jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoMegathread: Charlie Kirk Shot at Utah Valley University Eventtime.comexternal-linkmessage-square158linkfedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down12
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minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’m confused as to why you think those things are incompatible. We’ve been celebrating the deaths of people for a very long time, including much cheering when bad people die. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactions_to_the_killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden
minus-squareDeadsoldier69@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down2·1 year agobin Laden was a common enemy of the United States. Kirk was an American and you’re just tossing that aside just because you disagree with him.
minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoKirk is a common enemy of a group of people too, the ones who are cheering. bin Laden had supporters too.
minus-squarePegajace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYou keep handwaving Kirk being a moral monster who was actively making the nation and the world a significantly more hostile & dangerous place for millions of disadvantaged human beings as “You just disagree with him.” Why?
I’m confused as to why you think those things are incompatible.
We’ve been celebrating the deaths of people for a very long time, including much cheering when bad people die.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactions_to_the_killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden
bin Laden was a common enemy of the United States. Kirk was an American and you’re just tossing that aside just because you disagree with him.
Kirk is a common enemy of a group of people too, the ones who are cheering.
bin Laden had supporters too.
You keep handwaving Kirk being a moral monster who was actively making the nation and the world a significantly more hostile & dangerous place for millions of disadvantaged human beings as “You just disagree with him.” Why?