as most of you have probably heard by now, charlie kirk was assassinated during a public debate yesterday at a university in utah. gun violence, no matter who did it or who died from it, will ALWAYS be a terrible thing. it's inexcusable and should be punished accordingly no matter what. and not a single person should celebrate or cheer for charlie kirk's death, whether or not he was a terrible person. that being said, i feel nothing toward that man in terms of grief. i have absolutely no sympathy for him. i feel more for those were traumatised by witnessing his assassination more than i feel for his death itself. and that's okay, and it's 100% okay if you feel that way, too.
if you don't know who charlie kirk was, he was a far-right activist and trump supporter. he was anti-lgbtq, anti-blm, anti-immigrant, anti-women, plus some. he spoke about women like they're objects for reproduction, he spoke about black people like they were less than human, and advocated for harmful organisations that hurt the lgbtq (specifically the trans community). he spoke about gun violence and deaths to firearms as a "necessary sacrifice for the liberty and freedom of the 2nd amendment." he had no empathy to those who lost their children or loved ones to school shootings and other mass shootings. he stated that, should his 10 year old daughter be raped and impregnated, he would make her deliver that baby whether it killed her or not.
charlie kirk was an awful man and he died for what he fought for. he doesn't deserve my sympathy because he wouldn't even think twice if it happened to me. but no, his assassination absolutely does not deserve to be celebrated. gun violence is still gun violence, no matter how you paint it. it still divides us. it still kills us. it's still gun violence.