[NB: check the byline, thanks. /~Rayne]
Discussion of the shooting and death of right-wing pundit Charlie Kirk has taken over other threads. I’m putting up an open thread so that the other discussions can remain on topic.
Kirk believed in widely-distributed gun ownership and exhorted their use to put down violence (link):
Kirk said gun violence was necessary in America (link).
Kirk also believed empathy was some new age thing, evidence of “wokeness.” (link)
“I can’t stand the word empathy actually. I think empathy is a made-up, New Age term that — it does a lot of damage, but it is very effective when it comes to politics,” he added.
Heidi Li Feldman published a thread on Mastodon to remind us of who Charlie Kirk was.
I have nothing to add which hasn’t been said.
This is an open thread. As always, please avoid any rhetoric advocating, glorifying, or normalizing violence.