The nuance that you’re failing to grasp is that none of us like that he was murdered but are having a hard time being sad for one of the individuals most responsible for your complaints above. It sucks that this happened generally, it sucks that this is where we are, it sucks that the people who fall for this stuff again and again are falling for it once more with the revisionist history of who he was and what he stood for, and even if someone does the sowing it’s a shame when they reap something like this. It would be morally and intellectually inconsistent for people who share your sentiments above to not recognize Kirk’s role in getting us here as we talk about what his death means.
Guys guys guys, a man is dead. Let’s honor his memory by setting aside petty grievances and not getting tangled up in asinine bad faith arguments over how much we can assign the blame for gun violence on black people.
This comment has me wondering how ( if at all) unprecedented it would be to half mast flags on federal buildings for some unelected political commentator.
He was one of the right’s best and brightest, and a moral leader for their cause. He will have a lasting impact on history and I’m saddened that he was killed.
The timing of what Kirk was saying with when he was shot makes me think that there wasn’t a lot of time spent for sound to travel and then the bullet to travel. No idea if 200 yards is short enough but it seemed like the shooter picked his moment.
Just because you specifically are triggered doesn't mean it's inflammatory. Your gender and sexuality is not political - just because you specifically vote for people who are also as stupidly confused about this (or as cynically exploitative of it) )as you are should not make this political. It is political because of your own stupid politics, not because other people are triggering you by trying to have conversation. Your confidence that everyone else is to blame for your dumb feelings is a huge part of this, but you can escape to places where people will sell your attention and buy your support by telling you that it is the other people's fault for causing you to feel this way - the industrialization of this process is another huge part of the problem.