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wendyb-NC

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153. Thank you, you are 100% correct

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 08:39 PM

Sep 10

I may not have agreed with Mr Kirk, but I am sickened that his life ended such a horrific way. My heart goes out to him and his family. This is a tragedy. No one deserves to be the victim of such violence.

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Every single post here that appears to celebrate Charlie Kirk being shot makes DU look bad. [View all] highplainsdem Sep 10 OP

Thank you . obnoxiousdrunk Sep 10 #1

Yes. It's ugly. We shouldn't do that. MineralMan Sep 10 #2

You're right orangecrush Sep 10 #29

Correct. If ya can't say nothing good about a dead person..... 3Hotdogs Sep 10 #126

"thoughts and prayers" Jack Valentino Sep 10 #178

Malcolm Nance agrees - emphatically. soldierant Sep 10 #142

He wasn't Assassinated JustAnotherGen Sep 11 #192

It is what it is. Klarkashton Sep 10 #3

It is an extrajudicial killing. That's what it is Bernardo de La Paz Sep 10 #42

Because it is what it is. Klarkashton Sep 10 #52

Shaming people probably won't change their behavior at this point. Irish_Dem Sep 10 #4

This is not about etiquette. This is about basic decency and humanity. Gun violence is not acceptable. highplainsdem Sep 10 #9

Shaming people is not an effective strategy at this point. Irish_Dem Sep 10 #16

What then? Encouraging them? Politeness does not forbid criticism of others in the group. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 10 #40

Yes BeneteauBum Sep 10 #79

No and I don't celebrate gun violence biophile Sep 10 #87

But charlie said it was, to protect 2A. niyad Sep 10 #176

... but in this case it is rather ironic, since Charlie Kirk stated that Jack Valentino Sep 10 #180

You don't have to be decent JustAnotherGen Sep 11 #193

I can remember when politics was more polite. Septua Sep 10 #111

Years of brutal war waged against us has altered our persona. Irish_Dem Sep 10 #117

You are, of course, correct but if we stoop to their level, they will have won. TomSlick Sep 10 #150

Yes of course. I do not mourn for evil being taken off the planet. Irish_Dem Sep 10 #157

The going JustAnotherGen Sep 11 #194

Maybe not but it still needs to be said that political violence against anyone is wrong. totodeinhere Sep 10 #175

The PutinMAGAs are at war with America. Irish_Dem Sep 11 #189

Exactly JustAnotherGen Sep 11 #196

Positively Greg_In_SF Sep 10 #5

Oh well. Autumn Sep 10 #6

... orangecrush Sep 10 #7

The mocker of other deaths gets the Darwin Award. GreenWave Sep 10 #78

Post removed Post removed Sep 10 #8

Yes. eShirl Sep 10 #13

I hope you are not volunteering to be judge or jury or executioner. Extrajudicial violence is not the way.. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 10 #41

Stay out of powerboats in the Carib! BidenRocks Sep 10 #71

You are responding to some other post. I said nothing in this event about "being nice" or "turning the other cheek". . n Bernardo de La Paz Sep 10 #74

Sorry. BidenRocks Sep 10 #85

Yes. WillowTree Sep 10 #62

as Michael Moore said, some in this world only pay attention when it happens to them samsingh Sep 10 #134

Absolutely Polybius Sep 10 #135

I would rather he be alive JustAnotherGen Sep 11 #197

I don't want people thrown in Gitmo and tortured for extreme posts Polybius Sep 11 #219

I disagreed with his hatred. But murdering him was not the answer. totodeinhere Sep 11 #211

Is it wrong to point out that this man had, on multiple occasions, stated he was perfectly okay AZJonnie Sep 10 #10

No. eShirl Sep 10 #15

It IS fair. Facts matter. AZ8theist Sep 10 #64

Indeed. He consented to his own murder TommyT139 Sep 10 #82

Exactly, he at least in part orchestrated his own death Farmer-Rick Sep 10 #113

did he actually *affirm* gun violence? ClaudetteCC Sep 10 #139

He affirmed that gun deaths are inevitable in an 'armed society', as if it were a given that societies AZJonnie Sep 10 #155

This. Why should we not be able to point to his own words when describing this situation. Iris Sep 10 #161

The logical conclusion is that he doesn't want me to feel empathy for him being murdered AZJonnie Sep 10 #165

I guess he didn't realize that empathy and sympathy are 2 different words Iris Sep 10 #167

Thanks for your concern on the matter Samael13 Sep 10 #11

Disagree. Charlie Kirk made Charlie Kirk look bad. Coventina Sep 10 #12

This comment says it all. Iris Sep 10 #162

We should remember Charlie Kirk by his own words. LetMyPeopleVote Sep 11 #217

Do I really need to control anonymous people on DU? Duncan Grant Sep 10 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Random Person Sep 10 #101

Does this include posting his own words on guns ? JI7 Sep 10 #17

It's downright ForgedCrank Sep 10 #18

Hate people who want to gleefully put you and I in a camp? paleotn Sep 10 #92

Hyperbole and ForgedCrank Sep 11 #187

No JustAnotherGen Sep 11 #198

100% agree Yorkie Mom Sep 10 #19

Agreed and it's particularly annoying when it is bite-sized, intense, and new-person OP lostnfound Sep 10 #20

And yet, those who celebrate have no business calling other people haters. WillowTree Sep 10 #21

Why? JustAnotherGen Sep 11 #199

Anyone celebrating murder SUCKS. eShirl Sep 10 #22

That's why we have BidenRocks Sep 10 #80

What you going to post here when SHIT STAIN gets his? Brainfodder Sep 10 #23

when MFer dies of natural causes on his golden toilet, that's different. maxsolomon Sep 10 #43

Nah, I think the celebrating is that ONE GASLIGHTING WALKING DICK MOVE is down, and MIGHT SCARE OTHERS! Brainfodder Sep 10 #48

there's disagreement, then. maxsolomon Sep 10 #50

Agree. BannonsLiver Sep 10 #144

Agreed. whathehell Sep 10 #24

Nope. QueerDuck Sep 10 #25

we have this same convo every time a righty dies. obits r the 1st draft of history. mopinko Sep 10 #26

Don't you understand that every politically-motivated shooting makes another one more likely? highplainsdem Sep 10 #61

So political assassinations haven't been going on for 10,000 years? AZ8theist Sep 10 #72

They have. And treating them as okay makes them happen more often. Charlie Kirk being shot makes highplainsdem Sep 10 #77

This message was self-deleted by its author 58Sunliner Sep 10 #131

2 Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota have ALREADY been murdered. AZ8theist Sep 10 #182

that's not the topic of this post. mopinko Sep 10 #88

DU does not exist in a bubble. Posts here are read by RWers and quoted elsewhere. highplainsdem Sep 10 #93

Democratic Underground is not on most folks feeds Keepthesoulalive Sep 10 #169

Or Religious? or.....? vanlassie Sep 10 #107

Whatever the motive was, the shooting still shouldn't be treated as okay - as something Kirk deserved. highplainsdem Sep 10 #112

I think the responses here (over my 20 years) vanlassie Sep 10 #136

Karma knows no politics pfitz59 Sep 10 #27

Well I haven't seen any but if I do I senseandsensibility Sep 10 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author DemocratSinceBirth Sep 10 #30

He's putting troops in US cities and deporting people to Uganda SamuelTheThird Sep 10 #33

Agree. It's unseemly. Patton French Sep 10 #31

Three high school students in Evergreen CO were Hassler Sep 10 #32

Exactly!!! tavernier Sep 10 #73

This! mcar Sep 10 #83

Exactly. I am almost running on empty with this administration and distributing my empathy appropriately is the last bit Iris Sep 10 #168

Charlie Kirk was a horrible person Cuthbert Allgood Sep 10 #34

I agree. QueerDuck Sep 10 #36

I had no idea who he was Tree Lady Sep 10 #46

The world is a better place. Cuthbert Allgood Sep 10 #57

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Sep 10 #35

Agree. What they're saying, even though they writerJT Sep 10 #37

Who is "they"? Who appointed you as the DU interpreter? live love laugh Sep 10 #55

Bad at context? writerJT Sep 10 #129

Help 👋🏽 live love laugh Sep 10 #154

Are they in the room with you? Cuthbert Allgood Sep 10 #59

Sure you're not in favor of it. 👍 writerJT Sep 10 #127

The only thing that shocks me is to learn that he had a wife and kid/s. Who would fuck that? QueerDuck Sep 10 #38

Upon seeing their picture together Tree Lady Sep 10 #49

The tooth-to-gum ratio is what really creeped me out... buzzycrumbhunger Sep 10 #54

One of the many wicked witches is dead...and I condemn gun violence pbmus Sep 10 #39

A celebration of the gun culture Kaleva Sep 10 #44

As opposed to the fascists' celebrations... Jirel Sep 10 #45

what celebrating? is asked in some posts Skittles Sep 10 #97

Agree SuzyandPuffpuff Sep 10 #47

I don't see my posts as Celebrating Charlie Kirk's demise Vogon_Glory Sep 10 #51

so....gun violence is wrong Skittles Sep 10 #98

Your conclusion doesn't follow Vogon_Glory Sep 10 #105

judge jury and executioner Skittles Sep 10 #141

Your argument still doesn't follow. Vogon_Glory Sep 10 #164

Thought twice, thrice, frice, then posted what deserved to be posted. eppur_se_muova Sep 10 #53

I don't know about inevitable Vogon_Glory Sep 10 #56

Celebrating murder... Mike Nelson Sep 10 #58

Total exaggeration and hyperbole. Why attempt to silence commentary? live love laugh Sep 10 #60

nice straw man eShirl Sep 10 #63

I just don't care that he died. Elessar Zappa Sep 10 #65

Last thing on my mind... kxs Sep 10 #66

Thank you! And welcome to DU. hamsterjill Sep 10 #75

I don't see anyone "celebrating" Nigrum Cattus Sep 10 #67

I'm not celebrating vercetti2021 Sep 10 #68

And, I Simply Don't Care What It Looks Like ProfessorGAC Sep 10 #69

Taking the high road all these years got US steamrolled by a fascist dictatorship. If anyone doesn't like ImNotGod Sep 10 #70

I have sympathy for people that are suffering and dying because of tRUMP's policies and............. wolfie001 Sep 10 #76

No. I take no joy in this murder mcar Sep 10 #81

We all rail against fascism but quail at what it takes to end it. BlueTsunami2018 Sep 10 #84

I am mentally and physically getting ready for war. BidenRocks Sep 10 #90

The plotters against Hitler all hung from piano wires wolfie001 Sep 10 #94

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Sep 10 #86

Unfortunately, we (most of us here) live in ... littlemissmartypants Sep 10 #89

What people say is usually unrelated to what they do. In fact, it's usually the opposite. usonian Sep 10 #91

The natural world really doesn't need these awful humans mucking things up. Going out to my woods now... tazcat Sep 10 #109

The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep usonian Sep 10 #119

Thanks for the webcam tip! now watching....nt wiggs Sep 10 #116

Wecams are at (and I forgot to give credits, for the first time ever) usonian Sep 10 #121

be careful pointing that out Skittles Sep 10 #95

Can I say that I support the kind of gun control laws that Charlie Kirk derided? viva la Sep 10 #96

That's fine. I've made it clear that I despised him and what he stood for. But being okay with someone highplainsdem Sep 10 #102

Well, I wouldn't do that anyway. viva la Sep 10 #122

Really? MorbidButterflyTat Sep 10 #145

It's giving JustAnotherGen Sep 11 #205

I will say this, markodochartaigh Sep 10 #99

I don't see people celebrating. I see people refusing to pretend to mourn. Warpy Sep 10 #100

zero sympathy for him moonshinegnomie Sep 10 #103

Look bad to whom? Should we be worried it won't last another 24 years? Phentex Sep 10 #104

I don't celebrate but FB47243 Sep 10 #106

It's what we do ..... dumbcat Sep 10 #108

I agree there is no YoshidaYui Sep 10 #110

Yes, and that feeling it should be open season on Dems is more likely if Dems appear to think this highplainsdem Sep 10 #114

Exactly YoshidaYui Sep 10 #120

There have been more than a few people ..... dumbcat Sep 10 #124

What scares me is if someone takes it YoshidaYui Sep 10 #115

You don't think it's already dumbcat Sep 10 #128

I hope it doesn't escalate YoshidaYui Sep 10 #159

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This message was self-deleted by its author 58Sunliner Sep 10 #123

What apparently escapes you is that lots of Republicans see some Democrats and liberals as just highplainsdem Sep 10 #125

This message was self-deleted by its author 58Sunliner Sep 10 #133

Whether or not you think it's a false equivalence, they don't think it is. We need rule of law. And rule highplainsdem Sep 10 #137

This message was self-deleted by its author 58Sunliner Sep 10 #147

Blaming right-wing violence on Democrats and/or DU is laughable. TwilightZone Sep 10 #140

to paraphrase Mark Twain Dyedinthewoolliberal Sep 10 #130

You won't find anything like that from me Polybius Sep 10 #132

Me either TheDemsshouldhireme Sep 10 #143

What it is ain't exactly clear... GJGCA Sep 10 #156

That might have been true in 1995. But Republicans have spent 30 years lying about what "liberals" say meadowlander Sep 10 #138

I feel exactly as bad about him being shot as he would have felt about me being shot. Orrex Sep 10 #146

That reminds me of a talk show host in the Northeast Just_Vote_Dem Sep 11 #200

Totally Agree! ybbor Sep 10 #148

Behold! Here is the field where I grow my fvcks... QueerDuck Sep 10 #149

He's a gun proponent who publicly said that a few deaths a year was "worth it" pnwmom Sep 10 #151

Let's say nothing at all happened to *him* today... BamaRefugee Sep 10 #152

Thank you, you are 100% correct wendyb-NC Sep 10 #153

What is acceptable to you? Keepthesoulalive Sep 10 #158

Good question. nt SunSeeker Sep 11 #184

Good and FAIR question JustAnotherGen Sep 11 #206

I see your point iemanja Sep 10 #160

I see something that makes DU look worse---a post with a heading that says DU posts are celebrating his death. Doodley Sep 10 #163

Exactly. This OP defames DU and DUers. SunSeeker Sep 11 #185

Well said! Doodley Sep 11 #212

+7 👏 Emile Sep 11 #209

Do you find it 'disgusting' that he's dead? (n.t.) Oeditpus Rex Sep 10 #166

I'm not dancing on his grave planj07 Sep 10 #170

Network glitch wiped my post. usonian Sep 10 #171

It's disgusting. valleyrogue Sep 10 #172

ABSOLUTELY!!! calimary Sep 10 #173

The man was a piece of shit GenThePerservering Sep 10 #174

I will keep my first amendment rights thank you very much !! stonecutter357 Sep 10 #177

Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person's slot". mcar Sep 10 #179

Yes, it does. CentralMass Sep 10 #181

Reminding people of the hate Kirk spewed is not celebrating dflprincess Sep 10 #183

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Sep 11 #220

A man was murdered. berniesandersmittens Sep 11 #186

Yes, exactly. nt Raine Sep 11 #188

Agree. betsuni Sep 11 #190

I don't care JustAnotherGen Sep 11 #191

I'm done giving a single fuck about decorum. TheBadWolf Sep 11 #195

Your concern is noted. Ferrets are Cool Sep 11 #201

If it was Democrat, you would see far worse coming from the right, and they are proud of it. doc03 Sep 11 #202

Should we take the high road again? Omnipresent Sep 11 #203

MSNBC agrees. orangecrush Sep 11 #204

Hmm JustAnotherGen Sep 11 #207

Yup orangecrush Sep 11 #208

He supported gun violence. travelingthrulife Sep 11 #210

Do not forget Melissa Hartman LetMyPeopleVote Sep 11 #213

I haven't forgotten. Nor have I forgotten the liberal Democratic values I've considered important since highplainsdem Sep 11 #215

So you are okay with trump and the MAGA types treating Melissa Hartman differently from Kirk? LetMyPeopleVote Sep 11 #216

No, of course I'm not okay with that. I don't think Charlie Kirk deserves any honors. But I posted this highplainsdem Sep 11 #218

As does every instance of sanctimony and self-righteousness Torchlight Sep 11 #214

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Sep 12 #221