zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
Got to match you all.Oh look - fake outrage from reddit boy
Got to match you all.Oh look - fake outrage from reddit boy
Only that you couldn’t prove that while communism has a long history of murdering 100+M people.Label MAGA a terrorist organization (easy to prove) and then make those POS clowns ineligible to run. EASY
Grow up child.
Murder is a legal definition. I could get into the minutia of your argument and point the stupidity.Only that you couldn’t prove that while communism has a long history of murdering 100+M people.
It has. I might not share in your view of where the percentage of political violence is being stoked more or all the factors causing it, but it’s pervasive and honestly painful to watch. What gives me hope is that outside of the brief time I’ve allowed myself to see what’s happening on the internet, that hasn’t carried over into the real world. The few conversations I had or observed today at work about the shooting have been both somber and grounded, and a far cry from what people are putting out there when they have anonymity or are speaking into an echo chamber.The volume of what your describing has been ominous
Leftists cheered when little kids died in a floodIt has. I might not share in your view of where the percentage of political violence is being stoked more or all the factors causing it, but it’s pervasive and honestly painful to watch. What gives me hope is that outside of the brief time I’ve allowed myself to see what’s happening on the internet, that hasn’t carried over into the real world. The few conversations I had or observed today at work about the shooting have been both somber and grounded, and a far cry from what people are putting out there when they have anonymity or are speaking into an echo chamber.
The other day you said you did not want be associated with my worldview. But my worldview is the opposite of the ones you are rightfully condemning.Took a quick perusal through X this afternoon despite myself, and I see everyone is being very level-headed, reasonable and empathetic about this event. Still no appetite to discuss an assassination right now, but I hope as a collective nation we can find the strength to lower the temperature a bit and not let this anger and hatred deprive us of our humanity.
And while this may trigger some as a “both-sides” equivocation, I take far less umbrage with commentators on the right feeling a righteous sense of anger at this violence than I do the people on the left celebrating or mocking it. I could certainly do without the declarations of war or calls for the abolition of progressives or whatever, but grief and fear are powerful emotions and social media serves as a means to amplify them. I’ll withhold much judgement unless words turn into actionable tyranny or violence.
What’s really drawn my ire is the casual cruelty and lack of moral consistency from many (not all) on the left. No, I don’t fucking care that Charlie Kirk made inflammatory statements about the 2nd Amendment or minority groups or any other topic. Yes, I greatly disliked his views and personally thought many of them were harmful to my vision of society. But even as someone who disagreed with him as strongly as one can, by no means are these grounds for what I’ve seen. To those participating in it or condoning it, I invite you to question why you take this form of violence so lightly and why you would be so selective in your empathy. Two young children lost a father, a young woman lost her partner, and countless others lost a friend, colleague and voice. Regardless of what you think of Kirk or the various people who might fall into those categories, it’s just bad for the soul to revel in their pain. Empathy matters, even when it’s hard to find. Search harder.
If you thought my point in that post was that I didn’t want to be associated with your worldview, I’d encourage you to re-read it. You’ve been at my throat for days due to your anger over the bus stabbing. I expressed that I was already taking a break from social media when the Kirk news hit but offered my brief thoughts of disgust at the act and well wishes for Kirk, and you responded by telling me to reflect on my worldview.The other day you said you did not want be associated with my worldview. But my worldview is the opposite of the ones you are rightfully condemning.
Trust me when I say I think your ideas are insane. But you are not in danger from me talking to me. Your biggest danger is from your tolerance friends for talking to me
I've told you time and time again that I at least respect the fact that you're willing to go to bat for the ideas you believe, as opposed to every other liberal on this board.If you thought my point in that post was that I didn’t want to be associated with your worldview, I’d encourage you to re-read it. You’ve been at my throat for days due to your anger over the bus stabbing. I expressed that I was already taking a break from social media when the Kirk news hit but offered my brief thoughts of disgust at the act and well wishes for Kirk, and you responded by telling me to reflect on my worldview.
I feel no danger from talking from you, but frankly I do not see that as the opposite of what I condemned here. You have recently questioned everything from my intelligence to my desire for people to not be senselessly murdered based on the views you claim I support. When even others questioned if you were perhaps being a bit over the top blaming me, a person who has never voted in Charlotte, North Carolina, you brushed it off because I thought wrong. When I expressed that the reason I’ve been away is due to panic attacks brought on by a medical emergency, you offered no words of encouragement and instead looped back around in the middle of the night to take more jabs at me for my association with Democrats. And that’s fine, dude. I’m a big boy, I’m not internalizing your words here and I am in no danger.
But while you might not have committed an act of violence against me, I don’t see this as a behavior that is contrary to the rhetoric you’re blaming for political violence. You failed to see me, a person you’ve debated on here for a decade, as anything more than a vessel for political views you oppose. And I think that’s the very problem driving the uptick in political violence these days. We can once again disagree on which side is creating more divisive or violent rhetoric, but I think the root cause is that we’ve become increasingly comfortable stripping those who support different policies or views of their humanity. Whether that manifests as mocking a man shot dead in front of his wife and children or taking extra time out of your day to twist a knife in my back when I’m struggling with my mental health, I just see that as symptoms of the same disease.
I think you should clarify saying Trump said the SUspect is in custody.Suspect in custody
People saying it’s that guy with the megaphone
It’s pretty telling that all the lefties have fallen off over that time period.I've told you time and time again that I at least respect the fact that you're willing to go to bat for the ideas you believe, as opposed to every other liberal on this board.
Doing so though makes you a target of easy criticism. You have spent years and years explaining that you believe a softer approach to criminality is the proper way, so when a story as gruesome of a 14 convicted criminal murdering an innocent hits, im sorry... thats an example of the outcomes of policy you vote for. You have spent years saying we should chemically castrate children, so when an insane tranny shoots up a church full of a children, that is the outcome of a policy you support
As for your mental health... im not the type of person to coddle or sugar coat things. When you said you were taking a break, i thought it was an excuse to not have to deal with having to defend yet another gruesome murder your side committed. Its just not my style and won't ever be. If engaging with a stranger on a message board impacts your mental health negatively, then I recommend you take the thethe approach and just avoid it. As is, im sorry if I contributed to it any way, but I won't change my directness or honesty to what I think is the truth
To your credit (sadly), youre the only one on here who expressed a legitimate sadness about Kirk. The other libs seemed to take glee, and they feel nothing when Harvard professors are celebrating. and yeah, that pisses me off to no end. Both sides are getting radicalized for different reasons. The left believes we are all nazis and wants people like me dead. And the right is mad that the other side wants us dead and cheers when it happens
Its time for a national divorce before something worse happens