• WoodScientist@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Obviously this was a case of vigilante justice. But the man made his whole living trying to incite genocide against innocent people. The US government just blew up a boat full of Venezuelans, murdering them without trial, on the accusation of them being drug smugglers. Our closest ally, Israel, routinely executes people without trial for doing far less than what Kirk did.

    The 2nd Amendment is always cited as being to protect against tyranny. That obviously entails extrajudicial violence. If there is ever a valid use for extrajudicial violence, it’s in the prevention of genocide. The president will do all the evil he was going to do anyway. But he’s a fascist, of course he’s going to do that.

    I’m sorry, but I’m not going to shed a tear for this guy. His last words were an attempt to incite violence against a minority group. If there is a Hell, he’s burning there right now.

    Those who live by the sword will die by the sword. He got exactly what was coming to him.

    • Basic Glitch@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      I never said I was shedding any tears for this guy.

      I will shed tears if innocent people are going to be hurt as an excuse for retribution or restoring law and order. And I do think it’s extremely fucked up his kids where apparently there to witness this.

      This dude fucking sucked, but (allegedly) vigilante assassinations are a really dumb thing to cheer as somehow benefiting anyone.

      The entire basis of the new right movement is a sense of shared victimhood. Now they have a martyr.

      If this had been a random angry guy firing a gun from the crowd, I wouldn’t really think twice about it. But honestly, I think a civilian sharpshooter from a building getting Charlie Kirk in the neck with a single shot from 200 yards away is suspicious as fuck.

      Hopefully this is what you seem to believe it is, but honestly, this seems most likely to benefit Trump more than anyone else.