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In reply to the discussion: I really hate the use of the term 'assassination' in regards to the Kirk murder... [View all]
forthemiddle
(1,459 posts)37. I would say he was a prominent person. And he was killed for political reasons.
Go back to when he was killed.
The headlines here, on DU, screamed Charlie Kirk shot!
Very few responses said “WHO?” Or claimed they had never heard of him.
Whether you believe it not, Charlie Kirk was their Greta, or their David Hogg. Would anyone have a problem calling them prominent people?
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I really hate the use of the term 'assassination' in regards to the Kirk murder... [View all]
Wounded Bear
Sep 2025
OP
I think that's because the CEO of an insurance company isn't technically a political figure.
ShazzieB
Sep 2025
#38
True -- but he was overtly political in a way that a business executive usually is not.
ShazzieB
Sep 2025
#49
Chaps my butt, too. Kennedy was assasinated, Ghandi was assasinated. Kirk was murdered.
marble falls
Sep 2025
#3
How about "offed" to counterbalance the deification of this community college dropout?
GreenWave
Sep 2025
#32
I would say he was a prominent person. And he was killed for political reasons.
forthemiddle
Sep 2025
#37
To consider using that term is downright odd, isn't it? As alarming as it was hearing Trump claiming he's a "star"
Judi Lynn
Sep 2025
#12
Assassination : 'The murder by sudden or secret attack of a prominent political leader'
speak easy
Sep 2025
#18
Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden or secret attack, of a person--especially if prominent or important.
Celerity
Sep 2025
#15
Your not alone. It elevates his ordinary murder to being more important than it really is.
QueerDuck
Sep 2025
#22
I'd call it "taking out the trash". But I know we're still in the performative outrage stage of the incident.
Aristus
Sep 2025
#26
My favourite line from "Grace Quigley", "But Ma, that would be murder!" "No, it is
niyad
Sep 2025
#45
Technically it's accurate - an assassination usually refers to the targeted killing
Ocelot II
Sep 2025
#29
Equally, the description of him as "conservative". I know the terms are thoroughly blurred, but...
JHB
Sep 2025
#39
The problem with using the word now is we still don't know what the motive was.
Wiz Imp
Sep 2025
#41
Too many people here on DU using it, and hence buying into the RW narrative.
Crunchy Frog
Sep 2025
#48