• pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    It’s insane…. Dude was a podcaster. Yea it was sad like it is when anyone dies. Dude didn’t hold any offices or anything. We could talk about what he could have become all day, but all he was, was a podcaster that was passionate about his message. The amount of attention he is getting is ridiculous… as if he was a past president.

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      10 days ago

      He also paid for buses of people to go to the January insurrection too. Don’t sell his accomplishments short.

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          10 days ago

          Yeah but to a lot of people “those are just words”. So I always bring up a key action of his too.

        • Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world
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          10 days ago

          So? He did it the same context that all of you call for Trump to be executed. Are we all deserving of a bullet now?

          He didnt like Biden, and saw his actions as treason. “should be put in prison and/or given the death penalty for his crimes against America.” How many of us havent said the exact same thing about Trump???

          • IndridCold@lemmy.caOPM
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            9 days ago

            I don’t want Trump dead. I want him in prison doing time for the 34 felonies he was convicted of.

            • Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world
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              9 days ago

              Me too, but if hes guilty of treason, the penalty for that is… death or imprisonment. So some people, are of the view that death is what he deserves for his crimes.

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                9 days ago

                Him alone in a jail cell with no social media or platform is far more satisfying to me.

                I would not be upset if he died at any point, and I think the world would be a better place, but I want him to reflect on his crimes.

          • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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            9 days ago

            nobody’s claiming that I’ve never condoned political violence or anything tho

            • Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world
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              9 days ago

              Neither did he, in this context. I just dont get it, honestly. The man said some horrible shit, but for some reason, you people only ever want to talk about the shit he didnt say, or the contextless clickbait he kinda did say but not the way its being taken. Why? If you stick to the truth, you’ll get a lot less pushback. From normal people at least.

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        10 days ago

        And he did not go there himself? What a shocker. Just another manipulator playing the Sheep.

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      10 days ago

      Because it has nothing to do with him and everything to do with any excuse to accelerate fascism.

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      10 days ago

      Shitposting podcaster, hate monger, using falsities to acheive social ills.

      Plenty of people podcast without doing any of that, to say he was a podcaster kind of ignores the fact that he was a Nazi youth organizer.

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      10 days ago

      he was, was a podcaster that was passionate about his message

      And his message was awful, and he was exploiting college kids to create controversial content for his social media business.

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      10 days ago

      I hate hearing this. He was not just ‘a podcaster’ or just ‘a guy who gave his opinons’ he was one of the biggest political organizers of one of the most disgusting american political movements. His entire life was dedicated to radicalizing youths to vote for trump.

      • IndridCold@lemmy.caOPM
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        10 days ago

        I’m an atheist so I do think it’s unfortunate when people die because I believe we only get one shot at life. We don’t go to cloud city and do jello shots with Jesus.

        That said, Kirk getting shot is clearly a case of fuck around/find out.

        If you cuddle with a rabid badger, don’t be surprised if it bites you.

    • Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      He was part of the culture wars, thats why his assassination is great for all the grifter who keep pushing this story. Keep it going, make it worse. To them hes a hero who stops bullets with his super man bullets, to others hes hitler and deserved far worse. The main point of him now, is to get as much monetisation as possible from his death before the next thing comes along, and we get to start the culture war batter check list all over again. Probably a video game release will be the next great hill to die on lol.