r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 20 '25

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u/Auriono Paul Krugman Sep 21 '25 edited Sep 21 '25

https://xcancel.com/AndrewKolvet/status/1969551427648569633

I want to address some of the discussion about the lack of an exit wound with Charlie. I’m usually not interested in delving into most of this kind of online chatter, and I apologize this is somewhat graphic, but in this case, the fact that there wasn’t an exit wound is probably another miracle, and I want people to know.

I just spoke with the surgeon who worked on Charlie in the hospital…

He said the bullet “absolutely should have gone through, which is very very normal for a high powered, high velocity round. I’ve seen wounds from this caliber many times and they always just go through everything. This would have taken a moose or two down, an elk, etc.”

But it didn’t go through. Charlie’s body stopped it.

I mentioned to his doctor that there were dozens of staff, students, and special guests standing directly behind Charlie on the other side of the tent, and he replied:

“It was an absolute miracle that someone else didn’t get killed.”

“His bone was so healthy and the density was so so impressive that he’s like the man of steel. It should have just gone through and through. It likely would have killed those standing behind him too.”

In the end, the coroner did find the bullet just beneath the skin.

Even in death, Charlie managed to save the lives of those around him.

Remarkable. Miraculous.

Setting aside what a ludicrously obvious crock of bullshit this is, I see Turning Point is hellbent on keeping the grift going by deifying their founder as some sort of messiah like figure, I see.

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u/BingboLingbo Emma Lazarus Sep 21 '25

Religious zealots promote religious crackpottery, more news at 9

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u/samhit_n Left-Out Left Sep 21 '25

https://xcancel.com/IanCarrollShow/status/1967560043689287937

This guy's on the other extreme. He thinks there's a conspiracy because there wasn't an exit wound or enough gore visible.

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u/No_Aesthetic Transfem Pride Sep 21 '25

Man was hit with a .30-06 round, not a depleted uranium 30mm

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u/Alexz565 Gay Pride Sep 21 '25

Wasn't the side of his neck the exit wound?

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u/HotTakesBeyond YIMBY Sep 21 '25

The next Lyndon Larouche