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Jarqui

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37. My reaction is

Tue Sep 16, 2025, 12:27 PM

Sep 16

"what are these people thinking? Charlie Kirk is their MLK ???"

It is like we're living in a bizarre world: equating a hater who accepts some killing by guns as a acceptable price for 'his freedom' to someone who was about stressing love and peaceful, non-violent solutions to achieve racial equality (among other things)

Their premise to equate the two strikes me as delusional or insane - oblivious to the facts.
A properly function media would expose Charlie Kirk, dead or alive, for what he was and scold them for attempting to equate the two while pointing out all the Democrats who suffered political violence without the right acknowledging anything beyond "thoughts and prayers"

George Wallace got shot and paralyzed which was a terrible thing but the country and its media didn't lose sight of what he stood for.

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Alan Berg, talk show host, was shot to death. Guess the perpetrator's politics in this and 8 other attacks on Democrats [View all] Doodley Sep 15 OP

Maybe we are too silent. yardwork Sep 15 #1

Agreed. Look at how frequent attacks are since Trump came on the scene. Doodley Sep 15 #2

We try to change things thru legislation Karma13612 Sep 15 #3

Another who agrees with you. mwmisses4289 Sep 15 #4

Agree. Let the new guard Dems take over. ananda Sep 15 #5

Maybe? Heidi Sep 15 #8

Yeah, one would think so. hadEnuf Sep 15 #13

Right wing billionaires own and control our news. Initech Sep 15 #17

They control certain news. OldBaldy1701E Sep 16 #23

Agreed 100% Doodley Sep 16 #25

It's not that. The problem is the race issue JI7 Sep 15 #18

There is a lot of faux moral outrage on the right, blaming the wrong people, but on the left there is a lack of Doodley Sep 16 #26

Maybe those with podiums and microphones in front of them yellow dahlia Sep 15 #20

link? G_j Sep 15 #6

K & R malaise Sep 15 #7

Kick dalton99a Sep 15 #9

Takes one to know one, donald. calimary Sep 15 #12

So, by MAGA logic, Trump should be deported. Doodley Sep 16 #27

To a certain extent, picking the victim influences the perpetrator EdmondDantes_ Sep 15 #10

During BLM protests, it was the Boogaloo Boise who burned yellow dahlia Sep 15 #21

I don't generally believe in instagators as a large source without evidence EdmondDantes_ Sep 15 #22

As for example, applied to Tesla Dealerships victimized by a "mysterious other"? Torchlight Sep 16 #39

Exactly. It is in the nature of angry gun-loving, racists, bigots, and religious supremacists to have a higher Doodley Sep 16 #29

So obvious, right? yellow dahlia Sep 16 #38

At least 75% of political attacks are carried out by right-leaning perpetrators. This list shows that Doodley Sep 16 #28

Thank you . Saving this. surfered Sep 15 #11

You are welcome. It is a good reference if encountering somebody who tries to label Democrats as the cause of Doodley Sep 16 #30

I remember the Alan Berg shooting. LeftInTX Sep 15 #14

We are always drowned out. GOP lies always win over Dem truths. I don't know how that can change. Doodley Sep 16 #31

But ... but ... but ... it's TOO SOON to talk about gun control! FakeNoose Sep 15 #15

Good point. Doodley Sep 16 #32

Thanks for the top post Jarqui Sep 15 #16

And now rhe right are effectively trying to create the narrative that they have their own MLK moment. Doodley Sep 16 #34

My reaction is Jarqui Sep 16 #37

The person who killed MLK was a crazy, hateful white supremacist ... FakeNoose Sep 16 #40

Anthrax was sent to Dem Senators and the "'Lef-ewing" media. nt Festivito Sep 15 #19

Good point. And yet the nation is being told that Democrats are the cause of political violence. Doodley Sep 16 #35

Let's not forget the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. Crunchy Frog Sep 16 #24

Excellent point! Doodley Sep 16 #33

And yet they turned that around a blamed it on Clinton for the raid in Waco.... LeftInTX Sep 16 #36