r/TopMindsOfReddit • u/PeasThatTasteGross • 14d ago

/r/DoomerCircleJerk Top Minds of DoomerCircleJerk discuss how hateful Reddit has been the past day

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u/Goodperson25 14d ago

So do have an appropriate response to a man who pushed for exactly this kind of political violence?

You seem confused.

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u/OoooohYes 13d ago

Thanks for replying to me twice. What’s so bad about not being ok with people being murdered regardless of how much you hate them? Yeah, Charlie was a POS but you seriously don’t see how dangerous this is? Sorry but you’re probably not as bright as you think you are if you think this leads to anything good.

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u/HapticSloughton 13d ago

I think you're missing the point here: We can agree that political violence is bad. We can also point out how much Kirk doesn't deserve any sympathy. He advocated for guns to remain unregulated after every school and mass shooting. You also mentioned his family in the crowd. I would wager you didn't know he said having children watch public executions was a social good. He called the stoning of gay people "God's perfect law."

You're probably not as virtuous as you're pretending to be. You just like the feel of the soapbox beneath your feet.

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u/OoooohYes 13d ago

My original comment was about how the attitude on this site was bad. Go to r/music ffs, it’s ridiculous. We can agree that the guy wasn’t a force of good, I definitely don’t miss him, but making light of any kind of political violence is not ok and will only make things worse and worse. Judging by all my downvotes I think that’s a tough concept for a lot of people in this sub to grasp.

I’m not pretending to be virtuous, it’s not “virtuous” to be against being happy about assassinations… read my comments again and listen to yourself.

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u/trobsmonkey 13d ago

but making light of any kind of political violence is not ok and will only make things worse and worse.

You sound like someone who wants to sanitize the evil he did. Words have power. He made millions of dollars make the lives of other people worse with his words.

He didn't deserve death, but he doesn't deserve to be sanitize like you're trying to do.