The Charlie Kirk Thread

[superrific]

Obama's 2015 Mother Emmanuel was in a different political era.

Trump's strong suit is not expressing empathy towards others so I have little hope his speech will be memorable. I just hope JD and the others rise to the occasion. PLEASE don't turn it into another Wellstone funeral - that's my fear.

What makes you think JD is capable of empathy? When was the last time he showed any empathy at all? Real empathy, not selective manufactured empathy.

 

[4thgenheel]

Pretty concise breakdown here, not just motives but how we got here

very interesting, thanks for sharing.

everyone should watch this, particularly all of you who keep insisting (with no proof) that Robinson was motivated by left wing ideology @ZenMode @Ramrouser etc etc

 

[Ramrouser]

What power does a "Gallop" poll have?

The idea that Democrats have morphed into the Democratic Socialist party is ridiculous. Identify the socialists for me, please. Obama? Harris? Schumer? Jeffries? Whitmer? Buttigieg? Is there any person who you would deem a socialist who is a plausible candidate for the Dems in 2028? And if so, who and how are they socialist?

By the way, what exactly do you think socialist means?

Currently the list is relatively small but the clear trend is in that direction.

Greg Caesar
AOC
Rashida Tlaib
Cori Bush
Jamal Bowman
Mamdani
Brandon Johnson
Obviously Bernie

Ask me the same question in 5 years and the list will be MUCH longer.

 

[superrific]

Currently the list is relatively small but the clear trend is in that direction.

Greg Caesar
AOC
Rashida Tlaib
Cori Bush
Jamal Bowman
Mamdani
Brandon Johnson
Obviously Bernie

Ask me the same question in 5 years and the list will be MUCH longer.

1. I don't know who Greg Caeser is. There is a Greg Casar. He is such a leader that he has served one term in Congress and is not running for re-election.
2. Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman aren't even in Congress any more. In both cases, they lost their primaries to more moderate candidates.
3. So your actual list is AOC and Tlaib and a couple of mayors or mayoral candidates. Can you even fathom how little that is? It's not even a rounding error.

To put the point differently, there are 210+ Democrats in the House, 47 in the Senate, 25 or so governors, and dozens of mayors who are not socialist. Compared to your three or four examples.

By my calculation, that's less than 1%. Care to revise your statement?

 

[Gmonet]

Bernie the independent who was - according to MAGA - screwed out of the nomination, maybe twice, by the Democratic party? That Bernie?

 

[dukeman92]

Zen can correct me if I am wrong, but I believe he voted 3rd party the last three elections.

Which is the same thing as voting for Trump.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

MAGA cares more about Kirk than kids getting killed.

 

[Oddball]

MAGA cares more about Lirk than kids getting killed.

And more than multiple cops being killed a week after... bc cops being killed by a white guy in rural Pennsylvania can't be exploited to help them with their dystopian crackdown on civil liberties

 

[dukeman92]

MAGA cares more about Kirk than kids getting killed.

The sad truth is that this is the only school shooting they've ever given a fuck about.

 

[theel4life]

MAGA cares more about Kirk than kids getting killed.

Sure seems that way.

 

[ZenMode]

Zen can correct me if I am wrong, but I believe he voted 3rd party the last three elections.

Yep. Gary Johnson. Jo Jorgensen. Chase Oliver.

Choice of Hillary and Trump was more than I could handle. Pushed me over the edge.

 

[Calheel]

August, 2025 Gallop survey shows that Dems now favor socialism over capitalism 66% to 42%.

The debate now is much more courser, crude and rude and both sides contributed to this fact.

That math isn’t mathing.

 

[TangledUpInBlue06]

 

[dukeman92]

Kirk didn’t serve in the armed forces, so this is kinda weird.

Pubs are going to milk to shit out of this. Kirk will have his own meme coin before Halloween.

 

[dukeman92]

 

[ZenMode]

I realize this topic has run its course, but....

 

[ZenMode]

very interesting, thanks for sharing.

everyone should watch this, particularly all of you who keep insisting (with no proof) that Robinson was motivated by left wing ideology @ZenMode @Ramrouser etc etc

Great story, but there's nothing conservative about him. He lamented his dad being "MAGA". His "partner" was a male, living as a female, dressed like a dog. He repeatedly explains his actions against Kirk as "hate" motivated. His own mother said he had become more political and liberal over that last year.

 

[dukeman92]

 

[Callatoroy]

Don’t worry I’m sure @Ramrouser and @Callatoroy will be here eminently to tell us this is no big deal and exactly the same as something Biden did, and @ZenMode will tell us that the real problem is that we shouldn’t be using the word fascism to describe the administration using the coercive power of the federal government to silence its critics.

No, im here to tell you that you should get off of social media for your news and away from people like David Frum, Aaron Rupar, etc. that post primarily rhetoric based shit designed to drive followers for their financial gain and get you riled up. In many cases they aren’t professional news people. They are influencers and provocateurs. You would be far less angry and hostile if you ignored their social media posts and just relied on the most unbiased news sources you could find. The level of anger and hatred on the zzl isn’t healthy and is largely driven by social media quotes.

 

[rodoheel]

Like I said before - both barrels. Get ready. Would not be surprised if he straight up said "fuck you" to Trump.