Reminder that Charlie Kirk was an extremist, who wanted to “remove” (read: genocide) people he didn’t like.

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    3 days ago

    It was okay to do with George Floyd though right? I don’t remember hearing much condemnation on the right about that …

    Floyd was even more innocent because he was just minding his own business.

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      3 days ago

      “even more innocent” doesn’t even begin to cover the difference between a bigoted, sexist fascist turd and an average guy.

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            3 days ago

            Okay? I don’t see what that’s got to do with someone thinking an average American is both a violent criminal and drug addict.

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              Well the last violent crime he committed was in 2007 (aggrevated robbery) for which he got out at 2013 and seems like he managed to turn his life around by working two jobs but then probably succumbed to poverty after he lost them both in 2020 COVID pandemic. All these pretty understandable given that Lloyd had a pretty poor childhood, if you want to find the average in him. So a description of the type “violent criminal” looks more like a MAGA rhetoric at this point rather than a refined understanding of the situation.

              Charlie Kirk, on the other hand, was coming from an extremely privileged background and had every reason to be a decent person but yet somehow managed to turn himself into a turd of collosal magnitude. So yeah “even more innocent” doesn’t begin to explain the difference.

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                1 day ago

                True, though it seems to me that holding someone at gunpoint during a home invasion is abnormal behaviour and not the behaviour of an average man.

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          Eh, the point still stands, that is the level of absolue shittyness we are talking about. If we account for the backgrounds these people come from it makes the gap even wider.

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            2 days ago

            I’ve not made any comparison with Kirk.

            Simply pointing out that your average man does not have a history as a violent criminal and drug addict.

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                2 days ago

                What don’t you get about my statement that the average man isn’t a drug addict with a conviction for violent crime?

                There’s no ulterior motive to that statement of fact. It’s just a fact. Admitting it won’t hurt you.

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                  2 days ago

                  Have you seen me opposing the statement that he has committed violent crimes in his past or that it isn’t the average man behaviour? I have even given more context on the nature of the crime. “Yes but …” exactly means even under this context the statement still holds true. If I thought that was not the case I would oppose your statement with facts rather than update mine. So I think it might be you who is not understanding the statement.

                  I don’t think you have an ulterior motive but focusing on one superficial aspect of the statement and using reductive descriptions you are missing the depth of what you have gotten into. It feels like I am saying “Like Pluto, Neptune is quite far from Mars” and you are saying “Yes but Pluto isn’t a planet and is also farther”.