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edhopper

(37,375 posts) Fri Sep 12, 2025, 04:14 PM Sep 2025

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This is NOT a national tragedy! [View all]

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Every media outlet, including the so called liberal MSNBC, is treating Kirk's murder like the freaking Kennedy assassination.
It's one gun death among the thousands we see every year.
This country has lost it's fucking mind.

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This is NOT a national tragedy! [View all] edhopper Sep 2025 OP

I'd sure like to know what's behind it n/t leftstreet Sep 2025 #1

It's a RW influencer tragedy! And personal tragedy for his family. LeftInTX Sep 2025 #2

Well, since his children are 1 and 3, TNNurse Sep 2025 #21

Yikes. They'll be tramatized by it over time MadameButterfly Sep 2025 #25

They'd be equally traumatized if he lived. paleotn Sep 2025 #35

and they'd be reallly lousy human beings MadameButterfly Sep 2025 #36

Exactly. paleotn Sep 2025 #45

Not necessarily. Trump is a Grade A prick. 3Hotdogs Sep 2025 #59

I share that sentiment. yellow dahlia Sep 2025 #77

Post removed Post removed Sep 2025 #81

I was 10 when my father died. TNNurse Sep 2025 #57

Their mother is no less bigoted Random Boomer Sep 2025 #93

He said if his daughter was raped at 10 JenniferJuniper Sep 2025 #37

I hope, when she is of age, she learns that. intrepidity Sep 2025 #79

Absolutely! Bayard Sep 2025 #3

Our media is broken. spanone Sep 2025 #4

As is our country, in large part because of the media. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2025 #6

Most who voted for thr Felon in Chief Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2025 #96

Excellent way of putting it, and even though it's been shown to them Eliot Rosewater Sep 2025 #102

That is what will forever blow my mind. Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2025 #112

How would you go about fixing it? (n.t.) Oeditpus Rex Sep 2025 #49

I have no clue. Journalism appears dead. spanone Sep 2025 #51

As separate statements, those coroborate each other. (n.t.) Oeditpus Rex Sep 2025 #62

I don't think political killings are good for nation, no matter how you cut it. Whether it's an incel, trumspter, Antifa Silent Type Sep 2025 #5

Political killings may not be good for the country, PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2025 #13

That is definitely a good outcome, especially if it doesn't hurt us in elections. Silent Type Sep 2025 #17

It might. hurts us in elections MadameButterfly Sep 2025 #26

If it's a true that this was Right-on-Right violence, I am not sure how it hurts us at the ballot box. nt Gore1FL Sep 2025 #71

if that message gets through to the MAGAs MadameButterfly Sep 2025 #76

I totally agree. Khrushchev said, and we are seeing it. phxjurist Sep 2025 #18

What in the OP says it's good? dpibel Sep 2025 #20

OP says it ranks low on assassination meter, I disagree. I think trumpsters take it seriously and Silent Type Sep 2025 #24

But treating Kirk like a Kennedy MadameButterfly Sep 2025 #28

Not a POTUS or Senator etc leftstreet Sep 2025 #29

It does. edhopper Sep 2025 #42

It ranks high because most everyone viewed it instead of just reading about it womanofthehills Sep 2025 #87

Did I say it was good edhopper Sep 2025 #41

Pretty much said it ranked low on totem pole. But it's not that big a deal. If I remember, WW2 started with Silent Type Sep 2025 #44

That was WWI not WWII MLWR Sep 2025 #48

Who was heir to the throne Nasruddin Sep 2025 #72

Nah, it wasn't lonely bird Sep 2025 #92

That was WWI edhopper Sep 2025 #54

Not quite accurate. Torchlight Sep 2025 #97

He was not a small figure womanofthehills Sep 2025 #88

It wasn't a "political killing" or a political assassination. It was an internecine battle between cults. erronis Sep 2025 #56

But it's looking like this wasn't even a political killing . . . markpkessinger Sep 2025 #63

This message was self-deleted by its author COL Mustard Sep 2025 #90

There once was a time where people generally agreed that all ideas should be tested with 'exposure to sunlight' ClaudetteCC Sep 2025 #95

Agree, although certainly the gun culture as a whole... ananda Sep 2025 #7

Our media is gone AStern Sep 2025 #8

The only national tragedy I see here is that ... pat_k Sep 2025 #9

I like your "perhaps every governor..." argument. calimary Sep 2025 #52

I'm writing a message to WA Gov Bob Ferguson's office pat_k Sep 2025 #60

I'd guess every outlet in the political online universe has somebody keeping an eye out. calimary Sep 2025 #66

I'm waiting for tsf to have his casket interred on the WH lawn. rubbersole Sep 2025 #10

We'll do a Cromwell on him once we take that house back. paleotn Sep 2025 #38

How 'bout the front gate... rubbersole Sep 2025 #80

They made it a huge deal because they thought it would be a good StarryNite Sep 2025 #11

They are looking for excuses to MadameButterfly Sep 2025 #30

Hell, they were desperate for him to be that! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Sep 2025 #89

My mom and dad voted for John Kennedy. That asshat was no John Kennedy Bengus81 Sep 2025 #12

The media mentions the trauma of his brutal murder Mtnmama Sep 2025 #14

"Why haven't we done anything to address the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction?" Dulcinea Sep 2025 #32

None of my family, neighbors or friends knew who he was before this week wishstar Sep 2025 #15

I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about politics in general. llmart Sep 2025 #64

time to spend the evening with a book NJCher Sep 2025 #16

I only saw it channel surfing edhopper Sep 2025 #19

I'm done with MSNBC and CNN AverageOldGuy Sep 2025 #22

I'm clinging to MSNBC with all its faults MadameButterfly Sep 2025 #33

AFAIAC, charlie kirk is already buried. lastlib Sep 2025 #23

Way over the top coverage for just one killing. Emile Sep 2025 #27

Well he was a big fish in the right wing sewer. Conjuay Sep 2025 #67

I assure you I have gone about my life very normally these last few days Justice Brandeis Sep 2025 #31

Um. Any relation? MadameButterfly Sep 2025 #34

I just saw a clip where Charlie Kirk said we need to bring back public executions, and they should be televised.. crimycarny Sep 2025 #39

YEP. Where was all this mourning and martyring when the two Dems and their dog ... CousinIT Sep 2025 #40

Well, the world lost an irreplaceable giant dalton99a Sep 2025 #43

CK is the victim of a MAGA civil war. Sneederbunk Sep 2025 #46

And there is certainly more coverage of this bullshit than there EVER is with mass school shootings. BigDemVoter Sep 2025 #47

Since the right wing controls most media now Diraven Sep 2025 #50

While it's true that in both cases there was zero chance of survival from the type of wounds... Montauk6 Sep 2025 #53

I can't even watch msnbc anymore kimbutgar Sep 2025 #55

I turned it off after the election too BlueSpot Sep 2025 #83

Ah grasshopper, it is a tragedy that they call it a tragedy. twodogsbarking Sep 2025 #58

It's nauseating. nt mcar Sep 2025 #61

The tragedy EnergizedLib Sep 2025 #65

How is Kirk's death any different than the daily deaths, in America, from gun violence? dlk Sep 2025 #68

I tuned into the Bears-Pack game Hassler Sep 2025 #69

It's the sudden canonization of Kirk that I find nauseating. That he died tragically does not change that. SunSeeker Sep 2025 #70

40000 gun deaths a year and this was the BIG ONE? Give me a fucking break. NoMoreRepugs Sep 2025 #73

The first time that Republicans have responded to a school shooting RainCaster Sep 2025 #74

I'm genuinely pissed off at all the businesses, etc., flying the flag bullwinkle428 Sep 2025 #75

I don't know if I'd agree with that assessment. I can see the argument that it's a national tragedy in a couple ways. Jedi Guy Sep 2025 #78

Nope, not a national tragedy. Just another gun nut killing, and the person killed supported gun nuts. Martin68 Sep 2025 #82

It may well turn out to be a national tragedy soldierant Sep 2025 #84

Yes. I just pleaded my spouse to turn off KCAL 9. C Moon Sep 2025 #85

It is a national tragedy. Aussie105 Sep 2025 #86

No Not In The Least - and let me just point out one minor detail - Lokee11 Sep 2025 #91

Agreed. I remember much less outcry when Squeaky Fromme shot at Gerald Ford. no_hypocrisy Sep 2025 #94

Kirk's death is absolutely simply one among thousands. BobTheSubgenius Sep 2025 #98

I think... SickOfTheOnePct Sep 2025 #99

Do you know think it warrants edhopper Sep 2025 #103

No SickOfTheOnePct Sep 2025 #113

Melissa Hortman. Scrivener7 Sep 2025 #100

It's Just the Unremarkable Death Of Yet Another Hatemonger MrWowWow Sep 2025 #101

I never heard of him before this week. milestogo Sep 2025 #104

This is part of the national tragedy... returnee Sep 2025 #105

Except edhopper Sep 2025 #107

That's the story... returnee Sep 2025 #111

My neighbor, three doors down, has his American flag at half mast. Turbineguy Sep 2025 #106

It is a litmus test. edhopper Sep 2025 #108

There are 188 houses in our subdivision. Turbineguy Sep 2025 #109

I'm glad to say I didn't waste one second watching any M$M coverage of any of it Blue Owl Sep 2025 #110