• mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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    6 hours ago

    fr, we don’t need to swing right back the other way

    let the right make unproven claims, and then bury them for it after, if appropriate

    and in any case, we can still say that Kirk was a shitty person, that we do not mourn his death, that the world is better off without his messages of hate; and none of that is at odds with holding the view that he shouldn’t have been killed, even if he himself is on record stating that democrats should be killed.

    I’m annoyed by all the partial context quotes of Kirk’s, too. he said enough bad shit that has full context that we don’t need to exaggerate the possibly-misleading stuff at all

    • jj4211@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      Agree except for just letting the right make unproven claims. The consistent message right now is no one knows.

      Besides, the shooter was an individual, his specific ideology doesn’t by itself say much about the “left” or “right”.

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      6 hours ago

      then bury them for it after

      after what? after they start killing/jailing innocent people they deem “radical leftist”?.. after they take complete control of the narrative? (they are 98% there)

    • nutcase2690@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 hours ago

      I just want to appreciate the eloquency of your statement. I have been saying essentially the same thing, but not quite put as well, so I am stealing this!

      I’ve also been saying I wish it was a true judge and jury that would have locked him away and silenced his hatred instead of some vigilante, but that is when I am feeling like irritating specific people.

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      Yeah. I don’t get what is so hard about people questioning things even if they want to believe them.