Calls it like I see it: America lost one of its largest promoters of bigotry.

[dlilafae]

Charlie Kirk.

Charlie made a couple of mill $tacks for his wife and children through his podcast of hatred. A lucrative opportunity arose when Limbaugh died, so this pill bug (and a few more) made the decision to fill the void.

Live by the sword, huh?

What do we think about this sniper on the roof thing, again? The person was a pretty great marksman, I must say. Right in the jugular!?

~ I never introduced myself formally. Hello, Lila here from one the New England states. I cast my first vote in 2004 (while living in Texas), for Al Gore.

Due to my research and interest in furthering democratic causes, I stumbled onto DU several years ago. It’s good to be here. Your words radiate with me and affirm my belief that there are still reasonable citizens in this world who believe in, and wish to promote the democratic process. I’m not quite sure where I would have been these past few years without this magnificent forum, and all of you: whose thoughts I read/comment on, converse with, and share the latest breaking news about the deplorables.

From the depths of my soul and from deep in my heart ~ Thank you! Just for being here, and being you! Thanks to you all.

[3catwoman3]

1. Welcome aboard!

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We’re glad to hear from you.

[dlilafae]

20. 3catwoman3

Hello. ☺️ Thank you!

[dalton99a]

2. Kirk was a professional hatemonger. His final message:

[elias7]

6. Not sure what the problem with that statement is.

I found coverage lacking on this senseless crime, And this guy did have over a dozen prior violent arrests. What would your solution be?

[Ray Bruns]

8. The guy was also an untreated schizophrenic according to his mother.

Maybe universal healthcare? And this is a local story, not national news.

[littlemissmartypants]

11. I know a person who is in the same boat. Psychotic, non-compliant

With medications, has extremely poor/nonexistent insight, denies the diagnosis... just for starters. Says that criminals have implanted devices into their brain communicating a variety of disturbing commands.

This person is in actual physical pain from tactile and somatic hallucinations. Often yelling out and falling to the floor in pain due to these hallucinations.

I have done three involuntary commitments on behalf of the family when they were reported to be walking around carrying a knife in each hand on the property. The first commitment (not by me) was the result of an arrest and involved a firearm. There is no long term care for this person and the situation for the family is very bleak.

Kirk was as sick. He died a psychopath and a grifter. He was as much of a danger to society as the man on the metro. One of them was earning his living through exploitation of the human condition and failed all of humanity. The other was failed by it and especially by Charlie Kirk.

[blubunyip]

14. That is an interesting insight

Kirk was "just as much a danger to society as the man on the metro..."

Whew, that resonates with me.

[littlemissmartypants]

15. Thanks for your reply, blubunyip. ❤️

[Bettie]

17. Our "health care" system doesn't have the resources

to deal with people who have serious mental illnesses, many can't even afford medication to mitigate it.

Why did he have so many arrests? Untreated schizophrenia. No resources, few placement slots available....it's bleak.

What would your solution be? There are none the way our society is currently organized.

[littlemissmartypants]

23. ❤️

[Skittles]

24. ask yourself why they focus on this guy

and not the endless mass gun murders

gee, what could it be?

[Bettie]

29. It's right at the edge of my mind....

total mystery...except we all know, even the ones who pretend that it isn't what it is.

[markie]

3. at least

one of the most vocal.... too much hate in the world and kirk seemed to perpetuate it

[IbogaProject]

4. The neck shot was a fluke

Charlie just sat down the instant before he was hit. The shot was for his torso. More the shooter had a good gun and a stable line of sight. So it could have been an expierenced hunter or even a drone.

[txwhitedove]

5. I saw the video. He was sitting and talking with microphone in hand.

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[Sogo]

26. According to the former FBI commentator on Lawrence's show tonight,

the neck shot was a "miss," because he would have been aiming for Kirk's head.

[AllaN01Bear]

7. blows bosun's pipe , welcome abord. i found du in 2000 by " accident ahd nave been hever since .

[dlilafae]

21. AllaN01Bear

☺️Hello! Thank you for the mighty welcome!

[sdfernando]

9. Welcome dlilafae!

Its great to have you here!

[dlilafae]

19. Sdfernando

Hello to you! Thank you. ☺️

[mackdaddy]

10. Just to let you know Al Gore ran in 2000. John Kerry was the Democrat in 2004 Presidential election.

You might want to update.

[dlilafae]

16. Thanks MackDaddy!

2000 it was. ☺️

[littlemissmartypants]

12. Hi, dlilafae. Thanks for sharing this. ❤️

[dlilafae]

18. littlemisssmartypants...

hello! Thank you.

[Initech]

13. Not even two weeks ago, he was admitting how he got Dump to turn on upper tier universities.

He was literally brainwashing Trump into doing his evil deeds.

[Skittles]

25. LOL

not much of a "brain" there to "wash"

Trump listens to anyone who royally kisses his ass.

[bullwinkle428]

22. Honestly, I wish anyone singing his praises today could tell my why he's

any better than the notorious Father Charles Coughlin from the 1930s. The guy had an incredibly popular radio show, and grew increasingly anti-Semitic in his rants, accusing FDR of being "a tool of the bankers", etc. Eventually lost his show when major radio networks refused to renew his contracts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Coughlin

[0rganism]

27. I would note that what we have now instead is an unoccupied niche in the online media ecosystem, toxic as it is

It will be interesting to see who's ready to jump in and answer to that opportunity. I think the "bigger fish" have likely reached market saturation levels already. They might gain some marginal share around the edges, but if someone in Kirk's audience wanted to listen to Alex Jones or Ben Shapiro, chances are they're already doing so. So that leaves room for some real bottom feeders to gain audience share from this incident.

[canetoad]

28. That's a BIG entrance!

I know you've been here a few years, but that's a great post.

So, WELCOME.