For the most part, the assassination culture is coming from the left, who have wished death on Trump, Vance, and anyone who doesn’t toe the line of liberal beliefs. Michelle Malkin started calling this “assassination chic” way back in the mid-2000s, with lots of posts on her old website (which now directs to Unz), and she wrote about in her book “Unhinged“. How Democrats and the like minded around the world wanted George W. Bush and all around him killed. Remember how Charlie Brooker at the UK Guardian was hoping for someone like a Lee Harvey Oswald if Bush43 won re-election? Here’s the WP Editorial Board
Free speech and ‘assassination culture’
Months before Charlie Kirk was shot and killed, the conservative activist warned about the spread of “assassination culture.” He cited the attempt on President Donald Trump’s life, as well as the killing of a health care CEO. And now it seems all too likely that he himself became a victim of that violent fervor while speaking on Wednesday at Utah Valley University.
The 31-year-old, a husband and a father of two, founded the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA in 2012. Over time, he developed a massive following online and traveled frequently to college campuses — preaching to the choir while also relishing debate with his many detractors. That sort of dialogue is what universities are supposed to foster, and shooting someone for what they have to say is among the most un-American and evil acts that anyone can perpetrate.
And, yet, the Washington Post, their opinion writers, and the Editorial Board have all looked to shut down opposing voices.
Elected officials in Minnesota were horrifically assassinated at their homes in June. Trump came inches from being assassinated during a rally last summer in Butler, Pennsylvania. Then, last September, another armed madman was caught lying in wait for him. (That suspect is on trial for attempted murder this week.) Rep. Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) almost died when a left-wing radical shot up the congressional Republican baseball practice in 2017.
Too often, partisans appear eager to blame their opponents after any heinous attack — rather than straightforwardly condemning it. Studies suggest that strong public denunciations of violence from elected leaders help strengthen norms against it.
And the minute it happens with a gun Democrats and their pet media rush to blame guns and want to ban them from the hands of you peasants, all while getting protection from armed security.
The overwhelming majority of prominent Democrats forcefully and promptly condemned the killing of Kirk, including New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who hosted Kirk on his podcast six months ago. Former president Barack Obama said that “this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy.” Though Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) decried the violence, he couldn’t help himself from taking a dig at Trump. “I think the president’s rhetoric often foments it,” he said, a disgracefully ill-timed comment.
And so many of those politicians were calling for gun bans. They can’t help themselves
Many are calling the assassination of Charlie Kirk to be a “sea change” event, and, perhaps the WPEB is understanding that. Time will tell. Because when Democrat politicians and those in the media are constantly calling Trump, his people, and his voters Nazis, Fascists, authoritarians, etc, say Democracy is ending, well, what do unhinged Democrat voters do?
Perhaps the WPEB could speak to the Times? You had Kathy Griffin with her severed Trump head. You just had NC House member Julie Von Haefen posting a decapitated Trump photo. There were lots of other crazy at those No Kings protests. No Kings entices Dems to think the nation is ending and want to put a stop to it. The overblown rhetoric about Doom doesn’t help. Twitter, Blue Sky, and others are chock full of Dems celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk, and wishing for more of this. Remember how they wished the Trump assassin didn’t miss?
This stuff got Matthew Dowd fired from MSNBC. TMZ had to offer an apology for their celebration (no one is accepting it). The NY Times ran a cartoon hoping climate Skeptics were killed.
Remember the ” 2010 climate-campaign video showing a teacher blowing up students who didn’t sign on to cut their carbon footprints”? There’s been no shortage of those on the political left wishing death on opponents for not believing in ‘climate change’, abortion on demand, big government, etc. Not that those on the right are perfect, but, rarely do they follow through with violence, and most of them are way outside the mainstream, while the ones hoping and doing are typically part of the left mainstream.
Want to turn down the temperature? Start with the Credentialed Media. And have those in the media call out the Democrats who are unhinged.
In June a rightwing anti abortionist killed the Dem leader of the Wisconsin House of Reps along with her husband
He then shot both the Dem WS leader of the Senate. He left a long list of national Dems presumably to kill including Muslim members of Congress
The 18yo that almost killed Trump?
A registered Republican who told his best friend that he voted for Trump. Over 700 posting posting on social media exposing his extreme anyisemetic
Johnny, Johnny…”a registered Republican..he voted for Trump…(which of course is hearsay). What the hell does that have to with anything? In that huge brain of yours, don’t you think trying to kill Trump would sorta cancel out voting for him? Just a wild guess, Johnny..
Anrisemetic (not antiZionism) and anti migrant views.
Incidentally they have just found the weapon used to kill Kirk. A bolt action hunting rifle
When there is a mass killing, especially of children we often hear ” this is a small price we must pay to endure we have the right to beat arms to fight back against a tyrannical government. We didn’t hear that after Trump was shot will we hear it now?
Johnny-hairy…what we didn’t hear were any calls for gun control by liberals after Trump’s assassination attempt. Why not?
Jill,
The calls for getting rid of semi-auto AR-15 style rifles are constant. You should know that. These light-weight, low recoil, multi-round, combat rifles are the choice for mass shooters.
It appears that Mr Kirk was killed with a .30-06 bolt action rifle, a “big game rifle”, and an unusual choice for assassination.
Mr Teach lied:
BS. Just stop it. It was an ongoing joke on the right, including with Trump, that Paul Pelosi was attacked. Gabby Giffords. Gretchen Whitmer.
Minnesota’s Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, state senator John Hoffman – her fellow Democrat – as well as his wife, Yvette. “This is what happens,” Sen Mike Lee (R-UT) wrote, “When Marxists don’t get their way.”
Prior to President Biden landing in Salt Lake City, an armed Craig Robertson was shot and killed by the FBI when being served a warrant. Robertson had threatened President Biden multiple times with assassination. Robertson did have a sniper rifle and “ghillie” suit. “The time is right for a presidential assassination or two. First Joe then Kamala!!!” He also railed against Alvin Bragg, Merrick Garland and Letitia James.
Trump has issued more than 100 threats to investigate, prosecute, imprison or otherwise punish his perceived opponents.
“I would bring back waterboarding. And I’d bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding.”
“Can’t you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?”
“Stand back and stand by.” (telling the Proud Boys et al…)
“You take the writer and/or the publisher of the paper … and you say, ‘Who is the leaker? National security.’ And they say, ‘We’re not gonna tell you.’ They say, ‘That’s okay, you’re going to jail.’ And when this person realizes that he is going to be the bride of another prisoner very shortly, he will say, ‘I’d very much like to tell you exactly who that leaker is!’”
“I am your warrior. I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution.”
“IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU!”
“This is an act so egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH.” (about Gen Mark Milley
“We pledge to you that we will root out the Communists, Marxists, fascists, and the radical-left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country, that lie and steal and cheat on elections … The threat from outside forces is far less sinister, dangerous, and grave than the threat from within. Our threat is from within.”
“They’re poisoning the blood of our country.”
“If I don’t get elected … it’s going to be a bloodbath for the country.”
“Well, revenge does take time. I will say that. And sometimes revenge can be justified, Phil (Dr), I have to be honest.”
“If you had one really violent day … one rough hour—and I mean real rough—the word will get out, and it will end immediately.” (suggesting The Purge to end crime)
“I always say, we have two enemies … We have the outside enemy, and then we have the enemy from within, and the enemy from within, in my opinion, is more dangerous than China, Russia, and all these countries … We have some very bad people; we have some sick people, radical-left lunatics. And it should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by the National Guard—or, if really necessary, by the military.”
“It is the enemy from within. And they’re very dangerous—they’re Marxists and Communists and fascists … They’re dangerous for our country. We have China, we have Russia, we have all these countries. If you have a smart president, they can all be handled. The more difficult are, you know, the Pelosis, these people, they’re so sick; they’re so evil.”
“Trump has issued more than 100 threats to investigate, prosecute, imprison or otherwise punish his perceived opponents.”
Yet, he’s not threatening to kill them. Most of the political violence is from the Democrats. You can talk about J6, but, what of BLM? All the riots, looting, arson, assaults during the months and months this went on?
That’s bull, Teach. You keep typing that but won’t verify!
Here’s a few of today’s…Read on…
We get that you’re angry. We get that you want to blame those you view as “the enemy”. But they are not the enemy, they are Americans, too. This killing is an outrage. The shooting of Mr Trump was an outrage. The murder of UHC CEO, too. But the murders of 9 Christians in a Charleston church, the killing of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, the assassination of Speaker Hortman and her husband, the bludgeoning of Paul Pelosi, the murder of 23 in the El Paso Walmart, the killing of 10 Black Americans in Buffalo NY… each and every one an outrage. All fueled by hate – hate of the “other” – hate of those that disagree.
The feeling that some human groups – Hispanics, Blacks, Jews, gays, Muslim, trans, atheist – are inherently less valuable, perhaps more violent, with more mental illness than the dominant group – is a dangerous position.
Rimjob, like all lefties, has a faulty memory.
Besides he’s intentionally dishonest.
As pointed out before he has nothing of value to contribute to this site so maybe he should just shut the fuck up.
The Rod Man, like all fascists, and as pointed out earlier, has absolutely less than nothing of value to contribute to this site and should just shut the fuck up.
His reply was that Trump wasn’t threatening to kill them.
No where in your post is that refuted
So, the US President is off the hook for inciting violence because he didn’t threaten to kill anyone? Low bar! What President has threatened to kill Americans? OK, sure, Lincoln – but they were all traitors. And Obama droned to death that Al Alawki guy in Yemen…
No offense intended, but grow the F up.
Has trump said anything at all that might incite his worshipers to violence?
“This is an act so egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH.” (about Gen Mark Milley)
“We pledge to you that we will root out the Communists, Marxists, fascists, and the radical-left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country, that lie and steal and cheat on elections … The threat from outside forces is far less sinister, dangerous, and grave than the threat from within. Our threat is from within.”
“They’re (Hispanics) poisoning the blood of our country.”
“If I don’t get elected … it’s going to be a bloodbath for the country.”
“Well, revenge does take time. I will say that. And sometimes revenge can be justified, Phil (Dr), I have to be honest.”
“If you had one really violent day … one rough hour — and I mean real rough — the word will get out, and it will end immediately.” (suggesting The Purge to end crime)
… the enemy from within, in my opinion, is more dangerous than China, Russia, and all these countries … We have some very bad people; we have some sick people, radical-left lunatics. And it should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by the National Guard — or, if really necessary, by the military.”
“It is the enemy from within… They’re dangerous for our country. The more difficult are, you know, the Pelosis, these people, they’re so sick; they’re so evil.”
“We reached that point in the conversation where he looked frankly at Gen. Milley and said, ‘Can’t you just shoot them, just shoot them in the legs or something?’ (wanting to stifle the 2020 riots)
And don’t forget Jan 6, 2021 and trump’s rousing speech in DC.
“Our country has had enough. We will not take it anymore and that’s what this is all about. And to use a favorite term that all of you people really came up with: We will stop the steal!”
“And if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore!”
“The Democrats are hopeless — they never vote for anything. Not even one vote. But we’re going to try and give our Republicans, the weak ones because the strong ones don’t need any of our help. We’re going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country!! So let’s walk down Pennsylvania Avenue.”
Mr Donald V Trump is about violence. (The V is for violence).
Teach: “…what of BLM? All the riots, looting, arson, assaults during the months and months this went on?”
Ellie: “That’s bull!”
So, the BLM riots didn’t happen, huh Ellie? Then neither did all that other stuff you ranted about.
But keep talking, Ellie. Your side just made a martyr out of Charlie Kirk. And you know what the best part is? You on the left just can’t shut up. Always blabbing, never listening. It’s your side that’s openly celebrating and cheering Kirk’s death, just like you did when Hamas attacked Israel on Oct 7, just like you did when Trump was shot, just like your Muslim cohorts did when America was attacked on 9/11.
Your ranting and raving about Trump, while failing to condemn your own side for their ghoulish behavior? That’s your fear talking; you’re rank with it.
All you had to do was either share your condolences about Kirk’s death without qualification, or keep silent. But you couldn’t do it. Because you on the left just can’t help yourselves; your verbal incontinence is your biggest weakness.
Operation Let Democrats Talk. It’s working like a charm, now more than ever. I hear someone out there is compiling a list of verbally incontinent leftists, some of whom are finding out that the cancel culture in which they so gleefully participated against the Right is a two-way street.
And so you help the Right. From the bottom of my heart: Thank you.
The FOP is making up stories again! But… but… whatabout????
Did you not see the BLM protests? Why would you question if they happened?
But how are the protests against the murder of George Floyd by the police related to the attempted coup on Jan 6? That violent mob attempted to stop the Constitutionally required certification of the electoral votes which the losing candidate insisted, without any evidence, that “they” had stolen the election.
Kirk is being martyred by the denizens of Rightwingistan. Kirk was a 31 year old Rush Limbaugh wannabe. Slick but unwise. He’s a provocateur. Don’t believe for a moment that his murder will cover up his words.
Kirk argued that abortion should be banned because you couldn’t tell the product of rape from the product of love by ultrasound!! BTW, he dropped out of community college. Kirk was shown a human fetus and a dolphin fetus and couldn’t tell them apart. Right to life for dolphins!!
Kirk argued that XX chromosomes determine gender. “A civilization that cannot define very basic biological terms and stay close to them is a civilization in moral chaos.” Except few people are karyotyped. And some XX individuals have decidedly male characteristics! Some XY individuals have decidedly female characteristics and can even give birth. BTW, Kirk dropped out of community college.
Between 2018 and 2022 Kirk was transformed from being a secularist to being a far-right Christian Republican. How convenient! He believed in the Christian nationalist concept of the Seven Mountains Mandate, which calls on far-right Christians to take dominion not just all government also over religion, family, education, media, arts, and business. Most of which is unConstitutional.
He denounced the “LGBTQ agenda,” and equated homosexuality with “grooming” children for sexual abuse. He has called on women to forgo education and careers so they can instead focus on being submissive housewives.
Kirk suggested Black pilots are unqualified. He blamed a Black fire chief in Austin, Texas, for flooding deaths that occurred a three-hour drive away from the city. He denounced the passage of the 1965 Civil Rights Act and tried to discredit the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as “awful” and “not a good person.” So yes, he was riding the crest of caucasian, christian nationalism. He has argued that the proper Christian view on immigration is not to “welcome the stranger” because “foreigners can become your masters.”
Kirk became a full-fledged white, christian nationalist while wrapping himself in the First Amendment. Americans have the right to say “outrageous” and “stupid” things. But he had no right of immunity from being criticized.
None of these truths justify his murder. Just as the murders of George Floyd, Speaker Hortman, the 10 Blacks killed because of their race in Buffalo NY, the 23 Hispanics killed because of their heritage in El Paso, Andre Hill, Manuel Ellis, Atatiana Taylor, Stephon Clark etc, were not justified.
The Rightwing-O-Sphere is using the murder of Kirk to their full political benefit.
Nice try-so in other words, Trump didn’t call for killing anyone, as Teach said. Refute at your leisure…
And then your lame attempt with Jan. 6th. “We will stop the steal….and if you don’t fight like hell…”
Omitting the fact that a variation of those phrases are used in pre-game locker room speeches at various sporting events around the country, you conveniently left out, as you usually do, that Trump also said to “protest peacefully and patriotically”
Nice lame contruction there sport. I didn’t claim that trump called for killing anyone; Teach didn’t claim trump called for killing anyone – no one claimed anyone was calling for killing anyone. So why are you making up some lame argument?
Did anyone call for killing Charlie Kirk? No. Yet, he’s still dead.
Teach’s claim was that predominantly liberals were the violent rascals, yet neither he, nor you offered any evidence!! Yet, the numbers are quite convincing that conservatives are quite violent, too. As Charlie Kirk used to say, “Prove me wrong”.
Few teams in the locker room are planning to attack the Capitol at the exact time Congress and the VP were certifying the election. Was the attack on the Capitol “peaceful” and “patriotic”? LOL. I was in locker rooms in HS and college and never heard, “You need to fight like hell or you won’t have a school anymore”. Coach orders us to shoot them in the legs, “Hell no”.
Really? “That’s bull, Teach” In response to Teach saying Trump never called for killing anyone. Want to try again?
“Few teams in the locker room are planning to attack the Capital…” Again, which doesn’t refute the fact that those words are uttered every day, as said
Let’s take One Lie at a Time.
Teach claimed, let me quote to end your confusion, “Most of the political violence is from the Democrats.” That is a lie. Prove me wrong, as Mr Kirk would say. Care to try again?
The Jan 6 mob stormed the Capitol, not the Capital.
As pointed out several times before Rimjob really has nothing of value to contribute to this site so maybe he should just shut the fuck up.
He seems confused about what was actually written.
The J6 protestors didn’t shoot nor kill anyone.
As pointed out several times before Rod Man really has nothing of value to contribute to this site so maybe he should just shut the fuck up.
He seems confused about everything.
The Jan 6 rioters injured over 100 officers. Some who died later. Just as important, the objective of the Jan 6 coup attempt was to stop the Constitutional certication of the 2020 presidential election and deliver the election to the losing candidate.
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.)took to twitter(X) on Thursday and vowed to “use Congressional authority and every influence with big tech platforms to mandate immediate ban for life of every post or commenter that belittled the assassination of Charlie Kirk.”
There’s no quit in Republicuns!! And what even does “belittled the assassination” even mean?
We’re doomed…
Notice all the riots and looting going on after Kirk’s assassination, just like what happened after the St. Floyd incident? I must have missed it. Remember? 1-2 billion in damages, over 600 police officers injured, around 24 deaths?
We are not the same.
Are you suggesting the police were involved in killing Kirk because of his race?
Did the federal government pull out all stops to pursue the killer of Mr Floyd?
Finally, are wealthy, white demagogues systemically abused by he system?
jl types: “We are not the same.” That you believe that is the problem.
As pointed out several times before Rimjob has rey nothing of value to contribute to this site so maybe he should just shut the fuck up.
He seems confused about what was actually written.
As pointed out several times before Rod Man really has nothing of value to contribute to this site so maybe he should just shut the fuck up.
He seems confused about everything.
Fox News reports the suspected murderer is now in custody and his name is Tyler Robinson.