Charlie Kirk shot in the neck
2025-09-10 21:00:02.364391+02 by
Dan Lyke
5 comments
Charlie Kirk shot in the neck. It's unclear if the attacker thought maybe he was smuggling
drugs, or a migrant, but with precedent towards extrajudicial executions in the
administration he's supported I find it hard to get up in arms over this.
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2025/09/10/charlie-kirk-shot/
Charlie Kirk: “It’s worth
to have a
cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second
Amendment”
Kirk: “Having an armed citizenry comes with a price, and that is part
of liberty”
Charlie Kirk Says Gun Deaths ‘Unfortunately’ Worth it to Keep 2nd
Amendment
Kirk's comments come about one week after three children and three adults were
killed at the Christian Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.
(hat tip to Oliver
Willis @owillis.bsky.social)
AP:
Live Updates: Live updates: Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot at an event in Utah,
spokesperson says
Kirk is seen speaking into a handheld microphone while sitting under a white
tent emblazoned with the slogans “The American Comeback” and “Prove Me
Wrong”
Charlie Kirk: "I think empathy is a made up New Age term that does a
lot of damage"
Radley Balko
@radleybalko.bsky.social
When a right-wing man murdered Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, progressives
asked MAGA to tone down the rhetoric to prevent more violence. Within hours of Kirk’s
murder, motive still unknown, the right is demanding that the government wage a campaign of
violence against their enemies.
Which came from the Metafilter thread.
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#Comment Re: Charlie Kirk shot in the neck made: 2025-09-11 02:23:08.395775+02 by:
Dan Lyke
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I don't mean to pile on to Charlie Kirk... oh fuck it, dude advocated killing.
https://meidasnews.com/news/tr...n-error-praised-stoning-to-death
Also, Gavin Newsom saying "The best way to honor Charlie’s memory is to continue his
work",
even if that statement was qualified, can fuck all the way off.
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/09...t-on-the-murder-of-charlie-kirk/
#Comment Re: Charlie Kirk shot in the neck made: 2025-09-11 02:23:08.395775+02 by:
Dan Lyke
Matthew Dowd Fired From MSNBC for Charlie Kirk Comments
During MSNBC’s coverage of Kirk’s shooting, anchor Katy Tur asked Dowd about “the
environment in which a shooting like this happens.” Dowd responded with the following about
Kirk: “He’s been one of the most divisive, especially divisive younger figures in this, who
is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech or sort of aimed at certain groups.
And I always go back to, hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful
actions. And I think that is the environment we are in. You can’t stop with these sort of
awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to
take place. And that’s the unfortunate environment we are in.”
#Comment Re: Charlie Kirk shot in the neck made: 2025-09-11 02:23:08.395775+02 by:
Dan Lyke
Kirk called for someone to "bail out" David DePape, who
attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer. (made as a separate post
here)
#Comment Re: Charlie Kirk shot in the neck made: 2025-09-11 02:23:08.395775+02 by:
Dan Lyke
Chu 朱
@chu@climatejustice.social
Sounds like we should be celebrating the life of someone who died by the thing
he loved the most.
We would normally console ourselves with words like "he died doing what he
loved"
Eponymic Cradle
@mrencyclopedia@retro.pizza
@chu He died in a school shooting after a career of defending the existence of
school shootings. It doesn't get much more poetic than that.
#Comment Re: Charlie Kirk shot in the neck made: 2025-09-12 00:50:26.379281+02 by:
Dan Lyke
The Nib: Pay your respects.