Leo Gura

Not directly, but the fascistic MAGA base celebrates political violence and delights in it. This is consistent with far right psychology. They did it with the Paul Pelosi violent attack and even blamed Paul for it. They love to talk about civil war. They hold the Jan 6 insurrectionists as pariots and Trump pardoned them. The Proud Boys and various patriot militia groups. This is part of a larger psychological pattern of dimissing empathy as important, and eagerness to battle leftists because they feel they are more masculine and will win the war. Kirk was a key leader in this large political movement, racheting up the polarization of American politics. The entire problem with this kind of politics is that it ends up devolving into violence and the leaders themselves become victims, including Trump. Those who study political history understand that this is how authoritarian movements unfold. None of this is to justify Kirk's murder. There are just larger patterns at play here which a student of history sees.

Obviously Trump will not face justice for writing a perverted letter 30 years ago.

Clear video of the sniper here. This is definitely him:

It's been so long I don't even remember him in the book.

Do you know how risky it would be for a Mossad agent to do this operation? How risky it would be of Israel. This would be an insane gamble for little benefit. If the guy was caught Israel would have a total PR disaster on their hands. The entire MAGA right would turn against them. It just makes no sense. MAGA is good for them. Killing a top MAGA actor is stupid. Charlie helps MAGA win elections. You don't kill a guy like that. He is an ally.

Good analysis of the sniper. There is a few seconds of video footage of the sniper on the rooftop dressed in all-black. Note: the trans photo of the shooter seems to be a fake, so be careful.

Except we have no idea what in that book is true. That book was half fiction and exaggeration. You are trusting a book written by a PUA to maximize sales.

It makes no sense for Mossad to assassinate him. Mossad agents are not going to risk their own asses to snipe a MAGA conservative on American soil. That is a stupid plot that is likely to get the agent killed for no reward.

Back when I was learning from him he had no political stances. He got radicalized with Covid and the collapse of RSD.

Suffering evokes empathy. This does not need to involve a moral judgment.

On a personal level, yes. On a political level, no. You can watch Hitler get killed and feel bad for him. This idea that you kill Hitler and feel happy about it is childish. There is sadness in the death of any organism regardless of what it did.

On a personal level, yes. On a political level, no.

A cold-blooded murder is lamentable regardless of who it is.

It gets so much worse than EP3. AI can write better episodes than EP6.

It does follow. This event is very bad for democracy. Trump is a monster but killing civilians is not okay. No contradiction.

That's awesome man. Who did you rob? Just kidding

It is rather odd that this shooter was so professional. Does not seem like something a random unhinged lunatic could pull off. That shot was pro sniper style. A rando lunatic would not have shot from so far away but rushed the stage for close ambush. What leftist has this kind of sniper training? And the fact he escaped means he had a good escape plan. It might be possible they won't even catch him.

This doesn't follow. Trump is bad but we don't want his supporters shot unless they are being violent. Yes, it is wrong to shoot a Trump supporter.

It will take a full on war to make America worth leaving. The Twitter world is not the real world. Everyday life in America has barely changed. Politics is not city life. You can live in a house, not look at the news, and you won't even know anything changed in 5 years.

I doubt that. The Epstein story never ends and people are too attached to it to forget. This story has legs. There's just too much juicy evidence now.

Sounds silly. My guess is it was some pro-Palestinian activist seeking revenge for Charlie's 100% pro-Zionist views. As I said before, the atrocities in Gaza will cause terrorism in America for generations to come. I think this is the first major case of that. Just practically, Charlie would have done 40 years of new propaganda had he lived. So it is a setback for the right. It will not be so easy for them to replace him. He was a huge leader on their side and he played a big role in winning elections for MAGA. He swung elections. But even so, killing him was wrong. We can't kill people just for having ideology we disagree with. That is not democracy. I think this is quite different. Trump was shot at but lived. So it wasn't a big deal. I've already seen frightening levels of radicalization and demonization of the left and Dems as evil for causing this.

Guys, NO. This is a very negative event for everyone. No one will win from this event except extremist lunatics. Even if you hate Kirk, if you could push a button and undo this event, you'd be a fool not to push it.

I am not as rich as you think I am. They don't care who killed him. They just need an excuse to hate the left.

But egging them on to fight definitely makes it worse.

It's a huge deal. He was a major political actor. This goes way beyond just some dude getting killed. The implications are deeply ideological and national. I already see right-wingers going full patriot lunatic mode.