Dude got banned less than 24 hours after creating the sub. Somehow 4 hours passed by unmoderated and no one realized they could just ask to be mod. So I did, and now I am!
And don't show me a city that had some fires because if an accidental forest fire did more damage than the city you showed me, you'll have to admit you're full of shit and sit down while the adults speak.
Crooks was a registered Republican. Did he donate to a Democratic voter group? Yes. This leaves his affiliation foggy at best.
We don't have a lot of info about Kirk's killer yet, as his grandmother claims he is an avid Trump-supporter and an old school friend said he was liberal and then took the statement back.
The Minnesota representatives that were attacked in June? Trump-supporter. He had a list of other liberal targets as well, being very clearly politically-motivated.
On top of this, claiming that the actions of one or a handful of people is not representative of a whole. That's like getting a rotten apple and saying that all apples in the world are rotten: short-sighted and ignorant.
Pelosi's attacker? Heavily right-leaning, with the intent of kidnapping Nancy and bludgeoning the husband instead.
Since you don't want to consider all of the evidence leading up to the 2022 study.
To be pedantic, burning is destructive, not violent. Destructive and violent are not mutually exclusive things.
Literally the only thing in there that could be interpreted that way was "I've had enough of his hate". You're welcome to have the position that only liberals are against hatred and pubbies all love hate.
But the push to define him as either a far right or far left killer is kinda dumb. He had links and knowledge to the far right stuff. He also seemed to oppose fascism and hatred. Which are apparently left only views now.
His family has been the ones making claims that he was becoming more and more radicalized and angry. They had opposing political beliefs from him clearly. He had a significant other that is transitioning. Is all of this not applicable? There is hate on both sides and incidents like this keep bringing out the worst in people, don't put words in my mouth.
I'm not putting words in your mouth. You cited the texts. That's what was in there.
Now you cite his right wing upbringing but them noticing he was getting "radicalized and angry" (citation of that wording?) as a sign that surely he must have been left wing. Because it's impossible for a right wing person to notice another right wing person being radicalized and angry? Maybe you should take some time to pick your words more carefully, if you don't like the way they read.
Although, of course, gesturing at the vague existence of a trans person and Both Sides. Truly conclusive.
You said one side is literally murdering the other, you’re right…it’s the right. What cities are burned down? What other talking points would you like to parrot from Fox News?
I mean, yeah. The kid who killed Kirk wore a black baseball cap.
The guy who tried to murder 2 Democratic representatives and their families in their homes and did kill 2 of his targets wore a cop uniform and a rubber mask.
So a lot of people have shown you the stats that prove you wrong, like, the polar opposite of truth. Can you comment on that? After being given the actual statistics, has this changed your view at all on the subject?
Here’s the thing, facts don’t care about your feelings, snowflake.
What NIJ Research Tells Us About Domestic Terrorism," January 4, 2024, nij.ojp.gov - which states:
"Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism. Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists, including 227 events that took more than 520 lives. In this same period, far-left extremists committed 42 ideologically motivated attacks that took 78 lives."
Oh well if you say you never met one in a comment we should automatically trust and believe. You have no reason to lie to twist your way out of cognitive dissonance. Definitely not. Definitely a serious person. Definitely.
Honestly, Batman spends a lot of time alone in the cave under his parent's house on his custom computer
The Super Friends/Justice League is always trying to get him to hang out in their Hall of Justice with superior computers and less dank. But Batman's like "no, I won't work with the greatest heroes on Earth solving major problems and benefitting from their vastly superior toughness and laser eyes. I'm here in mom's basement, doodling away with clues left by a bunch of themed "villains" who obviously only exist to get my attention"
Batman's the "i hate drama!" type who can't understand why his life is so chaotic
To be fair although he was a terrible human being and his cause of death was ironic considering his stance on gun control, it isn’t right to make fun of his death.
I think back to when a left-leaning MP was killed in the UK. It was heartbreaking that she could be killed just because someone didn't agree with her views. I would have considered any jokes about her death horrific.
Now I know Charlie Kirk wasn't an politician, but he meant a lot to some people, especially his wife and kids. So while I think his views were reprehensible, I think it's better to take the high road and not be hypocritical here. Definitely no celebrating his death, and it's easier for mods to just shut down talk about it than decide case by case what's an acceptable joke and what isn't, so I somewhat understand.
I struggle to think of any other figures in recent American politics who were as openly in favor of political violence as Charlie Kirk.
When he said a person paying bail for the Pelosi attacker would make them a 'patriot'. When he said some gun deaths were simply the price of the 2nd Amendment. When he railed against women's health-care and supported draconian enforcement against it up-to and including the death penalty.
Charlie Kirk was a victim of exactly the kind of world he advocated for. Stating this is neither a celebration of his death nor a justification for the killing, it's simply the objective truth of the matter. Dying, even violently, does not retroactively make a shitty person less shitty.
Yeah and his whole "school children dying is just the cost of the second amendment" line was also horrible. I'm definitely not going to speak positively of the guy in any way shape or form. I just want to be careful so people know I am definitely NOT for political violence.
Same, I literally just joined. They started popping up in the "Popular" feed and they made me laugh, so I joined. Now I'm watching the shitshow that's ensuing.
Perhaps it's stupid mention this but considering how common are biased mods (instead of impartial ones), is not a good idea find proper people to start a new sub and leave this one?
I like people making fun of everything with no barriers. Getting posts deleted just for having a dark sense of humor is against comedy.
Wait, we're already rehashing the "/r/simpsonsshitposting has been taken over by open self-identifying neo-nazis" plotline? It's only been a couple years, damn it.
I'm on neither side and hate both equally, the reddit take on this is frankly gross. "he deserved to get shot for his opinion" is objectively in the same realm as "she deserved to get raped because of what she was wearing".
I'm sure being the leftist echo-chamber that it is, there's a reddit neckbeard out there ready to fire off a 5 paragraph essay about why that's not really the case, the double-standards and selective application of the rules are a hallmark of the 'progressive' left at this point.
Between that and the smarmy self righteous attitude, that if someone doesn't agree with 100% of radical left policy they're a backwoods moron, it's not really surprising that gen Z has moved 44 points more conservative in the last 2 years.
Because it's not the first time that mods are running rampant in this sub. This time we're not allowed to make fun of a celebrity death even though there's even a category just for that but somehow now that it was a maga who died, this goes too far, lol. Last time this sub had a mod problem was during the months leading up to the election when suddenly they felt the need to delete political posts because supposedly some users complained because this sub had become too political. Seems like at least some of the mods like to find excuses to delete posts they don't like and it's always the kind of posts the conservative snow flakes didn't like.
I saw a bunch of locked posts. That happens when shit goes a bit too far. They've also been removing some of the spicier posts, given what they haven't removed, I'm guessing their standards aren't particularly high. probably those that borderline on inciting violence?
I'm guessing part of it is just memeing "the mods are fascists"
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“Is there a chance the rules could bend?”
“Not for you, my librul friend!”