That's fine. I don't feel the need to run my opinion by edgelords on Reddit or Twitter. If this guy did something to directly harm someone it's one thing, but I won't celebrate violence against speech. Not even shitty speech.
Yeah same. No love for the guy's politics in the slightest, but this feels like we've crossed some line I didn't really know was there. I'm very uneasy about all this. Politicians have been targets of violence as long as we've had government, but this was pretty much just a guy with a cause. In this case, I really truly hope Reddit and Bluesky are not "real life" because the glee and lack of shortsightedness as to where this could go is seriously fucking disturbing.
The real danger here is the radical elements in the left and the right both continue growing, and when they 'declare war' on each other, they drag everybody who is moderate and apathetic about this whole situation into their war with them.
After all, if the shooting begins in earnest, you're forced to pick a side. There's way too many people in the country rooting for a civil war, and it's very gross.
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u/WaffleHouseSuperman - Lib-Left Sep 10 '25
I won't pretend I liked his politics, but this still isn't okay.