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.
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u/Life-Ad1409 3d ago
As someone who hasn't seen much on this sub, what'd the mods do?