ANOTHER SCHOOL/PUBLIC SHOOTING

[BlueTiki]

I don't know who this man is and the first time I've seen or heard his name was about 5 minutes ago when I read what he has to say. He speaks for me in this instance. I agree with him on every word.

Today, news broke that Charlie Kirk was shot while speaking at Utah Valley University.

Let me be blunt: I will not pretend to feel sorry for Charlie Kirk. For years, he has profited off division, peddled conspiracy theories, and targeted marginalized groups with rhetoric so toxic it has made this country less safe. He has called for public executions, mocked trans people as “abominations,” treated politics like a holy war — and in 2023, he even said that gun deaths were an “unfortunate” but acceptable price to keep the Second Amendment.

Today, he became part of the very toll he once dismissed. That doesn’t make him a martyr — it makes him a cautionary tale about what happens when leaders treat human lives as expendable. That doesn’t mean I condone what happened. Political violence is wrong — always. It poisons our democracy, no matter who the target is. If we go down that path, America as we know it collapses.

But here’s the truth: when you spend years throwing gasoline on the fire, you don’t get to act shocked when flames break out. Charlie Kirk built a career out of incitement. He’s not a victim of political violence so much as he is one of its architects.

This is a reminder that words have consequences. Leaders — real leaders — should be lowering the temperature, not raising it. They should be uniting people around solutions, not cashing in on fear and hate.

I ran for Congress because I’m sick of this cycle — sick of watching extremists on the right and performative purists on the left treat America like their personal stage show while working-class families get crushed. Enough. Violence is not the answer. But neither is pretending that Charlie Kirk is some innocent casualty. He chose this path. He pushed this rhetoric. And now we’re all living in the world it created.

— William Kory Amyx
Democratic Candidate for U.S. Congress
Indiana’s 6^th Congressional District

You agree with this douche mocking someone’s death that never did a fucking thing to him?

Sally this is similar to the rhetoric I have seen online. It is not condoning his death or the violence. He even has a quote saying "if some are sacrificed so we can have our 2^nd amendment rights, so be it" Did he deserve death because of saying that-no. But he certainly never expressed sympathy for people dying the same way. If he did and I'm wrong I will admit that, but everything I have found so far today shows that he lacked empathy and sympathy.

He said “it’s worth the cost of, unfortunately, to have gun deaths so we can keep our 2^nd amendment”. Everyone who owns a gun basically agrees with this whether they say it or not. They own a gun because they believe in having 2^nd amendment rights even while fully knowing that gun deaths happen daily. Duchess has said before that she owns a gun, does she lack empathy too?

I'm kinda getting the feeling none of you ever watched Charlie Kirk's show . . . nor attended any of his Turning Point events.

Kirk never advocated for violence . . . and his 2A quote is (how shall I put this) a cherry-picked economy of truth. Presenting it the way it has been cut and pasted, without context, is disingenuous and leads the reader to a false conclusion.

Yes . . . I frequently had Charlie on the TV (as a back round distraction) and found him insightful.  No . . . I did not agree with every solution he proposed, but his analysis was without malice or emotional arguments.

I attended four of his monthly events in the Valley with my Mum and brother.  Always had great speakers that were thought provoking.  Was actually planning to join my Mum for his upcoming Turning Point event on the 18^th.

That ain't happening now.

His death is was a political assassination of a conservative voice . . . devoid of the Fentanyl Floyd riots and looting.

My apologies to our criminal dark brothers and sisters for that.