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hueymahl

(2,871 posts) Wed Sep 10, 2025, 04:03 PM Sep 10

The gleefulness of some of us upon hearing of Kirk's shooting [View all]

Is frankly disgusting. Be better people. Disagree with his policies all you want, but don’t delight in violence.

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The gleefulness of some of us upon hearing of Kirk's shooting [View all] hueymahl Sep 10 OP

This violence helps nothing and makes a bunch of stuff worse. Emotional people can be very short-sighted. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 10 #1

It's basically the fuel of republicans wolfie001 Sep 10 #121

Well stated and a good point. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 10 #123

It is being said popsdenver Sep 10 #125

Sometimes a catharsis is necessary mr715 Sep 10 #2

It was time for a gigantic MAGA shit. Piss on those fucking MAGA turds. SoFlaBro Sep 10 #10

Well stated! --- Thank you. QueerDuck Sep 10 #89

No, thank you mr715 Sep 10 #92

You sound like my husband... he thinks (wonders? theorizes?) that Trump had him killed. QueerDuck Sep 10 #97

Why? mr715 Sep 10 #99

They need a martyr... that's the gist of it. QueerDuck Sep 10 #103

That is the worry. mr715 Sep 10 #106

Fingers crossed. QueerDuck Sep 10 #109

Do we know the reason(s) why the shooter decided to kill him? Escurumbele Sep 10 #142

We do not know. nt mr715 Sep 10 #144

the older guy I saw in handcuffs barbtries Sep 10 #154

I would put nothing past those in charge in the WH. NH Ethylene Sep 10 #120

first person i thought of barbtries Sep 10 #155

He's president psychopath and thanks to SCOTUS, littlemissmartypants Sep 10 #115

He absolutely meets the criteria for BOTH Antisocial and Narcissistic Personality Disorder. pat_k Sep 10 #153

Trump loves and needs distractions. He a utilitarian and will use this Captain Zero Sep 10 #102

your husband is not alone. barbtries Sep 10 #152

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Sep 10 #113

I'm with you. We don't win by acting like trumpsters. Silent Type Sep 10 #3

No, but they do. mdbl Sep 10 #79

I agree. When I start to become like them, PatSeg Sep 10 #104

People like to say they are better than others sarisataka Sep 10 #4

He was fine with gun deaths because he revered the 2nd amendment Autumn Sep 10 #5

Got your amendments twisted TheProle Sep 10 #16

LOL yes I did. Autumn Sep 10 #23

I'm not laughing about it Katnip. Sep 10 #71

You are quite right. I don't condone murder but comradebillyboy Sep 10 #136

i'm not gleeful, but mopinko Sep 10 #6

Thank you. multigraincracker Sep 10 #60

I'm with you, Butterflylady Sep 10 #143

I'm with you...... Butterflylady Sep 10 #145

I think most of us are more in a "you reap what you sow" frame of mind. He didn't mind sacrificing school Vinca Sep 10 #7

I hope he lived long enough to realize Dr. T Sep 10 #80

from the video i saw, barbtries Sep 10 #157

Telling people how they should feel is generally received poorly. I predict Maru Kitteh Sep 10 #8

+1 on the Karen Blues Heron Sep 10 #18

Very well said... thank you ZDU Sep 10 #63

Of all my favorite responses on this thread, and there are many, mountain grammy Sep 10 #77

+1 " I feel bad for his kids, but I felt bad for them before he got shot, too." pat_k Sep 10 #81

Bingo. 🇺🇸🗽⚖️🗽🇺🇸 littlemissmartypants Sep 10 #119

Just gave you a lil Maru Kitteh Sep 10 #166

Thank you, Maru Kitteh. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Sep 10 #167

Does that first part apply to everything? writerJT Sep 10 #169

I dont see glee, I see indifference. tintinvotes Sep 10 #9

+1 leftstreet Sep 10 #11

Agree. I don't see glee. Lack of sadness re Kirk the person, mostly. But all here are sad about the diminishment of wiggs Sep 10 #108

Indifference...exactly... agingdem Sep 10 #133

Sanctimonious Lecturing ProfessorGAC Sep 10 #12

Pearl clutching mr715 Sep 10 #17

+1 Blues Heron Sep 10 #21

This doesn't make DU look good at all. pcdb Sep 10 #111

Oh Good ProfessorGAC Sep 10 #114

Not a lecture, but there's a big swatch of middle-ground that will recoil at this. pcdb Sep 10 #165

People can play "not nice" without killing people the way the Minnesota shooter murdered. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 10 #147

Being better people lost us our democracy. Irish_Dem Sep 10 #13

I'm sure we can expect sternly worded rebukes from the Republican party mr715 Sep 10 #20

But I don't give a good god damn what the hell the MAGA evil ones think or say. Irish_Dem Sep 10 #24

Because... mr715 Sep 10 #38

And these are the sentiments of a nice old lady, right? yellow dahlia Sep 10 #84

I've never wished a man dead, but I've read some obituaries with great pleasure Arazi Sep 10 #14

First thing I thought of... Shipwack Sep 10 #100

I am completely apathetic Siwsan Sep 10 #15

Maybe that's two people vanamonde Sep 10 #40

You do you Happy Hoosier Sep 10 #19

Thank you! I, for one, will not be shamed for celebrating. QueerDuck Sep 10 #112

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Sep 10 #22

The only good Nazi is a dead one. He's dead: Good!!! n/t Coventina Sep 10 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Sep 10 #41

Whatever. I will never say Nazis shouldn't be dead. n/t Coventina Sep 10 #44

Consider the negation Queso Delicioso Sep 10 #48

Quite an assertion Torchlight Sep 10 #58

My party does not suffer Nazis. mr715 Sep 10 #62

read the comments. the vast majority of them think it's the left doing the shooting. mopinko Sep 10 #66

I am not gleeful that he is dead lapfog_1 Sep 10 #25

This should be a separate post and highlighted Nimble_Idea Sep 10 #36

Unfortunately true EdmondDantes_ Sep 10 #26

I have to agree. ... littlemissmartypants Sep 10 #127

Not glee. Indifference. MAGA brought this on NewHendoLib Sep 10 #27

Decades of Republicans killing gun regulation in this country have brought this on. The left has been completely Karasu Sep 10 #137

Who are we to question karma? hamsterjill Sep 10 #28

Glee is only okay when Charlie Kirk does it. AStern Sep 10 #29

Otherwise it's just sparkling schadenfreude? Queso Delicioso Sep 10 #45

Expressing that one has no sympathy for Kirk is not gleefulness Wiz Imp Sep 10 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Sep 11 #172

Yeah im not a go high person Samael13 Sep 10 #31

The White House is literally hosing a violent UFC fight match on the WH lawn. Nimble_Idea Sep 10 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author 58Sunliner Sep 10 #33

No BootOutTheGoons Sep 10 #34

i don't think its delight. i think we are sick of innocent people being shot with no samsingh Sep 10 #37

Hearing that he was shot made me sick to my stomach Tribetime Sep 10 #39

I'm never gleeful about violence, but.. mvd Sep 10 #42

Nah. Queso Delicioso Sep 10 #43

Not at all gleeful but I do take comfort in the fact that ok_cpu Sep 10 #46

Not gleeful, but Kirk DID say a certain number of gun deaths per year are necessary Scrivener7 Sep 10 #47

I don't feel glee. I'm numb to the news though. This is a guy who supported unlimited gun access ecstatic Sep 10 #49

No Keepthesoulalive Sep 10 #50

There is a difference between "glee" and Bettie Sep 10 #51

Meh. roamer65 Sep 10 #52

I'm absolutely shocked and disturbed by what happened today. Initech Sep 10 #53

Don't be sad bro Blues Heron Sep 10 #54

The sanctimonious self-congratulatory scolding of some is also disgusting... RockRaven Sep 10 #55

There are people who accept no criticism (not you). Many object to even the driest flatest suggestion (not you) Bernardo de La Paz Sep 10 #64

I feel the same in regards to self-righteous posturing Torchlight Sep 10 #56

I'm not gleeful at all. I wish it hadn't happened Justice Brandeis Sep 10 #57

Ever since LPBBEAR Sep 10 #59

"Codependent No More" by Melody Beattie Duncan Grant Sep 10 #61

Hear, hear! ZDU Sep 10 #83

be better people...ok... agingdem Sep 10 #65

i thought it was Be Bestest ZDU Sep 10 #87

My only concern is Krasnov will declare a national emergency and declare martial law. Norbert Sep 10 #67

He's going to do that anyway orangecrush Sep 10 #70

Maybe so, but this makes it that much easier fujiyamasan Sep 10 #168

Karma pfitz59 Sep 10 #68

Tell it to ICE orangecrush Sep 10 #69

I see no "gleefulness." Stop defaming DUers and spreading right wing talking points. SunSeeker Sep 10 #72

exactly right SunSeeker.... democratsruletheday Sep 10 #74

Remember this Blue Full Moon Sep 10 #73

Sorry VanceFan Sep 10 #75

Agreed. I will not be shamed for celebrating his death. QueerDuck Sep 10 #85

Some people have been very hurt by Kirk's rhetoric uponit7771 Sep 10 #76

Of course I condemn the violence. pat_k Sep 10 #78

Get this straight right fucking now. Iggo Sep 10 #82

Well said orangecrush Sep 10 #86

There's no celebration here C_U_L8R Sep 10 #88

This doesn't help the Democrat cause one bit. But, if you hadn't noticed, America is being dismantled from within. Doodley Sep 10 #90

This is bad... biocube Sep 10 #91

Had the shooter been Muslim mr715 Sep 10 #93

LOL. All glee here. Jirel Sep 10 #94

Suppose Nancy or Hillary got shot? edbermac Sep 10 #95

I fully agree. OLDMDDEM Sep 10 #96

those who live by the AR-15.... Mustellus Sep 10 #98

yup, just like with Luigi Skittles Sep 10 #101

We should kill the messenger. Ban their message Melon Sep 10 #105

Thank you customerserviceguy Sep 10 #107

This deserves 300 recs. WarGamer Sep 10 #110

From RFK... 3825-87867 Sep 10 #116

Agreed Darnell1972 Sep 10 #117

I am not going to morn him, does not mean I am "gleeful". The fact is he was a purveyor of hate. lostincalifornia Sep 10 #118

FAFO to the gun humpers. nt Xipe Totec Sep 10 #122

I will say what I want Wifes husband Sep 10 #124

There is a scroll feature on the browser. Klarkashton Sep 10 #126

Do not understand Wifes husband Sep 10 #164

Doesn't hold a fraction of the glee the RW took in the Wisconsin legislators shooting. I won't be preached to, ... marble falls Sep 10 #128

This message was self-deleted by its author COL Mustard Sep 10 #129

Tots and pears wolfie001 Sep 10 #130

His policies PROMOTE this very same violence. This is clearly the kind of country Republicans want, one where anyone can Karasu Sep 10 #131

I suppose you felt sorry for ole Adolf Eichmann as well? paleotn Sep 10 #132

this shit always happens Kali Sep 10 #134

Don't mistake that someone receives random justice for glee JCMach1 Sep 10 #135

If you've been bad; lord I bet you have, and you've not been hit by flying lead Martin Eden Sep 10 #138

I concur 100% Devilsun Sep 10 #139

Fire enid602 Sep 10 #140

This is scary if some Republican gets YoshidaYui Sep 10 #141

They already have that idea! That's what this man promoted Phentex Sep 10 #146

Let's be clear on something. When the Orange Pedophile in the White House kicks off, as he will... NNadir Sep 10 #148

It is disgusting TheDemsshouldhireme Sep 10 #149

i haven't been gleeful. barbtries Sep 10 #150

There is a difference between gleeful NewEnglandAutumn Sep 10 #151

No gleefulness at all. I'm just saddened by two things: (1) That this political violence is happening in America and iluvtennis Sep 10 #156

Well, his people made Kyle Rittenhouse, the little rat, into a hero. viva la Sep 10 #158

This message was self-deleted by its author fujiyamasan Sep 10 #159

The GOP has had every opportunity to help change that. Hell, they still could, if they really wanted to. But Karasu Sep 10 #162

Hell, this gives them another reason to attack trans people fujiyamasan Sep 11 #170

I'm glad you mentioned that, since one of the last things out of Kirk's mouth was an attack on the mental health of Karasu Sep 11 #171

Call me disgusting all you want EnergizedLib Sep 10 #160

The right wing gun nuts are gleefully celecbrating the birth of a new martyr for fascism. Ping Tung Sep 10 #161

War is hell. nt BWdem4life Sep 10 #163