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1. And the Left is giving them all the ammunition they want.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 01:06 PM
Sep 2025

Look at social media; "Left wingers" doing "Bong rips for charlie", remixes of the killing shot with music on top, mocking his family and saying his kids should be killed too "Just in case". And you have the Right responding, ambushing Lefties and beating the shit out of the in the streets.

I said it once and I'll say it again. Whoever killed him just gave the Right ALL the ammo they'll ever need to start a shooting war if they want. Because Kirk isn't just American, he's an Internet personality. Right wing across all countries are rallying behind him, from Nepal to Australia to the UK to Chile. That ONE SHOT validated every right wing action in every country on Earth. And if the rumors are true that the bullets contain some sort of agenda written on them, no matter what it is, we are in for a worldwide Rightward shift even worse than we saw in 2024. I hope I'm wrong but I REALLY don't think I am.

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And the Left is giving them all the ammunition they want. Hellbound Hellhound Sep 2025 #1
Settle down there, Sparky. There isn't going to be any "shooting war." PSPS Sep 2025 #5
I say "Shooting", but I just generally mean violence. Hellbound Hellhound Sep 2025 #7
Brownshirts cracking heads in streets...oh, wait...that is Redhats doing that...n/t PatrickforB Sep 2025 #48
Reminds me of how TV westerns in the 50's got kids all gun happy. Crowman2009 Sep 2025 #35
Now, here now. I loved my Roy Rogers cap pistol and my Daisy BB gun LiberalArkie Sep 2025 #42
Agree...in a few days he'll be like rush limbaugh....nobody will be talking about him. PortTack Sep 2025 #50
Of course we know ALL social media posts are true. Republicans couldn't have planted those posts at all. live love laugh Sep 2025 #6
When I say Social Media, I don't just mean texts. I mean videos. Hellbound Hellhound Sep 2025 #8
There are worse videos and comments of attacks on Democrats like Pelosi's husband. Nobody threatened Civil War for the live love laugh Sep 2025 #12
St. Charlie himself graced Paul Pelosi with his gentle wit after he was attacked. Crunchy Frog Sep 2025 #20
Don Jr's post of tighty whiteys and a hammer is still the worst. rubbersole Sep 2025 #30
I follow journalist Greg Sargent on Bluesky, as I did on Twitter. Yesterday I saw him copying highplainsdem Sep 2025 #14
Quite so. And I honestly had no real reply to those who have said "Stop pointing fingers at us!" Hellbound Hellhound Sep 2025 #15
Agreed. Btw, this is what Mamdani posted yesterday on Bluesky - "I'm horrified by the shooting of highplainsdem Sep 2025 #23
Yeah. I'm not going to say Kirk was a saint, Hellbound Hellhound Sep 2025 #25
Probably quicker,too. BattleRow Sep 2025 #33
He as intent on getting the Epstein Files released MadameButterfly Sep 2025 #39
His own words do an even better job of that than anyone else ever could Torchlight Sep 2025 #21
The shot heard round the world. BattleRow Sep 2025 #32
Though not this, they would have found something MadameButterfly Sep 2025 #40
THE MARTYR, they likely created would be my take! usaf-vet Sep 2025 #37
That is my opinion as well. stage left Sep 2025 #47
A little too convenient. n/t yellow dahlia Sep 2025 #60
What makes you so sure those "Left wingers" MorbidButterflyTat Sep 2025 #58
fascists don't need a martyr, they can pull any crap they want without an excuse and get away with it ImNotGod Sep 2025 #2
Perhaps, but they do tend to make up crises to rile up their people MadameButterfly Sep 2025 #41
You're right. Baitball Blogger Sep 2025 #3
sometimes when you are dealing with zealots, they may decide martyrs are necessary... dweller Sep 2025 #4
More like the PR infusion they needed leftstreet Sep 2025 #9
Good post and idea but, not so sure. People have the attention span to repeat this sentence. chouchou Sep 2025 #10
I might be wrong for the first time in my life but this shooting does not pass my smell test. Botany Sep 2025 #11
VERY orchestrated. The bloodlust chorus of shrill RW voices is telling. live love laugh Sep 2025 #49
Releasing that they had recovered the rifle and gave out the type and caliber of the weapon is really strange Botany Sep 2025 #54
Leon's leading the pack trying to slither back into the inner circle. live love laugh Sep 2025 #57
And less then a month or two ago we have one of Trump's ICE agents saying that he was there (some US .. Botany Sep 2025 #59
Martyrs Can Never Be Silenced MrWowWow Sep 2025 #13
You are not wrong debsy Sep 2025 #16
Unleashing hate and violence was Kirk's stock in trade Martin Eden Sep 2025 #17
They don't need an excuse Mblaze Sep 2025 #18
Horst Wessel of 2025 irisblue Sep 2025 #19
He's the American Kirov. Crunchy Frog Sep 2025 #22
The martyr they CREATED and INSPIRED. (nt) Heidi Sep 2025 #24
I think the High Sheriffs of "The Great MAGA Cause"... Raster Sep 2025 #52
I'm afraid you aren't wrong orangecrush Sep 2025 #26
K&R UTUSN Sep 2025 #27
I don't think they will get the mileage they want out of this death. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #28
So silly ... this guy was no Martin Luther King or UpInArms Sep 2025 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author ashredux Sep 2025 #31
Trump would have been a better martyr... I've heard people say. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #34
As if "he was the martyr they needed" was the only reason, they wanted to do this for years tornado34jh Sep 2025 #36
It's more like the distraction that the Orange Assclown needed. Crowman2009 Sep 2025 #38
I'm trying to dig myself out of this thought, but I fear he's the 21st century equivalent of Ft. Sumter. Pacifist Patriot Sep 2025 #43
Their Horst Wessel Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2025 #44
how about those epstein files? quakerboy Sep 2025 #45
My hope is that Charlie's followers will blame Dumpy because of the Epstein stuff. Clouds Passing Sep 2025 #46
just saying exactly that to my son-in-law rurallib Sep 2025 #51
Martyrs Can Never Be Silenced MrWowWow Sep 2025 #53
Nonsense FrankBooth Sep 2025 #55
Well, it was going to be somebody. hamsterjill Sep 2025 #56
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