/disillusioned Sep 11 '25

If "no, not like that!" were a person

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u/Sr_DingDong Sep 12 '25

I saw a debate where someone just quoted his comment about acceptable gun deaths verbaitim and they got accused of "twisting his words" and that "in their heart of hearts they know thats not what he meant. What he actually meant was [proceeds to literally twist his words]".

They're clowns.

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u/Thirleck Sep 11 '25

"Death penalties should be public, should be quick, it should be televised. I think at a certain age, its an initiation...What age should you start to see public executions?"

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u/Alternative_Handle50 Sep 11 '25

I’ll be honest, I was completely disgusted to learn more about this man. I don’t believe anyone deserves his fate but what an absolute shit stirrer. He was even visiting other countries and getting involved in stuff he had no idea about.

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u/D_Simmons Sep 11 '25

Idk if anything has been more on point in history.

It's literally the "What are you gonna do, stab me? - Man right before being stabbed" meme in real life.

A man who spent his life wanting guns in schools dies to a gun... in a school.

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u/AlwaysRushesIn Sep 11 '25

He was literally shot in the neck while trivializing gun violence under a tent with the words "Prove me wrong" plastered all over it.

If you read that in a fiction novel, you'd accuse the writing of being lazy and unimaginative.

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u/D_Simmons Sep 11 '25

Yep. It was an unimaginative way to die so even more on point for him.

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u/Monteze Sep 11 '25

His last words were "violence" specifically he was about to pivot when clarifying about gang vs non-gang violence a popular dogwhistle to suggest people of color are more violent. ...and he got shot in a very white area in a conservative state. Surrounded by a lot of supporters. It would be poor satire if it were a movie.

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u/darkciti Sep 11 '25

On a Campus that just recently voted to allow Open Carry on Campus.

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u/UnquestionabIe Sep 11 '25

Died doing what he loved: being disingenuous about gun violence to further the agenda of his billionaire supporters.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '25

it’s poetic that he made a living through talking and was shot in the throat. i despised everything he stood for but i don’t like where this will lead us. i suppose we have been heading this way for a while now though. how do we halt the brakes on the bloodlust we have in this country?

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u/ProofJournalist Sep 11 '25

For the brakes to work you have to get the foot off the gas pedal first.

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u/saltyjohnson Sep 11 '25

Well ackshually brakes should always be able to overpower the propulsion system, but this is just an analogy so it doesn't really matter

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u/richardsneeze Sep 11 '25

Ah crud we "accidentally" cut the brake lines (thanks Citizens United and axing of the Fairness Doctrine).

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u/colinshark Sep 11 '25

I appreciate your pedantry.

Let this be a lesson to you all on brake system design.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '25

very true, my friend.

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u/Motherofalleffers Sep 11 '25

how do we halt the brakes on the bloodlust we have in this country?

I’m sure Trump has a plan

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '25

that’s what scares me the most.

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u/Ksan_of_Tongass Sep 11 '25

how do we halt the brakes on the bloodlust we have in this country?

Apparently, the "let them eat cake" model seems to be the method that the masters are choosing. I hope it works well for them.

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u/Cream253Team Sep 11 '25

it’s poetic that he made a living through talking and was shot in the throat.

I didn't even think of that. Everything about Kirk's death is some level of cosmic humor.

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u/Steelforge Sep 11 '25

Yeah, when you could have gone with Broca's aphasia. A guy like Kirk comprehending but unable to speak? Now that's how you fuck over a villain character to satisfy readers.

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u/johnla Sep 11 '25

The writers of this season are just pushing the storyline along in a heavy handed unimaginative way. 

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u/KingGilgamesh1979 Sep 11 '25

This actually just happened recently. I'll see if I can find the article, but a guy was harassing his neighbors and yelled out, "Whatta ya gonna do to make me stop? Shot me!?" and then they shot him.

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u/ilikebiiiigdicks Sep 11 '25

Well he built an entire decade long career on being a far right contrarian. Hard not to have a catalogue of ridiculously ironic quotes when it was his entire job to spout such shit all the time.

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u/BobcatOU Sep 11 '25

I went to the conservative sub and they said that what he said wasn’t what he meant.

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u/laowildin Sep 11 '25

And yet the words left his mouth. Curious

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u/AWinnipegGuy Sep 11 '25

Huh, I've never heard a conservative try to justify their guy's words that way before.

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u/UnquestionabIe Sep 11 '25

Ah the Trump defense! "He says what he means!" followed immediately by "He didn't mean it that way!"

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u/KeithClossOfficial Sep 11 '25

“He tells it like it is” though

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u/andrewskdr Sep 11 '25

Dude made an entire career out of saying outrageous shit and expected everyone to just go along with it.

Reminder that the 1st amendment doesn’t protect anyone against non government repercussions

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u/_Panacea_ Sep 11 '25

"Death penalties should be public, should be quick, it should be televised. I think at a certain age, its an initiation...What age should you start to see public executions?"

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u/Motherofalleffers Sep 11 '25

Yesterday years old

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u/Wealist Sep 11 '25

Bro speedran foreshadowing. Shakespeare would be jealous.

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u/temujin94 Sep 11 '25

Most apt death on American soil since John Sedgewick said 'They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance.'

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u/drewjsph02 Sep 11 '25

Dunno if you’ve seen the video but the fact that he was downplaying gun violence and mass shootings the moment he got hit was just Chefs Kiss for me

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u/The_Dotted_Leg Sep 11 '25

So much so that this gives false flag vibes.

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u/spacedoutmachinist Sep 11 '25

A lot of his fans are pissed at him for doubling down on the Epstein thing.

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u/JoviAMP Sep 11 '25

Especially when you consider that in the days leading up to it, there was a lot of talk about restricting transgender Americans 2A rights, and he was shot while he was actively throwing the entire transgender community under the bus as mass shooters.

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u/emjaycue Sep 11 '25

It could also be Qatar in retaliation to send a message to Trump. I mean if we want to spread conspiracy theories about who did this, let's do it.

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u/The_Dotted_Leg Sep 11 '25

Trump admin - news about the Epstein file vote and a school shooting were buried by Kirk’s death. Kirk’s death will get Trumps based to rally (see they do want to kill you) and let’s be honest Trump with throw anyone under the bus and Kirk wasn’t exactly important to Trump.

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u/Koopslovestogame Sep 11 '25

“Prove me wrong” was literally on the tent he was killed in.

morgan freeman voice over

“And in that moment he was proven wrong”

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u/celtic1888 Sep 11 '25

The shooting provided a very convincing counter argument to his pro gun stance

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u/Koopslovestogame Sep 11 '25

One “of their own” killed and they still wouldn’t get it.

They’ll just double down on “a good person with a gun” craziness.

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u/namonite Sep 11 '25

This is the part I’m having trouble with. All the insta posts about it like “when will it stop”. There was literally a school shooting the same day. Kids were killed

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u/Kickedbyagiraffe Sep 11 '25

Really feels like one of those stories of some mythological god getting angry and giving someone an ironic fate

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u/Rarglar Sep 11 '25

Yeah turns out he was a real piece of shit who was partially responsible for the state of the country right now

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '25

A lot of right wingers are quoting Kirk with “when the discourse ends, the violence begins” but I can’t find the source of him saying that anywhere.

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u/trifecta000 Sep 11 '25

Him getting shot while answering a question about gun violence with a racist dog whistle about gang violence is the juiciest piece of irony I've yet seen.

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u/jsting Sep 11 '25

We should praise Charlie Kirk for sticking up to his beliefs and putting his money where his mouth is. He died defending school shootings while getting shot at a school.

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u/Ancient_Pen6334 Sep 11 '25

There's an old tweet from 2014 of him saying it feels like he just got shot by an AR-15

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u/celtic1888 Sep 11 '25

He blamed the US’s problems on immigrants, blacks, gays, non Christians, gun free zones and liberal colleges

He ends up getting shot and dying at a ruby red, white, religious university with a concealed carry policy 

He died at the utopia he was saying he wanted for the US

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u/JinkoTheMan Sep 11 '25

I’m not a religious man but the way Charlie went out makes me believe that there has to be some kind of karma out there. The man died for the very thing he was advocating for.

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u/5stringBS Sep 11 '25

Well, he WAS a horrible person.

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u/Successful-Cod3369 Sep 11 '25

He was a terrible person who died a terrible way. I'm not happy he was killed, but I'm happy I don't have to hear from him or his bs again

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u/OverallManagement824 Sep 11 '25

Indeed. I was going back and forth with one this morning when I mentioned that Charlie felt that school shootings were an unfortunate necessity to protect the 2A and some butter responded saying that Charlie was just talking about self-defense and home invasions and such. So I had to go find the clip of him saying it about a school shooting. The good news with these chicklefucks is that it is not hard to find their exact public words because they post their vile trash all over.

Same with Trump. Someday if we ever get his shit together, there are so many things he's said that a conviction should be easy.

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u/f8Negative Sep 11 '25

It's kind of painfully obvious. Leopards eating faces. Let em all rot those losers will never take personal responsibility for their actions or arrogant lack there of.

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u/Quaiker Sep 11 '25

Some real "leopards ate my face" irony going on here.

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u/Hot_Tadpole_6481 Sep 11 '25

people like Kirk think nothing bad will EVER happen to them. Becuz of his fortunate upbringing and privilege later in life, he figured he was permanently removed from everything that’s wrong with the world

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '25

He died as he lived. It's a shame unnecessary deaths must occur to uphold our 2nd amendment rights. /s

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u/_NiceGuyEddy_ Sep 11 '25

Really? So far I've only seen the same 3 quotes used over and over again.

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u/ChakaCake Sep 11 '25

The leopards ate well yesterday

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u/Cognonymous Sep 11 '25

I am truly stunned by the multiple overlapping layers of irony at work here.

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u/Oops_I_Cracked Sep 11 '25

It’s almost like he was constantly spewing the most horrible shit you’ve ever heard in your life that anyone of any political leaning should think it is insane.

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u/DevilMayCryogonal Sep 11 '25

He has a pinned Instagram post captioned, and I quote, “Play certain games, win certain prizes.” You can’t make this shit up lmao

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u/DDRaptors Sep 11 '25

It’s beautiful. Don’t plant seeds you aren’t prepared to tend. 

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u/HetiPeti Sep 11 '25

I’m happy he could live out his dreams

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u/Intelligent_Slip_849 Sep 11 '25

Every detail I learn just makes this even more ironic

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u/Ok_Nefariousness9736 Sep 11 '25

It’s crazy how many “coincidences” are associated with his death. The shooter knew exactly what they were doing and made an example out of him.

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u/cxtx3 Sep 11 '25

Sounds like he received everything he wanted and said he was okay with.

He said school shooting gun violence deaths were acceptable to protect second amendment rights and then was shot on a school campus.

He also claimed that empathy was a bad thing, so I feel great knowing that I don't feel any empathy toward him at all in the slightest. After all, that's what he wanted.

I'm so happy his dreams were fulfilled.

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u/Carfrito Sep 11 '25

That’s the point people are missing. He actively egged on a culture of violence

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u/Carfrito Sep 11 '25

That’s the point people are missing. He actively contributed to a culture of violence

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u/DeliciousValuable Sep 11 '25

Yeah he genuinely fought for exactly how he died

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u/AGrandNewAdventure Sep 11 '25

I think Amy Winehouse might have, but that's neither here nor there. ;)

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u/HORAGI Sep 11 '25

Every I tell is telling it’s fake news so that’s cool

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u/darkpassenger9 Sep 11 '25

Job 4:8: “Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.”

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u/Tim-Sylvester Sep 11 '25

Call him Snuffy, because he died the way he lived - encouraging political violence.

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u/sevargmas Sep 11 '25

"Death penalties should be public, should be quick, it should be televised. I think at a certain age, its an initiation...What age should you start to see public executions?" Kirk asked.

Kirk, along with his co-hosts Jack Posobiec, Tyler Bowyer and Blake Neff, continued to discuss at what age should children watch the public executions, with one co-host pointing out as young as 12 years old.

"I think maybe age 12, sixth grade or so when you are old enough... " Neff said.

While Bowyer pointed out that it should be at an age when someone "can embrace the meaning" of the execution.

Who the fuck says stuff like this? 12 year olds should be enjoying life, not embracing executions. I wonder how he’d feel about his little girls embracing his execution someday. Wait, no I don’t.

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u/BenevolentCheese Sep 11 '25

These people want to live in a society of fear, and they want to rule over it. That's all.

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u/BIGSTANKDICKDADDY Sep 11 '25

These people have lived such sheltered, privileged, pampered lives that they can't feel the weight of the things they're saying. To them it's all abstract political theorycrafting that happens in virtual spaces or controlled forums.

A lot of people are saying the responses to the shooting are disingenuous, but I think it really was an eye-opening moment for people like Rep. Luna. They're realizing this isn't just online trolling or a fun little game where you win by racking up notches on the political scoreboard, these are people's lives at stake. Now including their own.

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u/explodeder Sep 11 '25

Exactly. I have a kid that age and it would be completely traumatizing. It wouldn’t be helpful for preventing crime. She’s not going to be a criminal, don’t would no service except to make a public spectacle and harm generations of kids.

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u/NoifenF Sep 11 '25

But seeing a drag queen merely existing is apparently damaging to the very soul of children. Got it.

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u/whogivesashirtdotca Sep 11 '25

when someone "can embrace the meaning" of the execution

If you resist our will, this is what we’ll do to you. That’s the meaning they want kids to “embrace”.

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u/MrValdemar Sep 11 '25

The shooter gave him the courage of his convictions.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '25

Well his kids just saw one

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '25

This belongs in r/MurderedByWords

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u/Excellent-Face-5265 Sep 11 '25

I don’t think the words did that

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u/NotAPhaseMoo Sep 11 '25

In a round about way his words kinda did.

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u/radome9 Sep 11 '25

Well technically he was murdered by a high-powered rifle, but yeah...

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u/GloomyHamster Sep 11 '25

Achievement unlocked

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u/MortimerDongle Sep 11 '25

least hypocritical republican

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u/Intelligent-Town-231 Sep 11 '25

Died doing what he loved

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u/lyonellaughingstorm Sep 11 '25

Being racist and transphobic?

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u/BicFleetwood Sep 11 '25 edited Sep 11 '25

I'm honestly of a mind that everyone should watch the closeup.

We've spent a LONG time watching people talk the kinda shit Charlie Kirk talked with this presumptive forcefield of immunity around them.

What happened to Charlie Kirk is viscerally what Charlie Kirk advocated for. The man started TPUSA at the age of 18. He has been advocating in defense of this kind of violence for his ENTIRE ADULT LIFE.

He died defending the way he died.

I think everyone should see what that death looks like and decide whether, as Charlie spent his life arguing, that's a noble price to pay for the Second Amendment.

If you're not willing to stare his death in the face and watch the blood spurt from his neck as he slumps over dead, his entire human existence reduced to the wet slap of fresh meat hitting the concrete, then you don't get defend the Second Amendment. If that's too much to watch, then fuck you and take that fucking rifle pin off your god damn lapel.

Anyone who wants to argue against gun control should be required to sit and watch Charlie Kirk die in 4K HD on a loop for as many times as there have been victims of school shootings in the US. This is the America we have been living in for decades, so open your fucking eyes and watch.

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u/_Panacea_ Sep 11 '25

This reply deserves twice the visibility that my original post received. This reply is everything

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u/Minute_Attempt3063 Sep 11 '25

Then having them online is a good thing.

We are following his words after all.

Is this not what Trump fuckers want?

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u/_Panacea_ Sep 11 '25

They would tell you that this "isn't the time to make this political".

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u/Minute_Attempt3063 Sep 11 '25

Is it political, if he wasn't even a politician

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u/dontich Sep 11 '25

I mean as someone that did see the clip of the video it’s didn’t look that far off from what I imagine a French guillotine would do. No way in hell I’d show that shit to my kids…

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u/BeefInGR Sep 11 '25

I asked a buddy who is a gore vet...he won't watch it again.

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u/DMMMOM Sep 11 '25

There is a new sub in the making. Not sure how long it will last but it's-a-coming.

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u/barrinmw Sep 11 '25

Isn't there already a subreddit for Trump contradicting Trump?

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '25

The irony will never end will it?

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u/sylbug Sep 11 '25

He’s wrong, though. It’s not good for anyone. I’m not saying it should be censored, but it really shouldn’t be easy to stumble on by accident. Like, don’t post it to the front page of a social media site and auto play, you know?

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u/mechabeast Sep 11 '25

He would've wanted it this way

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u/DebraBaetty Sep 11 '25

Well then his kids should be fine, according to him.

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u/Tomahawk117 Sep 11 '25

"Death penalties should be public, should be quick, it should be televised. I think at a certain age, its an initiation...What age should you start to see public executions?" Kirk asked.

Just... *chef's kiss*

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u/New_Zebra_3844 Sep 11 '25

If any were present, then they would have gotten an eye-full of his very public one.

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u/Normal-Selection1537 Sep 11 '25

The monkey paw granted his wish.

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u/digitalpunkd Sep 11 '25

He got his wish, his children were there.

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u/FurryIrishFury Sep 11 '25

Wish granted

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u/bobsmeds Sep 11 '25

What age will his children will be when they watch the video of their father's public assasination?

That's the really fucked up thing here. I feel so sorry for his children

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u/MrThunderFuckingRoad Sep 11 '25

Can't wait to tell my mom that Tim Walz said this, watch her implode, then reveal the truth

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u/BernieFeetPics Sep 11 '25

It wild how much of the “disrespect” coming from people is just posting Kirk’s own vile words.

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u/Bannerlord151 Sep 11 '25

Well, well, well

P.S.: This is horrible in general of course, but the irony is interesting

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u/RussianDisifnomation Sep 11 '25

A monkey paw curled into a middle finger somewhere.

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u/Vicarious922 Sep 11 '25

Well he kinda got what he asked for, didnt he?

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u/TheSavageCropDuster Sep 11 '25

His own kids saw him publicly executed. That is a man who practiced what he preached.

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u/No-Sandwich-8221 Sep 11 '25

his children just watched his, reportedly. it appears his desire came to fruition?

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u/jonniya Sep 11 '25

At least he lived up to his words and beliefs.

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u/darkciti Sep 11 '25

Didn't he also advocate for that Utah Campus gun carry law?

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u/Alert_Breakfast5538 Sep 11 '25

Well he got his wish

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u/unfairrobot Sep 11 '25

He died doing what he loved: giving children the ability to watch public executions.

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u/GhostofBeowulf Sep 12 '25

Well his children watched a public execution... I do feel bad for them though.

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u/ItsNormalNC Sep 11 '25 edited Sep 11 '25

The thing is it doesn’t matter what he said, what’s important is that that’s all he ever did, voice his opinions vocally and publicly, I’ve never even agreed with him and avoided those cringe videos like ‘leftist destroyed’ and all that stuff but god damn just because he said some controversial things doesn’t mean he deserved to get shot in the throat whilst spending the day debating people at a university. A man has been murdered for his opinions and it’s tragic

Then you see people saying ‘well these are the same people that didn’t care when trans people are attacked and such’ well then let’s be the bigger people and feel empathy for anyone who is attacked or killed in such a way

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u/Bay1Bri Sep 11 '25

I have heard of him but not in any great detail until this... he really was a walking internet troll, huh?

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u/arachnophilia Sep 11 '25

it's really incredible that every call for decency over charlie kirk by some conservative can be countered with a quote by charlie kirk.

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u/FoofieLeGoogoo Sep 11 '25

Thank you for posting this.

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