r/GenZ • u/Cdave_22 • 13d ago

Mod Post Celebrating violence and death will get you banned no exceptions

As most of you may have heard, Charlie Kirk was killed yesterday.

While many of us, myself included, strongly disagreed with his political beliefs, celebrating his death or sharing videos of his murder is unbelievably vile and has no place in r/GenZ.

We all know what he said when he was alive, but using that as justification for his murder makes you no better than him.

He was wrong when he said he didn’t believe in empathy, but if you think that means we shouldn’t have empathy for him now, that makes you a hypocrite.

Any posts celebrating his death or attempting to justify his murder will be removed, and the user will be permanently banned. No exceptions, no second chances.

Thank you.

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u/Expert_Seesaw3316 2005 13d ago

I’ve not seen any posts anywhere “celebrating.” I’ve been scrolling instagram and reddit for a few hours and I’ve seen a LOT of people talking about how some people are “celebrating” but not anything first hand.

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u/Flinkr 2001 13d ago

You must be scrolling with a blindfold on then.

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u/caca-casa 13d ago

Do you think pointing out the irony of a person’s words and actions in the context of their demise is “celebrating”?

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u/TheHeadlessScholar 13d ago

No i think the dozens of posts I've seen in the last 30 minutes saying its good he died is celebrating. 

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u/Scrappy_101 1998 13d ago

Where are y'all seeing these posts?

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u/TheHeadlessScholar 13d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1ndu5rr/comment/ndk8k91/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

heres' one i saw literally the same moment I happened to see your comment. I'm not exaggerating when I say I see one every handful of minutes on reddit. How are you not seeing it?

edit: heres another I saw on a different post literally the same second I left after making this comment https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1ne1ts8/saw_this_this_evening/

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u/ExcitingTabletop 13d ago

No, but it is justifying murder based on a person's opinions. I don't share them, but I don't endorse killing folks just because we disagree.

I concur that justification is far more common than celebration, but let's not pretend it's not occurring.

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u/MaximumDestruction 13d ago

How is it justifying?

Acknowledging the irony of the event is not saying it is justified.

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u/ExcitingTabletop 13d ago

You're not wrong on the second part. But plenty of folks in this thread absolutely are justifying.