Charlie Kirk Shot at university campus

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Have not seen the video, and not going to see it. No point. Who needs another gruesome image baked into their brain?  Not this guy. 

This is the land of the free. And for better or worse, the 1st and 2nd Amendments will forever be on a collision course. 

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seth505 wrote:
Honestly wondering what you thought he did to say he's a class act?  He said gun deaths were necessary to uphold the 2nd amendment, he told...

Honestly wondering what you thought he did to say he's a class act?  He said gun deaths were necessary to uphold the 2nd amendment, he told a Palestinian that Palestinians don't exist, he continually put down black people by saying if one was a pilot he wondered if they were a DEI hire by the color of their skin, hated on gays, etc.

I don't condone any violence like this no matter what the "side". That said, it's very telling that people in here are up in arms over this death and nothing about school children, the Minnesota incident that actually involved someone in government (and her family/dog). People (including the president) are foaming at the mouth to "get back at the left", even without any facts other than someone died.

As far as rumblings/conspiracy theories, it seems Charlie just had come out and said the Epstein files need to be released (I agree). The pedophile president would not be a fan of that kind of talk.

vet323 wrote:
You haven't watched any of his videos (maybe at most, you watched out-of-context clips), but you're going to claim to know what kind of person he...

You haven't watched any of his videos (maybe at most, you watched out-of-context clips), but you're going to claim to know what kind of person he was?

Why would you do that?

 

seth505 wrote:
Those are statements by him, how much more context do you want? Feel free to share information where he was all loving and accepting of all...

Those are statements by him, how much more context do you want? Feel free to share information where he was all loving and accepting of all but I haven't seen those. I'm not pretending to know everything about him and I doubt anyone else here does either. 

I do agree with people here that It's awful that a family lost someone. 

How much more context? Enough so you know what you're talking about. 

 

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vet323 wrote:
You haven't watched any of his videos (maybe at most, you watched out-of-context clips), but you're going to claim to know what kind of person he...

You haven't watched any of his videos (maybe at most, you watched out-of-context clips), but you're going to claim to know what kind of person he was?

Why would you do that?

 

seth505 wrote:
Those are statements by him, how much more context do you want? Feel free to share information where he was all loving and accepting of all...

Those are statements by him, how much more context do you want? Feel free to share information where he was all loving and accepting of all but I haven't seen those. I'm not pretending to know everything about him and I doubt anyone else here does either. 

I do agree with people here that It's awful that a family lost someone. 

vet323 wrote:

How much more context? Enough so you know what you're talking about. 

 

That’s fair, now can be the part where you back up what you’re saying with all the examples of good he’s done or what he meant in those examples.  

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lumpy790 wrote:

happens every day so its just another shooting so who cares.

I care more about the kids being shot and killed in schools.

Among the dumb things people on vital do, using a business related account to make political comments is probably the dumbest. 

Its disgusting. Ill keep my stock hoses. That comment damn near puts him on the level of rich taylor in my book for industry people who wont get my money. Any person celebrating this death needs heavily evaluated and should likely be in a padded room away from society. 

Everyone cares about kids getting shot up. Everyone that isnt sick anyway. Everyone should care that a man, father, husband, just got lit up by some mentally ill person because of CONVERSATION as well. If it wasnt a gun, it woulda been a pipe bomb or a car or a knife. If I did that to people I didn't agree with, id own a cemetery. But im a sane law abiding citizen who doesnt desire to kill people for their thoughts. Now, my thoughts on peoples heinus physical actions... If anyone touches my daughter, or a girl on a subway train in front of me, you can read about me and know I'm enjoying my government 3 meals a day happily. Charlies killer should be publicly executed. Same with every school shooter or rapist. More of that will lead to less of this. 

Charlie was one of the smartest humans of these times. His knowledge base was very vast. Not just politically either. Moral common sense, which is clearly lost these days. Its a damn shame hes dead and it furthers my disdain for sick humans. These people twisting his words on gun violence are stupid. Add context. He wasnt stupid. 

Oh.. wanna stop school shootings? Arm teachers nation wide. Very simple. Good guys with guns stop bad guys with guns. If a good guy doesn't have a gun, the bad guy will still have their gun, just like they can easily obtain their illegal heroin or meth. Gun laws hamper good guys from guns. Youll NEVER stop bad guys from breaking laws they dont care about to get guns. 

 

I tried to remain calm ML. If my post isnt allowed, feel free to delete it, but dont ban me for sharing opinion. Lol. I just want to ride more. 

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seth505 wrote:
Those are statements by him, how much more context do you want? Feel free to share information where he was all loving and accepting of all...

Those are statements by him, how much more context do you want? Feel free to share information where he was all loving and accepting of all but I haven't seen those. I'm not pretending to know everything about him and I doubt anyone else here does either. 

I do agree with people here that It's awful that a family lost someone. 

vet323 wrote:

How much more context? Enough so you know what you're talking about. 

 

seth505 wrote:
That’s fair, now can be the part where you back up what you’re saying with all the examples of good he’s done or what he meant...

That’s fair, now can be the part where you back up what you’re saying with all the examples of good he’s done or what he meant in those examples.  

Typical lefty statement that they still can't avoid making even after it's pointed out....

"I condemn political violence..... but did you hear all the terrible things he's said? What good has he done anyway? But yeah I totally condemn violence and stuff......"

Also.....

"Yeah but Minnesota politician got killed and Trump is mean too.... but yeah I condemn political violence obviously....."

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I didn't want to comment on the substance of any of Charlie Kirk's views or arguments but the one about gun deaths being "worth it" to uphold 2nd amendment rights is being given the least charitable interpretation possible by some. First of all, he clearly wasn't fine with gun deaths, given that he used the term "unfortunately".

Let's be as clear as possible about what he was saying.  He was saying that if you uphold the 2nd amendment, then people will have guns, If you have guns, then there will be gun deaths. Therefore, if you wish to uphold the 2nd amendment, then you need to accept that there will be some gun deaths. 

This is an argument that is being blunt and frank about how there are trade-offs involved in accepting certain things. We make these kinds of trade-offs all the time, and not just with guns. Should be ban motorcycles?  Driving a motorcycle on the street is quite dangerous. As long as people will be allowed to do so, there will be deaths. We probably mostly try not to think about the risks we take because being too aware of danger could easily drive us insane. But danger is constantly there, and acceptance of risk is implicit in our behavior. Reasoning that goes something like "I think x is valuable, I know that x carries risks with it, I accept those risks because I believe the value of x is greater than the safety of not x"  is so commonplace that we usually don't notice it. When there's a mass shooting, the debate generally becomes one where people are disagreeing about how to weigh gun-related rights against the costs incurred by gun-related rights. The idea that somehow Charlie's death is some kind of karma, or isn't so bad because he weighed the costs and benefits in a way that you don't agree with on this issue is, frankly, disgusting. I've seen some awful posts to that effect on social media and it sickens me.  Reasonable people can disagree about these things and we should be able to do so without hating each other, and certainly without killing each other.

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seth505 wrote:
Those are statements by him, how much more context do you want? Feel free to share information where he was all loving and accepting of all...

Those are statements by him, how much more context do you want? Feel free to share information where he was all loving and accepting of all but I haven't seen those. I'm not pretending to know everything about him and I doubt anyone else here does either. 

I do agree with people here that It's awful that a family lost someone. 

vet323 wrote:

How much more context? Enough so you know what you're talking about. 

 

seth505 wrote:
That’s fair, now can be the part where you back up what you’re saying with all the examples of good he’s done or what he meant...

That’s fair, now can be the part where you back up what you’re saying with all the examples of good he’s done or what he meant in those examples.  

This is likely a complete waste of time, but I'll try and help you out on the 2nd amendment subject. 

His stance was that any freedom comes with risks. If gun ownership is allowed, there will be people who use guns illegally or dangerously. If alcohol is allowed, there will be a certain amount of alcoholism. If people are allowed to own automobiles, some people will speed or drive recklessly. Some small percentage of people will abuse freedoms, that doesn't mean that those freedoms should be taken from the vast majority of law-abiding citizens. 

Shit-jinx, MPJC!

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Pro-transgender ideology has been found engraved in the ammunition as well. This must be said, and repeated, as the thread grows. 

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So, Honest question - not trolling, who is Charlie's counterpart on the left? Who is the person having open, honest debate, and helping understand the issues...

So, Honest question - not trolling, who is Charlie's counterpart on the left? Who is the person having open, honest debate, and helping understand the issues that the left is fighting for? Would that not help heal some of this? Who was the last political activist to be assassinated, and what positive came of that?

I thought Charlie was great at what he did. I wasn't 100% on-board, I thought debating with college kids was pretty easy for a pro, but he opened eyes and was not disrespectful. On the other hand, he was probably the single biggest reason our college-age kids are choosing to be Republicans.

Lastly, the shooter was mentally ill. I don't think you can call him left-wing/right-wing, he's just broken. I hope The Country can heal and learn from this, before it turns into a slippery slope.

The left didn't need a counterpart to Kirk at least on college campi. They had the entire teaching staff as well as the administration. 

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Trump was almost assassinated twice last summer while the media was calling him Hitler. ICE is constantly being assaulted across the country while the media and...

Trump was almost assassinated twice last summer while the media was calling him Hitler. ICE is constantly being assaulted across the country while the media and leftist politicians liken them to Nazis. 

Please display where mainstream right media or politicians are likening individuals and/or groups to a similarly evil force of which Americans can justify assassinations. What exactly was the rhetoric that inspired the Florida nightclub shooting?

soggy wrote:
And the democratic leader of the house in Minnesota was shot and killed along with her husband and dog. You could go on for days with...

And the democratic leader of the house in Minnesota was shot and killed along with her husband and dog. You could go on for days with each side slinging examples back and forth and that will do nothing but sow more divide.  Violence is non-partisan issue. And attributing it to one side or the other and claiming superiority on whatever side you identify with is dangerous. This is Donald Trump, and Nancy Pelosi’s and Marco Rubio’s and Adam Schiff’s and Fox and MSNBC and Newsmax and CNN’s fault. Our leaders and ‘news’ have devolved into a 6th grade lunch room with less reasoning and impulse control. 

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Again, when did Trump or Rubio ever encourage that in any way? The post directly after this supports the fact that the left and it's voters...

Again, when did Trump or Rubio ever encourage that in any way? The post directly after this supports the fact that the left and it's voters have no problem normalizing and even defending these type of actions.

You are missing the point entirely. Have a good day. 

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vet323 wrote:

How much more context? Enough so you know what you're talking about. 

 

seth505 wrote:
That’s fair, now can be the part where you back up what you’re saying with all the examples of good he’s done or what he meant...

That’s fair, now can be the part where you back up what you’re saying with all the examples of good he’s done or what he meant in those examples.  

truck wrote:
Typical lefty statement that they still can't avoid making even after it's pointed out...."I condemn political violence..... but did you hear all the terrible things he's...

Typical lefty statement that they still can't avoid making even after it's pointed out....

"I condemn political violence..... but did you hear all the terrible things he's said? What good has he done anyway? But yeah I totally condemn violence and stuff......"

Also.....

"Yeah but Minnesota politician got killed and Trump is mean too.... but yeah I condemn political violence obviously....."

It’s the same thing the right does with all there FAFO meme’s. 

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vet323 wrote:

How much more context? Enough so you know what you're talking about. 

 

seth505 wrote:
That’s fair, now can be the part where you back up what you’re saying with all the examples of good he’s done or what he meant...

That’s fair, now can be the part where you back up what you’re saying with all the examples of good he’s done or what he meant in those examples.  

truck wrote:
Typical lefty statement that they still can't avoid making even after it's pointed out...."I condemn political violence..... but did you hear all the terrible things he's...

Typical lefty statement that they still can't avoid making even after it's pointed out....

"I condemn political violence..... but did you hear all the terrible things he's said? What good has he done anyway? But yeah I totally condemn violence and stuff......"

Also.....

"Yeah but Minnesota politician got killed and Trump is mean too.... but yeah I condemn political violence obviously....."

Typical righty comment…”you don’t praise one of our right-ring heroes who made a living shitting on people who aren’t like him, we now hate you too.” 

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seth505 wrote:
That’s fair, now can be the part where you back up what you’re saying with all the examples of good he’s done or what he meant...

That’s fair, now can be the part where you back up what you’re saying with all the examples of good he’s done or what he meant in those examples.  

truck wrote:
Typical lefty statement that they still can't avoid making even after it's pointed out...."I condemn political violence..... but did you hear all the terrible things he's...

Typical lefty statement that they still can't avoid making even after it's pointed out....

"I condemn political violence..... but did you hear all the terrible things he's said? What good has he done anyway? But yeah I totally condemn violence and stuff......"

Also.....

"Yeah but Minnesota politician got killed and Trump is mean too.... but yeah I condemn political violence obviously....."

seth505 wrote:

Typical righty comment…”you don’t praise one of our right-ring heroes who made a living shitting on people who aren’t like him, we now hate you too.” 


You’re both being played as fools against each other. Keep being sheep while you think you’re holier than thou. It’s unbelievable.


 

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vet323 wrote:

How much more context? Enough so you know what you're talking about. 

 

seth505 wrote:
That’s fair, now can be the part where you back up what you’re saying with all the examples of good he’s done or what he meant...

That’s fair, now can be the part where you back up what you’re saying with all the examples of good he’s done or what he meant in those examples.  

vet323 wrote:
This is likely a complete waste of time, but I'll try and help you out on the 2nd amendment subject. His stance was that any freedom comes...

This is likely a complete waste of time, but I'll try and help you out on the 2nd amendment subject. 

His stance was that any freedom comes with risks. If gun ownership is allowed, there will be people who use guns illegally or dangerously. If alcohol is allowed, there will be a certain amount of alcoholism. If people are allowed to own automobiles, some people will speed or drive recklessly. Some small percentage of people will abuse freedoms, that doesn't mean that those freedoms should be taken from the vast majority of law-abiding citizens. 

Shit-jinx, MPJC!

What's worse, I just realized, is I said "driving a motorcycle". 

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truck wrote:
Typical lefty statement that they still can't avoid making even after it's pointed out...."I condemn political violence..... but did you hear all the terrible things he's...

Typical lefty statement that they still can't avoid making even after it's pointed out....

"I condemn political violence..... but did you hear all the terrible things he's said? What good has he done anyway? But yeah I totally condemn violence and stuff......"

Also.....

"Yeah but Minnesota politician got killed and Trump is mean too.... but yeah I condemn political violence obviously....."

seth505 wrote:

Typical righty comment…”you don’t praise one of our right-ring heroes who made a living shitting on people who aren’t like him, we now hate you too.” 

30minmotos wrote:


You’re both being played as fools against each other. Keep being sheep while you think you’re holier than thou. It’s unbelievable.


 

You’re not wrong.   It’s why I didn’t come in here for months, oops.  

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Alex814 wrote:

Pro-transgender ideology has been found engraved in the ammunition as well. This must be said, and repeated, as the thread grows. 

This may or may not be true, by all accounts Crowder was the source of it.Screenshot 20250911 180659 Chrome

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seth505 wrote:
That’s fair, now can be the part where you back up what you’re saying with all the examples of good he’s done or what he meant...

That’s fair, now can be the part where you back up what you’re saying with all the examples of good he’s done or what he meant in those examples.  

truck wrote:
Typical lefty statement that they still can't avoid making even after it's pointed out...."I condemn political violence..... but did you hear all the terrible things he's...

Typical lefty statement that they still can't avoid making even after it's pointed out....

"I condemn political violence..... but did you hear all the terrible things he's said? What good has he done anyway? But yeah I totally condemn violence and stuff......"

Also.....

"Yeah but Minnesota politician got killed and Trump is mean too.... but yeah I condemn political violence obviously....."

soggy wrote:

It’s the same thing the right does with all there FAFO meme’s. 

I'm mocking whataboutism and you went with more whataboutism...... 

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lumpy790 wrote:

happens every day so its just another shooting so who cares.

I care more about the kids being shot and killed in schools.

I hope your hose sales go exactly as well as deserved.

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Alex814 wrote:

Pro-transgender ideology has been found engraved in the ammunition as well. This must be said, and repeated, as the thread grows. 

early wrote:
This may or may not be true, by all accounts Crowder was the source of it.

This may or may not be true, by all accounts Crowder was the source of it.Screenshot 20250911 180659 Chrome

I saw WSJ reporting it but don't have a sub to click into the story. I'll delete my post if it turns out not to be true. 

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I am a little lost with those saying it was a missed shot, hitting the jugular is as kill shot as it gets.  The tent angle didn't allow a complete "head shot". This is just awful all the way around for his wife and children 

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lumpy790 wrote:

happens every day so its just another shooting so who cares.

I care more about the kids being shot and killed in schools.

He was shot as a political statement in front of his wife, kids, and 3000 people, and now the whole world has watched him bleed out and die. You can try to downplay it all you want but the implications of this will prove that this is not just another shooting. 

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vet323 wrote:

How much more context? Enough so you know what you're talking about. 

 

seth505 wrote:
That’s fair, now can be the part where you back up what you’re saying with all the examples of good he’s done or what he meant...

That’s fair, now can be the part where you back up what you’re saying with all the examples of good he’s done or what he meant in those examples.  

vet323 wrote:
This is likely a complete waste of time, but I'll try and help you out on the 2nd amendment subject. His stance was that any freedom comes...

This is likely a complete waste of time, but I'll try and help you out on the 2nd amendment subject. 

His stance was that any freedom comes with risks. If gun ownership is allowed, there will be people who use guns illegally or dangerously. If alcohol is allowed, there will be a certain amount of alcoholism. If people are allowed to own automobiles, some people will speed or drive recklessly. Some small percentage of people will abuse freedoms, that doesn't mean that those freedoms should be taken from the vast majority of law-abiding citizens. 

Shit-jinx, MPJC!

Well said

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Broom is coming out.

Nothing gained nothing lost...

( very informative in the end here though )

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An apt and sensible statement from Bernie Sanders. Whatever your political beliefs, I don’t see how you can dislike Sanders. 

 

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I have seen clips and listened to podcasts with him in them. I think mostly around the last election and when votes were being tallied. I don’t have socials and don’t “follow” anyone, so it’s not like his work was particularly important or impactful in my daily routine, but damn this hit me hard yesterday and today. This type of thing is so terrible.

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I have seen clips and listened to podcasts with him in them. I think mostly around the last election and when votes were being tallied. I...

I have seen clips and listened to podcasts with him in them. I think mostly around the last election and when votes were being tallied. I don’t have socials and don’t “follow” anyone, so it’s not like his work was particularly important or impactful in my daily routine, but damn this hit me hard yesterday and today. This type of thing is so terrible.

Anyone who hasn't, should do themselves a favor and listen to his show. He was so much more than someone that just went and did college debates.

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MPJC wrote:

An apt and sensible statement from Bernie Sanders. Whatever your political beliefs, I don’t see how you can dislike Sanders. 

 

I can get behind that.

Its nice that he said "murder" of Charlie.

There have been other organizations who have said "the passing", or the "incident", language meant to diminish the reality and severity of what happened.

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Josh422 wrote:
I have seen clips and listened to podcasts with him in them. I think mostly around the last election and when votes were being tallied. I...

I have seen clips and listened to podcasts with him in them. I think mostly around the last election and when votes were being tallied. I don’t have socials and don’t “follow” anyone, so it’s not like his work was particularly important or impactful in my daily routine, but damn this hit me hard yesterday and today. This type of thing is so terrible.

I am not sure why someone downvoted you, but it is pretty typical for some people around here. 

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Apparently there is a press conference scheduled in 45 minutes from now to give update, 6:30 pacific time

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