• LittleBorat3@lemmy.world
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    Since not even his wife seems to care, can they just stop reporting? Some podcaster got shot a while ago, a lot of people get shot all the time.

    Kids get shot, ICE shoots people who the fuck cares about this guy?

    Why was this ever big news?

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      They immediately used his death to try to argue that trans people are all domestic terrorists, and organized witch hunts to get people fired for making comments (often targeting professors that were on TPUSA’s hit list). There is a good chance that the Trump regime will cite the shooting as evidence that trans people should be viewed as terrorists.

      I think it also really exemplifies the “reality show” - iffication of right wing American politics. The president is a reality TV star, Dr Oz is administering Medicare, Hegseth was a news personality; Erika Kirk is just an opportunistic vulture like the rest. The kind of person who spends their life trying to get on Big Brother or Survivor so that they can make a career out of partying and socializing.

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    We are somehow surprised a shitty person had a shitty wife? There are plenty of dynamic asshole duos.

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    I’ll never be rich or famous, and I’m a member of a group these folks actively stoke hate towards. But I’ll say this, when I die, I know my wife will actually be sad about not having me anymore. That’s something a lot of these folks can’t honestly say

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    Obviously it’s only hosted on Twitter: https://x.com/HotSpotHotSpot/status/2016323405125963895

    It’s not as bad and the title makes it sound. She talks about the memorial service and having millions of people hear the gospel and stories about Kirk. She’s not giggling about the assassination. She’s a grifter, obviously, but this audio is not the bombshell Owens says it is.

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      I heard of anecdote of a guy who worked as waiter for the rich in a luxury yacht. He said pretty much what rich people ever talk about is building more wealth. These people are psychopaths. They see life as material transactions.

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        not all, but most rich people are constantly obsessed with positioning themselves versus their peers in business and family. its how the untalented keep score.

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    Wait till you see how fast Melania moves on and profits from Donny’s death. She might set a land speed record.

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      Melania tacitly admitted during her husband’s first term that she is a trophy wife and married Donald for money. When asked if she married Donald for the money, she responded “he wouldn’t marry me if I’m not beautiful”.

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        (Disclaimer: she’s only talking about physical beauty. She’s as ugly as the devils haemorrhoids on the inside)

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      Once he is dead, all of those creditors he doged will be fighting each other to pick the corpse clean. She will probably be shredded in the feeding frenzy.

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    Correction, for her it was the event of a century. For me it was a Sunday on my 22nd wedding anniversary, and spent all morning having fun in bed with my wife because I am not dead

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    To be fair, if I was that asshole’s spouse and learned he’d just been shot, I’d have been pretty happy myself.

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      I genuinely think she was. To psychopaths, everyone is transactionally of limited use. I think in him she genuinely saw and identified someone like herself. And if something had happened to her. Charlie would have 100% done the same as her. They aren’t well.

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        She’s happier now, I’m sure, because he’s more useful to her dead than he was alive. There’s a transaction for ya.

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            Eh… he was a fair target for mockery and it’s not like his death changed any minds for the better… Charlie the martyr is far worse than Charlie the living douche.

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              I think the less hate spread actively, the better. Its a drop in a bucket, but a light rain is better than a heavy downpour.

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    Eleven. days. later - I’m, like, more traumatized from seeing that snuff video then his own wife was.

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      I saw it accidentally and it legit fucked me up even though I hate the fuckin bastard. My ocd latched onto it hard and it replays in my mind at 2am 😅😵‍💫

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        I hate him too. It’s not even that though. You couldn’t not see that video. His wife went on a money making, fireworks widow tour. Which was obscene. I saw a video of her putting in fake tears before getting onstage. These people are psycho. She’s a realty tv star, no wonder she’s being elevated.

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        That is PTSD, or part of it. Go for a walk, bring someone with you, and talk to them about it. Ask them to just listen. Do that regularly. Maybe every Sunday at first. It’s not a cure, but it helps more than you would expect. If you don’t have someone, go by yourself and talk to yourself about it, out loud. Best of luck.

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          The first night it happened I puked from the panic of not being able to stop it. I have talked to my husband about it a few times so he’s aware of what I’m going through and it has helped lessen the fear of it. It definitely helps to talk about it. I also started a small dose of Prozac for my ocd which has helped, too. Thank you for your comment and tips, I will try that as well ❤️

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    My husband’s dead. Like, I’m not trying to be morbid, but he’s dead.

    She should put that on a t-shirt.

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    All these stories amount to “wow, she’s not grieving like I think she should!”

    Who gives a fuck. What a bizarre fixation on a widow’s reaction.

    She believes in the Christian God and most people making this point probably don’t. So no shit she’s not going to grieve the same way. She didn’t really lose him in her mind. It’s just temporary.

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      I didn’t know a single person whose faith caused them to feel like the loss of a loved one is no big deal. They may say that in their mind, but it hurts all the same

      But maybe 11 days is enough to be a bit more collected in general, but the context is off-putting. Even thinking about revenue and merch sales during something akin to your spouse’s funeral seems like a sociopath. I’ve heard people who had absolutely moved on and normal day to day get choked up at a one year memorial when they were faced with discussing a close friend. To be directly talking about a memorial for your husband less than two weeks after his death without missing a beat, and sincerely at complete ease, not merely trying to put up a brave front… That’s not the reaction of someone that actually cared.

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        I don’t have that faith any more, but I used to be devout and associated almost exclusively with religious people. When I work as a missionary, my life focused only on God and church work, the prospect of dying didn’t feel significant to me. It was unfortunate, like getting ill, but nothing dire. It actually made it difficult for me to sympathize when I was helping comfort people who had a loss in their family. It led me to thinking that most people don’t actually believe their loved ones are going to a better place or that they’re going to see them again. Their grief is closer to how I would react to irrevocable loss.

        In short, I’ve learned that people grieve a lot differently than I do. I don’t think it proves people care about someone more just because they’re constantly bawling and inconsolable.