It's tempting to add my own editorials to all of this, but I think the video actually speaks for itself fairly well. The only things I might add are:
* I worry a little about the performative aspect of denouncing political violence, since I feel like it's assumed (and should be assumed) that all normal people oppose political violence.
And yet, since we are living in particularly contentious times, maybe it doesn't hurt to communally remind ourselves of our values. We as a society denounce political violence.
And yet, since we are living in particularly contentious times, maybe it doesn't hurt to communally remind ourselves of our values. We as a society denounce political violence.
* That being said, I think if you look at the history of political assassinations in America, it's about a 50/50 chance whether the guy who shot Charlie Kirk is an ideologue, or whether he is just some nutcase causing random violence. As was the case with the 2024 attempt on Trump. As was the case with the attempted assassination on Reagan (W). A lot of the gun violence in America doesn't actually have a rational reason to it. The school shootings are a perfect example of this.
And in fact, any ideologue with half a brain must know that killing Charlie Kirk accomplishes nothing, since Kirk is just one of many voices in the right-wing movement. And in fact, killing him would just invite a conservative counter-reaction. (As we are currently seeing.) I mean, we'll have to wait until we eventually get more information about the shooter and we know for sure, but I'd be surprised if this was a purely political assassination.
And in fact, any ideologue with half a brain must know that killing Charlie Kirk accomplishes nothing, since Kirk is just one of many voices in the right-wing movement. And in fact, killing him would just invite a conservative counter-reaction. (As we are currently seeing.) I mean, we'll have to wait until we eventually get more information about the shooter and we know for sure, but I'd be surprised if this was a purely political assassination.
* Speaking of the right-wing counter-reaction, Laura Loomer's statement that "more people will be murdered if the left isn't crushed with the power of the state" is particularly revealing.
Charlie Kirk wasn’t even controversial. He was moderate. He was conservative but by no means controversial.
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) September 10, 2025
Imagine who else the Left is going to hunt down and murder on the right if they wanted to kill a guy who said “get married, have kids, there’s 2 genders, vote for Trump.”…
Wanting the government to "crush the left with the power of the state" is about as close to the definition of fascism as you can get, and it's particularly troubling given how much influence Laura Loomer has at the White House.
I know the right hates it when the left calls them fascists, but, come on, guys, read a history book or something. You're acting like fascists.
* In other news mentioned in the video, the blatant corruption at Trump's FBI is...well, I guess I can't say it's surprising, but it's certainly depressing.
But then, as I moaned about in an earlier post, another part of me thinks, "What's the point of even getting upset about this anymore? After all, everyone knows how awful Trump is, and he still won the 2024 election. I guess this is just what the American people want.
* In other news mentioned in the video, the blatant corruption at Trump's FBI is...well, I guess I can't say it's surprising, but it's certainly depressing.
But then, as I moaned about in an earlier post, another part of me thinks, "What's the point of even getting upset about this anymore? After all, everyone knows how awful Trump is, and he still won the 2024 election. I guess this is just what the American people want.
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