Conservative activist, Charlie Kirk, has been shot and killed at University

[PenguinPablo]

@Something Funny You don't have to. People's identity is way too caught up in politics. It breeds extreme emotions and extreme situations. Even if you are more level headed than 99.9999% of people. It only takes 1 possessed lunatic to spark the match.

[Lyubov]

2 minutes ago, Hardkill said:

I fear this tragic event could give more ammunition to the idea that both parties are equally bad and other asinine false equivalencies.

Dude, you give them and inche and they run ten miles with this. Every opposition to the Dems is already screaming at the top of their lungs they are gay brown communists overtaking this Christian nations. They’ve been saying it since Obama. Not a single innocent bystander will be affected by the messaging form this. They’ve already been told every lie under the sun by right wing fascists since 2009. 

[ExploringReality]

1 hour ago, Leo Gura said:

Except cars are necessary and American gun culture is not. The rest of the world lives fine without owning 15 guns per household.

Gun culture versus postmodernist and libs, who you got? 😏 

People have these silly ideological stances. Either your gun control or you're for gun culture. But there's nothing wrong with having gun access with strict regulations and safety to keep people safe to the best we can. 

Leo, why do you think that Kirk got shot? Honestly, because it's obvious to me that he didn't die for truth, but I'm curious as to what you think what caused his death

Edited Wednesday at 11:32 PM by ExploringReality

[Something Funny]

5 minutes ago, PenguinPablo said:

It only takes 1 possessed lunatic to spark the match.

And God said, Let there be fire: and there was fire.

[LordFall]

35 minutes ago, Something Funny said:

OMG, can you spin a more grandiose story about him please?

Charlie Kirk was a Titan, single-handedly holding up western civilization on his shoulders, the last bastion of the free speech and Truth in America. Jesus decided to take him from us today so that he could join his side in Heaven. God bless his soul, amen.

Seriously, the bullshit levels are just astounding with you guys.

How much fighting for democracy have you done apart from being a keyboard warrior on the internet? 

[Leo Gura]

When your political opponents are killed it can arouse mixed emotional reactions. This is natural. On the one hand you feel empathy for the murder, on the other hand you can feel a sick glee that someone heinous got his comeuppance.

The mind is not always a positive empathy machine. Complex, confliciting emotions can rise. The important thing is to stay mindful of them.

[Apparition of Jack]

Just now, Leo Gura said:

When your political opponents are killed it can arouse mixed emotional reactions. This is natural. On the one hand you feel empathy for the murder, on the other hand you can feel a sick glee that someone heinous got his comeuppance.

The mind is not always a positive empathy machine. Complex, confliciting emotions can rise. The important thing is to stay mindful of them.

Being human is complicated.

[Something Funny]

1 minute ago, LordFall said:

How much fighting for democracy have you done apart from being a keyboard warrior on the internet? 

I've done infinitely more for democracy than your friend Charlie, who's had a net negative impact on it, by being a sober, moral, prudent citizen. 

[ExploringReality]

4 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

When your political opponents are killed it can arouse mixed emotional reactions. This is natural. On the one hand you feel empathy for the murder, on the other hand you can feel a sick glee that someone heinous got his comeuppance.

The mind is not always a positive empathy machine. Complex, confliciting emotions can rise. The important thing is to stay mindful of them.

Thank you Leo, this ties into our work here. This will go over most people's heads, this is introspection live happening in real time as this situation unfolds. 

[LordFall]

2 minutes ago, Something Funny said:

I've done infinitely more for democracy than your friend Charlie, who's had a net negative impact on it, by being a sober, moral, prudent citizen. 

Being a random dude is not fighting for democracy. Being a public figure speaking on controversial topics for what you believe is the betterment of the people is a heroic action. You disagreeing with his views doesn't change that.

Anybody that's happy a political assassination has happened in the world's leading democracy has something wrong with them. 

[Something Funny]

 

[oldhandle]

“I think empathy is a made up New Age term that does a lot of damage" — Charlie Kirk

"Gun deaths are unfortunately worth it to keep 2nd amendment" — Charlie Kirk

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

Charlie Kirk said the man who attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband should be bailed out of prison.

Obviously he had 0 sympathy for Palestine children deaths and was super pro Israel s well.

There is no natural law ,like the law of gravity, that says if you talk a lot of shit you will always be protected. Being a professional shit talker, pissing tons of people off, is like being a race car driver, you just might die on the track. 

[Something Funny]

1 minute ago, LordFall said:

Being a random dude is not fighting for democracy.

Being a responsible, conscious citizen is the essense of democracy.

Anybody who thinks that a propagandist who cares about nothing but his wallet is a hero has something wrong with them.

[Husseinisdoingfine]

47 minutes ago, Husseinisdoingfine said:

Leo explicitly says in his Conscious Politics - Part 2 episode, that the taking in delight of the suffering of political opponents is low consciousness behavior.

Skip to 49:21

 

[Joshe]

J6er pardoned by Trump: https://x.com/i/status/1965862749898158406

[LordFall]

9 minutes ago, Something Funny said:

Being a responsible, conscious citizen is the essense of democracy.

Anybody who thinks that a propagandist who cares about nothing but his wallet is a hero has something wrong with them.

Standing up for what you believe is righteous is the cornerstone of moral character and bravery. 

[MarkKol]

28 minutes ago, Joshe said:

Destiny better watch out too. 

Republicans and conservatives have always been targeted more, a counterintuitive twist.

I think it's because they often say much more radical things than the left, who's gonna shoot Bernie Sanders? The guy speaks about healthcare.

When you're a healthy politician or political figure, you speak about the unsexiest shit possible; meanwhile, if you're corrupt and deluded? Like Trump and Charlie, you will speak about things that get you shot, because they're radical, extremist, racist, etc...

[Ulax]

@DocWatts I’m curious why do you notice similarities between now and 1850s US?

[Willie]

Charlie Kirk was a strawman who took himself waaaaaaay too seriously. But, people who lean conservative are easy to fool, so he became popular. That’s much more tragic and harmful than a gunshot.

[Joshe]

1 minute ago, MarkKol said:

Republicans and conservatives have always been targeted more, a counterintuitive twist.

I think it's because they often say much more radical things than the left, who's gonna shoot Bernie Sanders? The guy speaks about healthcare.

When you're a healthy politician or political figure, you speak about the unsexiest shit possible; meanwhile, if you're corrupt and deluded? Like Trump and Charlie, you will speak about things that get you shot, because they're radical, extremist, racist, etc...

Yeah, but Destiny makes fun of the right when they get killed. He did it with the dude who got shot at Trump's assassination attempt and he also did it with Kirk. He's pointing out their hypocrisy, but they don't see it that way. I'd be concerned if I was Destiny.