Murder of Charlie Kirk

[Stranger Mouse]

Charlie Kirk.

Nothing good will come of this

[Grumble]

Charlie Kirk.

Nothing good will come of this

Well, one good thing

[Tessa K]

Charlie Kirk.

Nothing good will come of this

Well, one good thing

I am increasingly glad my American friends have emigrated to Canada.

[IvanV]

Charlie Kirk.

Do you mean RIP, or did you forget we also have a They'll none of them be missed thread.

[Gfamily]

Charlie Kirk.

Do you mean RIP, or did you forget we also have a They'll none of them be missed thread.

And now Twitter is pushing all the conniptions about how 'the left is violent' and 'the dangers of not respecting the far-right fascists, the neo-nazis and those that excuse them' - I think that's what they're saying.

In particular the lie that Bluesky is full of people applauding the killing.

[IvanV]

Charlie Kirk.

Do you mean RIP, or did you forget we also have a They'll none of them be missed thread.

And now Twitter is pushing all the conniptions about how 'the left is violent' and 'the dangers of not respecting the far-right fascists, the neo-nazis and those that excuse them' - I think that's what they're saying.

In particular the lie that Bluesky is full of people applauding the killing.

And I'm not applauding the killing. I don't approve of murdering people, however much I dislike them.

As a quite separate point from that, it is also exceedingly counter-productive in terms of the development of US politics. It creates a martyr, and allows the extremists to paint their opponents as being the extremists.

Nevertheless, it would be hypocritical of me to shed crocodile tears for such people.

[Tessa K]

Speculation is rife despite no one knowing the identity of the killer. It could be a pissed off girlfriend for all we know.

[Lew Dolby]

or a pised-off boyfriend !!??!!

hmm . . . time to start some social media rumours ??

[Stranger Mouse]

Speculation is rife despite no one knowing the identity of the killer. It could be a pissed off girlfriend for all we know.

Ive had pissed off girlfriends but never one who would use a sniper rifle.

No. They would want to get up close and use a blade so they can share all those intimate little moments.

[Stranger Mouse]

or a pised-off boyfriend !!??!!

hmm . . . time to start some social media rumours ??

A pissed off black, Moslem, trans, Democrat boyfriend if you’re going to start rumours.

[dyqik]

Whereas we now know it was a Nick Fuentes follower/massively online groyper who was pissed off that Kirk was too liberal.

[dyqik]

(this probably all belongs in a Weighty Matters thread. Do we have a ‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens thread? Not that I want to put an inter-far-right war among the school shootings)

[Martin Y]

I'm out of my depth by not knowing anything about Nick Fuentes and have not the first clue what a groyper is, but I do expect to be amused by the squirming excuses we'll see from people who will now steadfastly refuse to eat their own words.

[Tessa K]

I'm out of my depth by not knowing anything about Nick Fuentes and have not the first clue what a groyper is, but I do expect to be amused by the squirming excuses we'll see from people who will now steadfastly refuse to eat their own words.

Groypers are named after a cartoon amphibian named Groyper, a variant of the Internet meme Pepe the Frog.

Fuentes is their leader. They condemn liberals, ie any far right groups or individuals who are less extreme than them. And boy are they extreme.

[Martin Y]

Thanks Tessa.

[shpalman]

What we seem to know is that Tyler James Robinson put some references to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helldivers_2
on the bullet casings but not every news outlet understood:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8wl2y66p9o

[Grumble]

I'm out of my depth by not knowing anything about Nick Fuentes and have not the first clue what a groyper is, but I do expect to be amused by the squirming excuses we'll see from people who will now steadfastly refuse to eat their own words.

They will not be forced to eat their own words though, unless he stands up in court and says as much. And not even then. They will just keep repeating that it was a leftist plot and that leftists are all murderers and are therefore fair game. And the Democratic Party should be banned. Or something similar.

Stephen Miller said before this murder that the Democratic Party was an extremist organisation, I genuinely don’t think it’s beyond the bounds that Trump will try to clamp down on it.

[bjn]

They’ll find a way to turn him into a MAGA Horst Wessel.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Wessel

[Tristan]

What we seem to know is that Tyler James Robinson put some references to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helldivers_2
on the bullet casings but not every news outlet understood:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8wl2y66p9o

I think a lot of the media an ill equipped to cover this. That bbc article is a good example of that. Whilst we can’t be sure of anything yet I do think that if they’re going to mention the potential (though I think now unlikely) antifa connections they should also be covering the potential groyper link. But they just don’t understand a lot of this.

[jimbob]

Whereas we now know it was a Nick Fuentes follower/massively online groyper who was pissed off that Kirk was too liberal.

Yup over on The Other Place, I said "imagine him being assassinated for not being enough of an a..eh.le"

[Boustrophedon]

But is it OK to shoot Nazis?

[Chris Preston]

The Trump administration now seems to be going softer on the killer, because everything is transactional with Trump. The family were full on MAGA followers.

At the same time there was a teenager radicalised by white supremacists who shot students at a school in Evergreen, Colorado, but the Trump administration is shrugging its shoulders as if this is just a normal event.

[Grumble]

But is it OK to shoot Nazis?

Of course not, just not going to shed any tears for them.

[Boustrophedon]

The Trump administration now seems to be going softer on the killer, because everything is transactional with Trump. The family were full on MAGA followers.

At the same time there was a teenager radicalised by white supremacists who shot students at a school in Evergreen, Colorado, but the Trump administration is shrugging its shoulders as if this is just a normal event.

But it is normal for the US.

[Tessa K]

The fact that his partner is trans is making trans Americans very nervous