Not even justifying his death - conservatives will whine about anyone who correctly points out the fact that neither a bulletproof vest, security, nor a good guy with a gun would have saved Charlie Kirk. But he might still be alive if 1) The U.S. had sensible gun regulations, and 2) If the right hadn't been ridiculing the very idea of empathy and celebrating every murder of their political opponents over the past 10 years.
Right-wing politics and its consequences killed Charlie Kirk.
And as the right continues to bemoan left-wing violence, it's important to remember that political violence is very much a right-wing issue: https://youtu.be/B2MB2re24oA?t=962
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No. Nobody is "owed" empathy, you garner it through your actions and circumstances, which is why I and millions of people have absolutely zero empathy for this scumbag. This is a very simple case of you reap what you sow.
Murder can never be condoned or accepted, and it must be met with the appropriate consequences. I do however understand what would lead someone to believe their only hope for a future would be to put a bullet through this guy's neck.
It's the Luigi situation all over. Nobody condones murder, but we empathise more with the killer than with the asshole who was fucking us over.
I think everyone, by default deserves empathy. But this guy worked really hard to forfeit that baseline right. He literally said he’s fine with people dying this way, in service to the 2A. He got what he said he wanted.