Why Charlie Kirk is not George Floyd [View all]

[EnergizedLib]

I've seen comparisons and mentions to Charlie Kirk and George Floyd, thinking they're similar, that Charlie Kirk is their George Floyd moment.

I've seen people wanting statues of Charlie Kirk, wanting tributes, canceling for not mourning the hatemonger, wanting all-out war and even a Congressman insinuating he would've been the 13th Disciple if he had lived in Biblical times - something that is, of course, blasphemous.

Charlie Kirk's murder is being pinned on one individual, one young man who was going to trade school, a private citizen with no evidence anybody else was involved. Yet, Charlie Kirk is being treated like a martyr.

I've heard for years how George Floyd wasn't a good person. Okay, maybe he wasn't, but he was murdered by somebody who was part of a system, someone who showed corrupt, how ugly the badge often is. If George Floyd was committing a crime that night and wasn't cooperating, certainly kneeling on his neck was a little excessive, especially to the point that he stopped being a threat, right?

Think of Jeffrey Dahmer. I think all of us can agree Jeffrey Dahmer was not a good person. After he was beat to death in prison, maybe the only people who mourned his death were his closest loved ones, but the inmate who beat Jeffrey Dahmer to death didn't get released or get a medal, he got a life sentence for it. And that's an example that there are consequences to certain actions even if committed against someone as heinous as Dahmer was.

And George Floyd might've been a criminal, but excessive force was shown against him. People could say Walter Scott should've cooperated instead of running away. But Michael Slager planting evidence on him after shooting him was all I needed to know that he was guilty, and Laquan McDonald's killer more or less got a slap on the wrist and very little prison time, but I came to the conclusion the officer who shot him dead was guilty, because if you shoot someone as many times as Laquan McDonald was shot, they're eventually no longer a threat.

So, someone being a criminal is not license for those with authority to use any kind of force or violence on them just because.

People like myself in 2020 were outraged at a system. Their side is outraged over what appears to be the actions of a lone wolf, actions that have been condemned in bipartisan fashion.