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[–] canajac@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 days ago

Thanks for this. I didn't know who this turd was, now I have a better idea. REST IN PISS!

[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

LOL, warms the heart to know this disgusting nazi traitor was shot dead. Fuck the republican traitor filth.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Even better he was shot by one of his own. Just a slightly different denomination of hater.

If there is a hell, he is in it. The act of violence i condemn, but Charlie Kirk I condemn more and I will say he deserved it.

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

You know what really pisses me off about the paul pelosi attack? Like, really just makes me want to eat some bacon?

I have seen cop training. I know what they do. One of the favorite training methods is a projected screen (to get things to life size), with some fancy tools to track where a fake gun/taser/pepper spray is pointed, and there are two guys running the computer in the background as an officer interacts with the scenario on the screen. The computer guys can change the scenario based on what is said/done/acted. There is a scenario that usually comes up with entry into a house where one person has a crowbar and is kneeling above another person lying supine beneath him.

The cops have a training scenario for this screams internally EXACT FUCKING SCENARIO! And they are ALL taught that the correct answer is to shoot the person with the crowbar if the scenario suddenly shows him lifting the crowbar for another strike.

That dude with the hammer should have been kirked.

[–] chilicheeselies@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (3 children)

What you do in a training scenario and what you do when it actually happens are two different things. Cops likely had no idea who the victim was, so them having inaction because of who it was is very unlikely

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

What you do in a training scenario and what you do when it actually happens are two different things.

You're absolutely right, and that may be the case. However, it must be admitted that is is much more rare to not follow your training than to carry out what you've trained for when you train for a specific scenario. Plus, this wasn't even a split second thing. The fact that they're at the door talking to the dude for a significant period of time gave them a lot of time to do the whole 'one gun, one taser' cop thing.

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[–] smayonak@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

The subtle difference was that Pelosi's attacker had his hands on the hammer as well as Pelosi and they were both white. It looks like they were unsure as to who the attacker was.

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[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 58 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Another example of what a utter piece of shit Kirk was. The idea that our government is flying flags at half mast and people are being fired for criticizing this blimp headed monstrosity is infuriating.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago

an airforce escort for his coffin spits in the eye of every service member that's had to toil with Trump's bullshit. absolutely disgusting.

[–] whiwake@lemmy.cafe 91 points 4 days ago (1 children)

His death was a blessing on us all. All praise the void.

[–] Mike_Hunt@lemmy.ml 30 points 4 days ago (8 children)

i wouldn't call it a blessing, it's being used to further all their shitty views and somehow make the left look violent.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 80 points 4 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (8 children)

Nothing the left or centre does will ever be enough. Violence is upon you whether you recognize it or not.

Their shitty views were being advanced regardless of the circumstances because the psychopaths aren't constrained by morals, ethics, logic, reason, facts or coherence. Everything is disingenuous, and used for weaponized purpose.

Everything is disingenuous. Everything is disingenuous. Everything is disingenuous.

There is no logic. No reason. No debate. Everything they do and say is to grab power for power's sake. Your mistake, is to imply that if Kirk weren't killed, the fascists would have less reason to hate, persecute and commit acts of violence on everyone else. They hate you not because of what you do, but that you broke their cardinal rule - you're not one of them, therefore a target.

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[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That was already happening simply because trans and POC exist.

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[–] imrighthere@lemmy.ca 27 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They were going to do that anyways, that was always the plan. You guys keep walking on eggshells and you're going to give them all the room they need to finish you off. Signs a month from now are not cutting it.

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[–] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

They don't need real reasons to do their bullshit. Plus this guy was one of them anyway. How come the left is constantly defending themselves for being nonviolent when it's the right that is constantly doing the violence? See the trump assassination attempt, the mn shooting, and most recently the Nazis death.

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 69 points 4 days ago

Warning: Video clips into bodycam footage of the attack on Paul Pelosi. The blow is not on camera, it's behind a wall, but it's on the startling side for sure.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Lol this is the second time a banned user's post got on the front page.

Also emojis is very uncanny somehow especially with the "banned" banner right next to the username. Like who the f uses "πŸ‘‰"? Cringe Youtubers? Just use bullet points lol. 350 posts in 5 days, jeez, and I thought I looked like a bot. 🀣

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)
  • Markdown makes these into bullet points
  • Bullet points are more accessible and look better
  • They're easier to type
  • Just make a hyphen on a new line
[–] comrade19@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

πŸ‘‰I πŸ‘‰Agree πŸ‘‰

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

See? You can't even make them show up on different lines, because that's not they're meant to be used.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 46 points 4 days ago (3 children)

DePape was captured on video, hitting Paul Pelosi in the head repeatedly with a hammer. That's attempted murder. You don't bludgeon someone in the head to teach them a lesson. No Democrat, even in a cashless bail city/state would say someone like that should be freed.

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[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 47 points 4 days ago

β€œWhy is the Republican Party, why is the conservative movement to blame for gay, schizophrenic nudists that are hemp jewelry-makers breaking into somebody’s home, or maybe not breaking into somebody’s home,” Kirk said in the segment. β€œWhy are we to blame for that exactly?” β€œAnd why is he still in jail? Why has he not been bailed out? By the way, if some amazing patriot out there in San Francisco or the Bay Area wants to be a midterm hero, someone should go and bail this guy out… Bail him out and then go ask him some questions.”

[–] arsCynic@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

That fiendish smirk; he knew exactly that his behavior was repugnant and wrong. He was a first-class bully on an international level. Together with his wife's medieval-religious-zealot crazy talk it clearly shows how insidious religion is,^[1]^ capable of turning normal humans into psychopaths. I hope their children get out like those fortunate ones who escaped from the Westboro Baptist Church.^[2]^

  1. Turning Point USA: Charlie Kirk's beloved wife, Mrs. Erika Kirk addresses the Nation.
  2. Megan Phelps-Roper, TED: I grew up in the Westboro Baptist Church. Here's why I left.

⚜︎ arscyni.cc > To consider antireligion instead of atheism.

[–] canajac@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

Take the money away and this guy is just another racist shit-disturber and soon forgotten. Give them money and they will spew out garbage quicker than you can regurgitate it.

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (10 children)

They are paid off by Russia to do this. This isn't per se religion, this is sophisticated modern digital warfare. That's why he got so wealthy and is so deep in crypto - crypto is the perfect way to transfer money discretely between countries.

Like look at Sapolsky or Chomsky or other intellectuals who actually do and say things that contribute to collective knowledge for decades - they don't have millions of dollars. They say factual stuff, Charlie et al said lies - so how did he get money? He isn't even the first to say those specific lies, plenty of Christian bigots have existed. So why was he so big? Russia and foreign governments literally propped him up to be a weapon against our country. He killed a lot of people.

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[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 22 points 3 days ago

Wow, he sure was a lot more articulate back in those days when he still had a neck.

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)
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[–] kcuf@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Do you have a longer segment that mentions who he's talking about? I'd like to send this to people, but I don't it'll be as clear to them what he's talking about.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago (2 children)

How . . . did he miss his head

[–] theUwUhugger@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Did you know that snipers can and do purposely aim for the neck? So that instead of a fast painless death, the targets suffocates on their blood!

The more you know

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 23 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It's not "suffocate on their blood"; it's that there's a vital artery on the neck. Hitting it means the target is pretty much already dead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shooting_of_Charlie_Kirk.webm

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Yules for we but not for thee.

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