About political violence: George Floyd's death took 8 minutes and 46 seconds.

[Heidi]

Murdered by agents of the state and all he was suspected of doing was being a Black man passing a counterfeit $20 bill. In
contrast, Charlie Kirk—who by his own words was an enemy of everything we Dems, progressives, and liberals hold dear—had the privilege of a quick death at the hands of a young person he likely helped radicalize. One of these situations was a tragedy. The other, maybe not so much.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Kirk was killed by his own actions and words.

His nasty hatred and vitriol came back to bite him right in the ass.

[Heidi]

2. Yes, indeed. And he wasn't murdered by the state.

He was complicit in his own death.

[Irish_Dem]

3. He was murdered by someone on his own team.

[Heidi]

4. Yup. Reaping what he sowed.

[Walleye]

5. Floyd's killers acted "under the color of authority" which is much, much worse

[Heidi]

6. Totally agree! (nt)

[Heidi]

7. So anyway, maybe this thread will die, but it won't die with me

entertaining one single second of lecture from the right about “political violence.”