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So what's your position, that this political assassination on US soil of a man who merely SAID WORDS was a GOOD thing for reducing fascism in the world?
Not just words. He was one of the biggest propagandists MAGA had. Kirk himself had blood on his hands.
It's not Charlie's fault that there are tens or hundreds of millions of Americans that, like you, endorse political violence, and are eager to be told that it's okay, it's righteous, it's the way forward. He didn't create the audience, he merely exploited it for personal gain. You're making him into some kind of whipping boy so that you don't have to face the reality of the situation. Nothing has been accomplished and so much damage has been done to us all.
He's actually for political violence based on his own arguments. So you can say he contributed to it being okay.
And that makes him better, How?
He was a whipping boy. He was a huge reason why Trump was elected. Something was accomplished yesterday, there's on less fascist in this world, and MAGAs bullhorn was just silenced.
That assassination may have been a turning point for some moderates towards the extreme :/
It's basically like trying to kill the Hydra.
Just goes to show you how stupid and easy it is to manipulate the American population.
It's not Mengeles fault he experimented on Jews. He just took advantage of the German hatred, right?
Not just words? I'm sorry I must be misinformed. Who did he physically attack?
Yea, I'm not going to do this with you. If you wanna be all high and mighty and disregard who he actually was to fit whatever argument you're going to make, you can argue with yourself. The world is better with one less fascist and I don't have the energy to deal with chucklefucks like you who suddenly care about what's right and wrong.