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    Please note that NSFW/NSFL videos must be labeled as such or they will be deleted

    Edit: also keep in mind that initial information in these situations can often be inaccurate. Trusted outlets have conflicting reports about whether a suspect has been detained.

    Edit 2: the campus has officially stated they release the initial subject. Donald Trump has stated Charlie Kirk is dead.

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      I had forgotten that. Wow.

      Hey, does this count as a smiting? Can someone check with their vengeful lord?

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        Just a sec… the flying spaghetti monster al-though not a vengeful god does concur, it’s smiting.

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    Trump ordered flags at half mast until Sunday. So this piece of shit got what he quite literally asked for and it’s a national tragedy, but innocent children killed in schools on a weekly basis get “nothing we can do about it, thoughts an prayers 🤷‍♂️.” Fucking clownshow.

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    My water heater started leaking over the weekend. It was only seven years old, but I suppose since the warranty was six years, I shouldn’t complain? Anyway, I installed my new water heater today, so I can shower again. This one has a 12-year warranty, it might out live me.

    I just took a shower, I feel great. I’ll be going for a walk around sunset. It’s been a good day.

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      I resolved a long-standing issue at work today by realizing it’s not an issue and the client is stupid. Also I bought OPEN 9/12 7c today. It’s been a GREAT day!

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      I dunno, if it fails one year after the warranty and they’re happy to sell you a new one that seems a little suspicious. I’ve been dealing with an iffy pilot light on mine so hot showers are a luxury again, I’m in an apt but if you’re in a house I’d suggest a tankless flow heater, the endless hot water is great

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    Okay. Let me try to make a comment here that won’t get obliterated as it’s going to be real, REAL hard to dance within the lines on this.

    1. Hokay… I obviously do not condone violence of any kind. But… literally no one can be surprised by this happening. Certainly not them. They’ve been pushing extremely violent rhetoric for years and Charlie Kirk is not exactly a subtle small face in all of that.

    2. Astounding accuracy. I mean it wasn’t like Kirk was moving around a whole lot in the situation but still.

    3. Huge crowd, or at least for what I would expect, but I’m surprised no one saw something.

    4. Angle of attack is kind of surprising as well. Kirk was sat fairly low down with a covering over the top. Relatively shallow angle from what I could see in order to be able to hit him. Shot seems to have come from his right.

    5. His right is exposed overall but does anyone know what’s actually to the left there?

    6. And lastly, I am wondering how this is going to impact Nazis like Kirk in general. Are they going to ramp it up or step it down? Also wonder how long before people start saying it was done by some trans antifa palestinian who came to Utah from NYC via LA.

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    Former President Barack Obama stressed that “this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy.”

    With all due respect sir, if our democracy were functioning for all of the people instead of just for the rich, people wouldn’t feel the need to vote with the ammo box.

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      Unfortunately, our democracy is dead. This is what happens when a democracy dies. It’s going to get much worse from here.

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      Political assassinations have happened throughout the history of our country whether or not we choose to admit it.

      It’s interesting because a lot of the things Trump has been doing seem crazy and unprecedented, then someone will come out with an example of something similar happening in the past. Perhaps we haven’t seen assassinations like this in a while because our government has been behaving itself? Not trampling on the rights of its citizens.

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      Don’t respect that genocide supporting drive striking war criminal. His presidency pacified so many of us, we really believed in his hope and change lies, don’t keep believing them.

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    Magats: declare war on liberal America, send in military to accupy blue cities, have brownshirts asaault and deport non whites, even when they are US citizens.

    Magats: gets surprised when someone shoots back.

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      Most assassination attempts on Republicans have been by Republicans. Don’t assume this is liberal America

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        Thats why I said “someone”

        Although I suspect this particular assassin WAS liberal/leftist since he actually managed to hit his target, and at a decent range too.

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          Ok but you have to be shot at to shoot “back”. All I’m saying is don’t spread the worst case assumption

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        Doesn’t matter who it was or why. The left will be blamed.

        I always said that nothing will change until someone prominent on the right gets shot. I was actually talking about their children in a school shooting in regards to tighter gun laws. Thousands of kids, a bunch of church-goers, and some Democratic lawmakers get shot and it’s no big deal. But one prominent right-wing talking head gets shot and now it’s real to them. This will be the impetus for major change, but not the change any of us wanted.

        I hope I’m wrong, but I feel like things are about to get a whole lot worse than they were the last 8 months.

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    Trump ally Charlie Kirk was shot at an event in Utah on Wednesday, a source familiar with the matter says.

    The extent of Kirk’s injuries were not immediately clear.

    trump asked for prayers. They’re going full Christian nationalist with their responses.

    Kristi Noem: The secretary of Department of Homeland Security said, “Byron and I are lifting up Charlie, Erika, and their family in our prayers right now.”

    Pete Hegseth: “An incredible Christian, American, and human being. May the healing hand of Jesus Christ be upon him,” the secretary of the Department of Defense said in a post on X.

    Mike Johnson: The House Speaker asked to pray “for our good friend, Charlie Kirk,” in a post on social media.

    Dan Bongino: The deputy FBI director said, “I don’t have the words. God help Charlie and his family.”

    Nazis are so goddamn weird.

    Audience member: “Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?”

    Kirk: “Too many.”

    The same audience member went on say the number is five, and proceeded to ask if Kirk knows how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years.

    Kirk: “Counting or not counting gang violence?”

    Seconds later, the sound of a pop is heard and the crowd screams as Kirk gets shot and recoils in his seat.

    Remember: The vast majority of mass attacks in the US have no connection to transgender people. From January 2013 to the present, of the more than 5,700 mass shootings in America (defined as four or more victims shot and killed), five shooters were confirmed as transgender, said Mark Bryant, founding executive director of the Gun Violence Archive.

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    Kirk gets shot and all the Republicrats: Political Assasination!1!1! 3 Dems get shot and one killed and the shooter has a hitlist: Meh…

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      How DARE you try to politicize this tragedy. We need to focus on how obviously the leftists are all violent murderers right now, before we actually find out who did it in case the person turns out to be another unhinged MAGA with some sort of infighting driven motive and we have to pretend it never happened again.

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          Heard this play out on NPR with them giving a right wing person a lot of platform to talk about how horrible it was for Charlie Kirk to be killed and what a good guy he was and the good things he did.

          Despite getting a more than fair opportunity to present this viewpoint, they didn’t really inject anything vaguely tricky until he went off on political violence from the left. The interviewer then said something like “and of course you would condemn such violence regardless of political leaning”. He said sure, but only the left is really such a concern. Then she brought up the killings of those democrats and the hit list and he just lost it at how just terrible she was being. Dude you got every bit of an opportunity to be sympathetic and all you had to do was refrain from blindly accusing all left leaning folks…

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            State a wild argument attacking a group, when countered with facts, play the victim and act like you’re being attacked. This is how they operate.