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He was killed on camera. (Original Post) applegrove Sep 15 OP
Wow StarryNite Sep 15 #1
Touche' NJCher Sep 15 #2
Oh Hell Yeah! BidenRocks Sep 15 #3
Post removed Post removed Sep 15 #4
he certainly was an asshole extraordinaire nt orleans Sep 15 #5
Kharma is a bitch Meadowoak Sep 15 #6
Zero Empathy Kid Berwyn Sep 15 #7
Empathy does a lot of damage? llmart Sep 15 #12
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 15 #27
Welcome to du. Pizza be ready soon. Emile Sep 15 #28
I will honor Charlie Kirk by refusing to have empathy for him. Jack Valentino Sep 15 #26
I think Charlie Kirk spent most of his adult life trying to sound just like Chump FakeNoose Sep 15 #8
This should have 500 recs malaise Sep 15 #9
DURec leftstreet Sep 15 #10
I think I figured it out, but the presentation is poor. Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 15 #11
" " emiami Sep 15 #15
Those quotation marks Cirsium Sep 15 #17
Thank you. As you say, the original use of quotation Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 16 #31
Yes. Nevertheless, Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 16 #30
I agree Skittles Sep 15 #23
Agree luxmatic Sep 15 #24
Powerful! MakeThemCry Sep 15 #13
This is brilliant. yardwork Sep 15 #14
oooo Kali Sep 15 #16
The reichwing hypocrisy is beyond a sane person's reasoning. Clouds Passing Sep 15 #18
... BHDem53 Sep 15 #19
At first glance,this brought to mind the classic film, Network. BattleRow Sep 15 #20
K&R spanone Sep 15 #21
ding. AllaN01Bear Sep 15 #22
K&R Exp Sep 15 #25
Bookmarking. If correct, this is perfection. KPN Sep 15 #29

Response to applegrove (Original post)

Kid Berwyn

(22,282 posts)
7. Zero Empathy
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 07:59 AM
Sep 15

“I can’t stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new age term that does a lot of damage.” — Charlie Kirk

llmart

(17,074 posts)
12. Empathy does a lot of damage?
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 12:38 PM
Sep 15

You know what else does a lot of damage you hatefilled prick, a sniper with a high powered rifle.

Response to llmart (Reply #12)

FakeNoose

(39,484 posts)
8. I think Charlie Kirk spent most of his adult life trying to sound just like Chump
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 11:43 AM
Sep 15

So it doesn't surprise me at all that Kirk said these vile things about George Floyd's murder.

The chickens came home to roost.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(10,477 posts)
11. I think I figured it out, but the presentation is poor.
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 12:36 PM
Sep 15

It's confusing as to which words Kirk spoke. I assume the first few sentences are not Kirk. But it is not clearly presented.

Cirsium

(3,145 posts)
17. Those quotation marks
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 01:45 PM
Sep 15

There are a couple where it shouldn't be, at the opening and at the closing, and another one missing later in the text (actually it is an image of text, so I will have to type it out.)

He was killed on camera. No one's family should have to witness that. It's unthinkably cruel that ppl would the go on the Internet and use their platform to say about an innocent man "I don't care that he's dead," "he's not a hero," "he's a scumbag," "he shouldn't be celebrated."

I'm talking about George Floyd. You thought I was talking about Charlie Kirk? No, those are actual quotes by Charlie Kirk about George Floyd. (It's) outrageous that anyone would say (such things) about the dead, right?

Dark n Stormy Knight

(10,477 posts)
31. Thank you. As you say, the original use of quotation
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 02:13 AM
Sep 16

marks was incorrect. Blatantly so, but I didn't have time to explain in detail.

luxmatic

(51 posts)
24. Agree
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 06:09 PM
Sep 15

Had to parse the text a few times to figure it out. The inner quotes, aka what Charlie said, should be delineated with single quotes versus the outer double quotes for the entirety of the text from Erictastic.


BattleRow

(2,018 posts)
20. At first glance,this brought to mind the classic film, Network.
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 03:26 PM
Sep 15

After righteous ranting and chanting by Howard Beale( and much of the populace ),
"I'm mad as hell,and Im not gonna take it anymore!",the network execs were elated when ratngs went through the roof when Howard died on air.
That movie was from the 70s and prescient,I tell ya!
Anybody who hasn't seen it needs to asap.

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