Reminder that Charlie Kirk was an extremist, who wanted to “remove” (read: genocide) people he didn’t like.

  • Avicenna@programming.dev
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    2 months ago

    “even more innocent” doesn’t even begin to cover the difference between a bigoted, sexist fascist turd and an average guy.

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      2 months ago

      Its really wild to me when Kirk died just HOW MANY people seemed to come pouring out trying to lionize that fuckwit asshole.

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      2 months ago

      You think your average guy is a convicted felon with meth and fent addiction?

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          2 months ago

          I doubt the average American has been convicted of a violent crime and has multiple drug addictions but somehow you think that’s a moral judgement and not simple fact.

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            2 months ago

            You brought it up during a discussion of morality and are surprised people are interpreting that as you making a moral judgement? Are you being purposely obtuse or accidentally stupid? It’s hard to tell online.

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              2 months ago

              If facts are clashing with your morals that’s your problem not mine.

              I simply disagree with labelling your average man as a violent drug addict.

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            2 months ago

            when selecting any single person there are multiple things about them that are not average (plays violin/is gay/has 3 cats/…) yet we would still denote them as average people. So it very much does feel like the difference is a moral judgement

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              2 months ago

              True, though it seems to me that holding someone at gunpoint during a home invasion is abnormal behaviour and not the behaviour of an average man.

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                2 months ago

                Having someone murder you by kneeling on your neck for nine minutes is something that is abnormal as well.

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          2 months ago

          Okay? I don’t see what that’s got to do with someone thinking an average American is both a violent criminal and drug addict.

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            2 months ago

            Well the last violent crime he committed was in 2007 (aggrevated robbery) for which he got out at 2013 and seems like he managed to turn his life around by working two jobs but then probably succumbed to poverty after he lost them both in 2020 COVID pandemic. All these pretty understandable given that Lloyd had a pretty poor childhood, if you want to find the average in him. So a description of the type “violent criminal” looks more like a MAGA rhetoric at this point rather than a refined understanding of the situation.

            Charlie Kirk, on the other hand, was coming from an extremely privileged background and had every reason to be a decent person but yet somehow managed to turn himself into a turd of collosal magnitude. So yeah “even more innocent” doesn’t begin to explain the difference.

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        2 months ago

        Eh, the point still stands, that is the level of absolue shittyness we are talking about. If we account for the backgrounds these people come from it makes the gap even wider.

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          2 months ago

          I’ve not made any comparison with Kirk.

          Simply pointing out that your average man does not have a history as a violent criminal and drug addict.

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              2 months ago

              What don’t you get about my statement that the average man isn’t a drug addict with a conviction for violent crime?

              There’s no ulterior motive to that statement of fact. It’s just a fact. Admitting it won’t hurt you.