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Charlie on empathy (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 11 points 21 hours ago

This whole thing is irony overload

[–] anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You know what else does a lot of damage?

[–] notgold@aussie.zone 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

a 3 letter word that rimes with fun?

[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago

A hun! From the 5th century.

[–] Frenchys_prospecting@aussie.zone 12 points 1 day ago

Sun! Because skin cancer

[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 1 day ago

Well it's definitely not "new-age", but apparently the worth "empathy" only entered the English language in 1908.

So I'm gonna pretend like it's 1776 like he always wanted me to do and not have empathy for him 😆

[–] HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

We wouldn't happen to have the link/recording/article that this came from for context, would we? Not to sound like a "SOURCE?!?!?" troll, but I'm curious.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/charlie-kirk-empathy-quote/

[–] HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks for following up with me, I truly appreciate it.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

no prob

[–] Frenchys_prospecting@aussie.zone 5 points 1 day ago

Neck minute gurgling sounds

[+] mub@lemmy.ml -11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (8 children)

We already knew his views were wild and insane but killing him for it was a bad idea and cruel to his family and friends (I'm guessing he had some). Metaphorically jumping up and down on his grave is just bad taste. The best thing we can do is consign him to an obscure footnote in history and desist from publishing his views for him.

edit to the replies - Holy hell this place has turned into reddit on a bad.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 12 points 21 hours ago

classic

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 5 points 19 hours ago

The only reliable way to deal with fascists is to kill them. They will keep killing us until we force them to stop.

Kirk might not have been out there shooting people in the street like a common beat cop, but he built a career out of stochastic terrorism. He suffered the same fate that he advocated for innocent people.

[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

did-someone fuck that and fuck you, I look forward to using the new unisex toilet. "What about all the other Nazis who might have their feelings hurt?" Fuck off.

[–] mub@lemmy.ml -2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

You didn't read my post did you? The man was a shit. I said as much. The point I'm making is why give him or his bat shit crazy ideas more air time now he IS dead. Also, have some dignity.

[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 5 points 19 hours ago

kitsuragi-dance
rip-bozo-grave

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 15 points 1 day ago

If this is such a bad thing, then why did Ben Shapiro cancel his speaking arrangements today? All these grifters are freaking out because they never expected to face a consequence for anything they said or did

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Name a more iconic duo than liberals and pearl-clutching. I'll wait.

[–] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We can't kill fascists because, gasp, they have families too!

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

All this boohooing about his family. His wife chose to marry him because he’s a reactionary racist transphobic piece of shit. Meaning she herself is one. The only people I feel bad for are the young kids

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Why tho, kids gonna get a bag and not deal with his insanely authoritarian dad, sounds like a win to me.

[–] Tippy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

You seem real upset that a white christo-nationalist terrorism advocate is dead. Seems like you're telling on yourself, fashy

[–] mub@lemmy.ml 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Nope. The guy was clearly a shit. Just hope people rise above it and never speak about him again, there are better things to waste our effort on.

[–] Tippy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago

I'll gleefully keep talking about a nazi getting his throat blown out by a 5.56 while he was actively blaming LGBT and black people for school shootings, deal with it. You want me stop, call up Trump and have him send ICE to my door.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nope, this is a message to the MAGA Nazis. Turn it up LOUD.

[–] mub@lemmy.ml 1 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

In another context maybe, but linking it with his death doesn't help the cause.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 43 minutes ago

You're the kind of person that will walk right into the gas chambers without a peep, and make it easy for the Nazis. They're just doing their job, after all.

A lot of us aren't taking it so easy. We're going down swinging.

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 4 points 19 hours ago

Nah, violence is the only language they understand. These fascist have killed tons of innocent people, and Kirk was one of the propagandists that helped enable it. This was self-defense, and the only way to stop them from attacking us is to show that we will defend ourselves.