Campus police have just posted an update on X about the shooting, confirming that Kirk was shot and that a suspect is in custody.

“Today at about 12:10 a shot was fired at the visiting speaker, Charlie Kirk. He was hit and taken from the location by his security. Campus police is investigating, a suspect is in custody,” the post says.

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    “The best way to honor Charlie’s memory is to continue his work” - Gavin Newsom, on the loss of the living embodiment of his moral compass.

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        Usually democrats move to the right after the primaries, but he knows the primaries are already decided.

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      Newsom is a piece of shit, but that quote is out of context. The ‘work’ wasn’t literal. It was ‘working to use your platform to reach across thé ailes’ or some kind of horse shit. If he absolutey had to say something, offer condolences to the family and shut the fuck up. The whole make sure you please everyone is going to leave everyone pissed about something

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        It was ‘working to use your platform to reach across thé ailes’ or some kind of horse shit.

        Which kirk literally never attempted to do. But he certainly told newsom what to think about trans people. Which to a centrist is the same damned thing as reaching across the aisle.

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    I will confess that my first reaction was laughter and applause, and my second reaction was certainly not to regret my first.

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      That’s messed up. Can’t believe the world is like this now, where we celebrate the death of people we don’t like.

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          Well in this example one guy is dead. Hard to get less tolerant than murdering someone because of their opinions.

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          Well yeah, but the problem is who gets to decide what a fascist is, what the criteria is for identifying one. It’s pretty easy for individuals to convince themselves of the righteousness of their own opinions, to the point where you start justifying vigilantism.

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            It’s pretty easy to identify a fascist. If you support any single thing Trump, Putin, or Netanyahu has done, then you deserve the same fate as Kirk. No exceptions.

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              Ah, so then we should kill approximately half of the country? And all of the Jews in Israel? I can’t believe I’m having this conversation…

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                Yes in order to get out of this rat fucked world we live in. I’m also not gonna be partisan in this. There’s plenty of Dems and libs that fall into this, including those that love to spew that “Israel has a right to defend itself” garbage.

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        Ironic talk coming from a pro-genocide zionist such as yourself. Maybe the shooter declared that Kirk was a terrorist before shooting him, making it perfectly justified, right?

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          No he most likely declared him to be a fascist, making it perfectly justified in his mind. Also I’m not a pro genocide zionist.

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    1. Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power. Do not fall for it.

    Timothy Snyder

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    it sure is convenient that a once vocal supporter of Trump who recently showed disagreement with Trump would be assassinated and in all likelihood will give Trump more support to have his ICE army on the streets of cities across the U.S.