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pat_k

(12,626 posts)
78. Of course I condemn the violence.
Wed Sep 10, 2025, 05:09 PM
Sep 2025

But, I have no objections to pointing out that the man said this:

Charlie Kirk: “It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment”

That is not "glee." It highlights the tragic costs to the nation of the reactionary insanity of opposing ALL regulation of guns, however modest and proven. No gun death is acceptable, up to and including his own.

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This violence helps nothing and makes a bunch of stuff worse. Emotional people can be very short-sighted. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #1
It's basically the fuel of republicans wolfie001 Sep 2025 #121
Well stated and a good point. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #123
It is being said popsdenver Sep 2025 #125
Sometimes a catharsis is necessary mr715 Sep 2025 #2
It was time for a gigantic MAGA shit. Piss on those fucking MAGA turds. SoFlaBro Sep 2025 #10
Well stated! --- Thank you. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #89
No, thank you mr715 Sep 2025 #92
You sound like my husband... he thinks (wonders? theorizes?) that Trump had him killed. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #97
Why? mr715 Sep 2025 #99
They need a martyr... that's the gist of it. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #103
That is the worry. mr715 Sep 2025 #106
Fingers crossed. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #109
Do we know the reason(s) why the shooter decided to kill him? Escurumbele Sep 2025 #142
We do not know. nt mr715 Sep 2025 #144
the older guy I saw in handcuffs barbtries Sep 2025 #154
I would put nothing past those in charge in the WH. NH Ethylene Sep 2025 #120
first person i thought of barbtries Sep 2025 #155
He's president psychopath and thanks to SCOTUS, littlemissmartypants Sep 2025 #115
He absolutely meets the criteria for BOTH Antisocial and Narcissistic Personality Disorder. pat_k Sep 2025 #153
Trump loves and needs distractions. He a utilitarian and will use this Captain Zero Sep 2025 #102
your husband is not alone. barbtries Sep 2025 #152
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Sep 2025 #113
I'm with you. We don't win by acting like trumpsters. Silent Type Sep 2025 #3
No, but they do. mdbl Sep 2025 #79
I agree. When I start to become like them, PatSeg Sep 2025 #104
People like to say they are better than others sarisataka Sep 2025 #4
He was fine with gun deaths because he revered the 2nd amendment Autumn Sep 2025 #5
Got your amendments twisted TheProle Sep 2025 #16
LOL yes I did. Autumn Sep 2025 #23
I'm not laughing about it Katnip. Sep 2025 #71
You are quite right. I don't condone murder but comradebillyboy Sep 2025 #136
i'm not gleeful, but mopinko Sep 2025 #6
Thank you. multigraincracker Sep 2025 #60
I'm with you, Butterflylady Sep 2025 #143
I'm with you...... Butterflylady Sep 2025 #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 2025 #7
I hope he lived long enough to realize Dr. T Sep 2025 #80
from the video i saw, barbtries Sep 2025 #157
Telling people how they should feel is generally received poorly. I predict Maru Kitteh Sep 2025 #8
+1 on the Karen Blues Heron Sep 2025 #18
Very well said... thank you ZDU Sep 2025 #63
Of all my favorite responses on this thread, and there are many, mountain grammy Sep 2025 #77
+1 " I feel bad for his kids, but I felt bad for them before he got shot, too." pat_k Sep 2025 #81
Bingo. 🇺🇸🗽⚖️🗽🇺🇸 littlemissmartypants Sep 2025 #119
Just gave you a lil Maru Kitteh Sep 2025 #166
Thank you, Maru Kitteh. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Sep 2025 #167
Does that first part apply to everything? writerJT Sep 2025 #169
I dont see glee, I see indifference. tintinvotes Sep 2025 #9
+1 leftstreet Sep 2025 #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 2025 #108
Indifference...exactly... agingdem Sep 2025 #133
Sanctimonious Lecturing ProfessorGAC Sep 2025 #12
Pearl clutching mr715 Sep 2025 #17
+1 Blues Heron Sep 2025 #21
This doesn't make DU look good at all. pcdb Sep 2025 #111
Oh Good ProfessorGAC Sep 2025 #114
Not a lecture, but there's a big swatch of middle-ground that will recoil at this. pcdb Sep 2025 #165
People can play "not nice" without killing people the way the Minnesota shooter murdered. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #147
Being better people lost us our democracy. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #13
I'm sure we can expect sternly worded rebukes from the Republican party mr715 Sep 2025 #20
But I don't give a good god damn what the hell the MAGA evil ones think or say. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #24
Because... mr715 Sep 2025 #38
And these are the sentiments of a nice old lady, right? yellow dahlia Sep 2025 #84
I've never wished a man dead, but I've read some obituaries with great pleasure Arazi Sep 2025 #14
First thing I thought of... Shipwack Sep 2025 #100
I am completely apathetic Siwsan Sep 2025 #15
Maybe that's two people vanamonde Sep 2025 #40
You do you Happy Hoosier Sep 2025 #19
Thank you! I, for one, will not be shamed for celebrating. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #112
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Sep 2025 #22
The only good Nazi is a dead one. He's dead: Good!!! n/t Coventina Sep 2025 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Sep 2025 #41
Whatever. I will never say Nazis shouldn't be dead. n/t Coventina Sep 2025 #44
Consider the negation Queso Delicioso Sep 2025 #48
Quite an assertion Torchlight Sep 2025 #58
My party does not suffer Nazis. mr715 Sep 2025 #62
read the comments. the vast majority of them think it's the left doing the shooting. mopinko Sep 2025 #66
I am not gleeful that he is dead lapfog_1 Sep 2025 #25
This should be a separate post and highlighted Nimble_Idea Sep 2025 #36
Unfortunately true EdmondDantes_ Sep 2025 #26
I have to agree. ... littlemissmartypants Sep 2025 #127
Not glee. Indifference. MAGA brought this on NewHendoLib Sep 2025 #27
Decades of Republicans killing gun regulation in this country have brought this on. The left has been completely Karasu Sep 2025 #137
Who are we to question karma? hamsterjill Sep 2025 #28
Glee is only okay when Charlie Kirk does it. AStern Sep 2025 #29
Otherwise it's just sparkling schadenfreude? Queso Delicioso Sep 2025 #45
Expressing that one has no sympathy for Kirk is not gleefulness Wiz Imp Sep 2025 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Sep 11 #172
Yeah im not a go high person Samael13 Sep 2025 #31
The White House is literally hosing a violent UFC fight match on the WH lawn. Nimble_Idea Sep 2025 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author 58Sunliner Sep 2025 #33
No BootOutTheGoons Sep 2025 #34
i don't think its delight. i think we are sick of innocent people being shot with no samsingh Sep 2025 #37
Hearing that he was shot made me sick to my stomach Tribetime Sep 2025 #39
I'm never gleeful about violence, but.. mvd Sep 2025 #42
Nah. Queso Delicioso Sep 2025 #43
Not at all gleeful but I do take comfort in the fact that ok_cpu Sep 2025 #46
Not gleeful, but Kirk DID say a certain number of gun deaths per year are necessary Scrivener7 Sep 2025 #47
I don't feel glee. I'm numb to the news though. This is a guy who supported unlimited gun access ecstatic Sep 2025 #49
No Keepthesoulalive Sep 2025 #50
There is a difference between "glee" and Bettie Sep 2025 #51
Meh. roamer65 Sep 2025 #52
I'm absolutely shocked and disturbed by what happened today. Initech Sep 2025 #53
Don't be sad bro Blues Heron Sep 2025 #54
The sanctimonious self-congratulatory scolding of some is also disgusting... RockRaven Sep 2025 #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 2025 #64
I feel the same in regards to self-righteous posturing Torchlight Sep 2025 #56
I'm not gleeful at all. I wish it hadn't happened Justice Brandeis Sep 2025 #57
Ever since LPBBEAR Sep 2025 #59
"Codependent No More" by Melody Beattie Duncan Grant Sep 2025 #61
Hear, hear! ZDU Sep 2025 #83
be better people...ok... agingdem Sep 2025 #65
i thought it was Be Bestest ZDU Sep 2025 #87
My only concern is Krasnov will declare a national emergency and declare martial law. Norbert Sep 2025 #67
He's going to do that anyway orangecrush Sep 2025 #70
Maybe so, but this makes it that much easier fujiyamasan Sep 2025 #168
Karma pfitz59 Sep 2025 #68
Tell it to ICE orangecrush Sep 2025 #69
I see no "gleefulness." Stop defaming DUers and spreading right wing talking points. SunSeeker Sep 2025 #72
exactly right SunSeeker.... democratsruletheday Sep 2025 #74
Remember this Blue Full Moon Sep 2025 #73
Sorry VanceFan Sep 2025 #75
Agreed. I will not be shamed for celebrating his death. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #85
Some people have been very hurt by Kirk's rhetoric uponit7771 Sep 2025 #76
Of course I condemn the violence. pat_k Sep 2025 #78
Get this straight right fucking now. Iggo Sep 2025 #82
Well said orangecrush Sep 2025 #86
There's no celebration here C_U_L8R Sep 2025 #88
This doesn't help the Democrat cause one bit. But, if you hadn't noticed, America is being dismantled from within. Doodley Sep 2025 #90
This is bad... biocube Sep 2025 #91
Had the shooter been Muslim mr715 Sep 2025 #93
LOL. All glee here. Jirel Sep 2025 #94
Suppose Nancy or Hillary got shot? edbermac Sep 2025 #95
I fully agree. OLDMDDEM Sep 2025 #96
those who live by the AR-15.... Mustellus Sep 2025 #98
yup, just like with Luigi Skittles Sep 2025 #101
We should kill the messenger. Ban their message Melon Sep 2025 #105
Thank you customerserviceguy Sep 2025 #107
This deserves 300 recs. WarGamer Sep 2025 #110
From RFK... 3825-87867 Sep 2025 #116
Agreed Darnell1972 Sep 2025 #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 2025 #118
FAFO to the gun humpers. nt Xipe Totec Sep 2025 #122
I will say what I want Wifes husband Sep 2025 #124
There is a scroll feature on the browser. Klarkashton Sep 2025 #126
Do not understand Wifes husband Sep 2025 #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 2025 #128
This message was self-deleted by its author COL Mustard Sep 2025 #129
Tots and pears wolfie001 Sep 2025 #130
His policies PROMOTE this very same violence. This is clearly the kind of country Republicans want, one where anyone can Karasu Sep 2025 #131
I suppose you felt sorry for ole Adolf Eichmann as well? paleotn Sep 2025 #132
this shit always happens Kali Sep 2025 #134
Don't mistake that someone receives random justice for glee JCMach1 Sep 2025 #135
If you've been bad; lord I bet you have, and you've not been hit by flying lead Martin Eden Sep 2025 #138
I concur 100% Devilsun Sep 2025 #139
Fire enid602 Sep 2025 #140
This is scary if some Republican gets YoshidaYui Sep 2025 #141
They already have that idea! That's what this man promoted Phentex Sep 2025 #146
Let's be clear on something. When the Orange Pedophile in the White House kicks off, as he will... NNadir Sep 2025 #148
It is disgusting TheDemsshouldhireme Sep 2025 #149
i haven't been gleeful. barbtries Sep 2025 #150
There is a difference between gleeful NewEnglandAutumn Sep 2025 #151
No gleefulness at all. I'm just saddened by two things: (1) That this political violence is happening in America and iluvtennis Sep 2025 #156
Well, his people made Kyle Rittenhouse, the little rat, into a hero. viva la Sep 2025 #158
This message was self-deleted by its author fujiyamasan Sep 2025 #159
The GOP has had every opportunity to help change that. Hell, they still could, if they really wanted to. But Karasu Sep 2025 #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 2025 #160
The right wing gun nuts are gleefully celecbrating the birth of a new martyr for fascism. Ping Tung Sep 2025 #161
War is hell. nt BWdem4life Sep 2025 #163
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