| Shaunodon said: I didn't follow this thread enough before to know if you encouraged Charlie Kirk's demise. |
Part of the reason why the Kirk thread got closed down was because a few people were at least pushing it, when it came to "celebration". (as well as general conflict in the thread)
And there's a scale there, some people aren't actually celebrating his death, but arguing that his rhetoric such as "the 2nd amendment is worth some gun deaths" have led to these kinds of tragedies. Runa's post is pushing it, but it's closer to the latter.
| Shaunodon said: But if 'Ben Shapiro' or someone like him is assassinated next, then yes, everyone here not criticising the outright incitement taking place, will be culpable to some degree. |
Does this go both ways?
Are right wingers culpable when they were calling for civil war and calling Democrats terrorists?
| Shaunodon said: That's how words work in the real world. You have to actually acknowledge the direct links to political violence. |
Left wingers have been arguing this for years, and right wingers usually just say something like "words are just words, they're not hurting anybody."
