From Firings to the Threat of Deportation: Commenters Deemed Offensive After Charlie Kirk's Death Face Consequences

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

https://time.com/7316628/charlie-kirk-death-celebrations-social-media-consequences-fired-immigrants-deport/

An anonymously registered website aiming to “Expose Charlie’s Murderers” asked for tips on people who were “supporting political violence online,” the Associated Press reported. The site had published a list on Thursday of social media posts with the names, locations and employers of the posters. Some posts included inflammatory language but others did not seem to be celebrating the shooting or glorifying violence, according to the AP.

Several right-wing activists have also begun compiling their own lists.

“I will be spending my night making everyone I find online who celebrates his death Famous, so prepare to have your whole future professional aspirations ruined if you are sick enough to celebrate his death,” far-right influencer and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer posted on X.

Scott Presler, a conservative activist and former organizer for the Republican Party of Virginia before the 2016 elections, asked his over two million followers to provide tips on teachers celebrating Kirk’s death, and he shared posts and social media profiles of alleged wrongdoers and, for some, their workplaces.

[Ocelot II]

1. I thought cancel culture was just a liberal thing.

The truth will set get you free fired.

[leftstreet]

4. Seem to be cancelling a wing of their own party

lockstep reverence, loyalty and hero status for a member of the "right" right

weird

[johnnyfins]

2. Someone needs to sue loomer out of existence

[Jilly_in_VA]

3. Freedom of speech is dead

The First Amendment might as well no longer exist. If you point out what the man said, you might as well pack your stuff and wait for security to escort you to the parking lot.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

5. Getting fired from private companies...

...isn't really protected by the First Amendment.

If I owned a company, I wouldn't want someone working for me who publicly celebrated the murder of anyone. Not saying that people should mourn him or feel bad for his family or anything else, but IMO, murder based on someone's speech, regardless of how abhorrent that speech is, should be condemned, not celebrated.

In the case of teachers, I wouldn't want someone who would publicly celebrate a murder teaching my kids.

In the case of military members or federal employees, publicly celebrating the murder of someone based on their beliefs and their speech after taking an oath to defend the Constitution isn't compatible with service, IMO.

I don't want to be murdered for expressing my beliefs, and I don't want that for anyone else either, even if they are despicable people with despicable beliefs.

I get that you're talking about simply repeating his own words, and I get that it's very different from celebrating his murder, but I've been reading quite a few reports of people in the categories I mentioned above posting and actually celebrating his death, which for me is a red line.

I realize that this may not be a popular opinion here, but I can live with that.

[Jilly_in_VA]

6. But also

public universities, which happened at two of them in Tennessee (ETSU and MTSU) and I think in some other states.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

8. Yep, I saw a few in Tennessee as well...

...and I'm fine with them being fired, because again, people who celebrate murder should have no place in a classroom, IMO.

[Jilly_in_VA]

10. AND THIS

https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/chesterfield-county/school-board-charlie-kirk-social-media-post/

This isn't a private company, this is an ELECTED OFFICE. And noe Dumbkin chiming in.

[highplainsdem]

9. I share your opinion, but it isn't universally popular here, as I found out when I posted this:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220625011

I expected some objections (not as many as I got) but I posted it anyway, because it needed to be said. Same as my replies in this thread

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220629980

and my single reply here

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220635291

to an OP that has now been deleted.

[Cerulean Southpaw]

11. I agree.

I wouldn't trust a doctor who celebrated someone's death.

If my house catches fire, should I need to worry about whether a firefighter agrees with the bumper stickers on my car?

Is a delivery driver going to "lose" or break my packages if they don't like the political signs on my lawn?

There are a lot of jobs where an employer might want to fire someone for it.

[Kid Berwyn]

7. Laura Loomer the NAZI

Looniest NAZI in the world!