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A man attacked the husband of congresswoman Nancy Pelosi with a hammer, almost killing him. Charlie Kirk laughs about it. He says anyone who bailed out the attacker would be a great patriot (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) by Vazal@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Sources:

👉 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64428041

👉 https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/charlie-kirk-bail-out-alleged-paul-pelosi-attacker-1234621493/

👉 https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/charlie-kirk-once-called-patriot-180221252.html

Do I think Charlie Kirk should have been murdered? NO.

But it SICKENS me to see so many americans paying tribute to him.

He laughed about violence

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[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Because he's been martryed. Because in a civil society rather than being murdered he wouldn't have any real base to start with.

[–] RaoulDuke85@piefed.social 17 points 9 hours ago

Most people already forgot. Especially his wife.

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

He's been fast food martyr marketed like a forced meme. So artificial and it shows lol. Nobody genuinely cared that fuckhead died.

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago

Genuine care is not a necessity for martyrdom. In fact I'd say in most cases there is not genuine care.