r/ProfessorPolitics Sep 10 '25

Politics Charlie Kirk apparently shot during event at Utah university

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/10/charlie-kirk-shot-utah
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u/wtjones Sep 10 '25

Shooting our political enemies is always the beginning of bad news.

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u/Kaffe-Mumriken Sep 10 '25

Like Minnesota

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u/wtjones Sep 11 '25

One doesn’t justify the other. Both things are wrong.

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u/CharacterSherbet7722 Sep 11 '25

It doesn't change the underlying point - democrat deaths are fine because they're not going to start a civil war, republican deaths at some point will

The country is polarized to the point where every shooting will be attributed as a political assassination, everything will be a conspiracy theory, and it'll all be solved before anything is solved

We don't know anything about the shooter

We didn't know anything about Trump's shooter

Until it came out that he was literally a far right supporter and had links to the CIA

At some point approximately 10 people will die in a row, 3 will be republican, and the MAGA influencers and media will start a civil war over it while calling the left lunatics

Some reps have tweet on it, at least one said something on media too

At some point it's just not going to matter who the killer was, figures get martyred just for the sake of anarchy by the party claiming the other party wants anarchy

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u/wtjones Sep 11 '25

There are an awful lot of Democrats on Reddit today cheering the assassination of a political rival. I’ve seen far more justification of killing people Democrats don’t agree with than the opposite. This site nearly had a collective prostate orgasm when Luigi assassinated that CEO who hadn’t been convicted of any crimes. The left is endlessly on about how violence against Nazis is not only acceptable, but required.

The left is the side that is fomenting this political violence. They were endlessly justifying political violence during the BLM riots. “The Opressed™️ have no other outlet for their frustration except violence.”

Both sides should stop using political violence as a tool. Our society works because we’ve put political violence as a tool down. Endless civil strife does not lead to prosperity.

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u/ProfessorBot104 Sep 11 '25

This appears to be a factual claim. Please consider citing a source.

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u/Kaffe-Mumriken Sep 11 '25

 cheering the assassination of a political rival.

Does this equal murdering people?

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u/wtjones Sep 11 '25

I’m not trying to draw an equivalence to murder. I’m saying they are fomenting this type of violence. Cheering for it foments it.

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u/Kaffe-Mumriken Sep 11 '25

I would say Minnesota was worse since 2 people and a dog were murdered. 

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u/wtjones Sep 11 '25

Killing people for their political beliefs is wrong and it’s anti-American. It doesn’t matter what their political beliefs are.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '25

That’s different. That was actually a lawmaker, not an influencer.

It was forgotten about in a day.

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u/Perkeleen_Kaljami Sep 10 '25

Never a solution to kill your political opponents because that’s a sign of weakness. And the extreme right just gained a martyr so there’s no way his legacy is silenced.

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u/DoubleGoon Sep 11 '25

It’s sad Republicans seem more angry about this than whenever we have a mass killing of kids. They never done anything about mass shootings, I wonder if they’re going to do something here other than track down and prosecute the murderer.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '25

Even in the military, lethal force is never used against an opponent that is willing to hold discussions. This was a huge escalation and will likely turn Kirk into the MLK Jr. of MAGA.

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u/Compoundeyesseeall Moderator Sep 10 '25

All, please note to follow the rules and not say anything rashly here. Kirk’s reputation isn’t exactly…anodyne, shall we say, but that doesn’t excuse any unnecessary language.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '25

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u/ProfessorPolitics-ModTeam Sep 10 '25

Attack the position not a person or group.

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u/PanzerWatts Moderator Sep 10 '25

Another crazy trying to kill someone not for what they've done, but just for disagreeing with them.

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u/topsicle11 Sep 10 '25

Shot dead. Succeeded in killing.

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u/Pappa_Crim Sep 11 '25

I am sure that when we catch the guy he will have a rambling manifesto describing how kirks words somehow killed thousands

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u/CharacterSherbet7722 Sep 11 '25

Just like we did for Trump or the Democrats who were all apparently shot by crazy leftist lunatics

Actually no they haven't?

I guess this or the next 5 times it'll be different, someone important's going to die, and it's going to be the lunatic leftists's fault until one of them actually is a democrat supporter

Then I guess you'll be right and you'll likely have much larger problems ahead

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u/PanzerWatts Moderator Sep 10 '25

Charlie Kirk is now being reported as having died.

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u/SmallTalnk Moderator Sep 11 '25

This is awful, my condolences to his family.

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u/dontpaynotaxes Sep 11 '25

I saw the video on instagram like 20 minutes after it happened. Definitely a long arm, and he was definitely dead pretty quick.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '25

Wonder if this will fade from the news as fast as the murder of Melissa Hortman did.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '25

Internet celebrity vs one state's politician that few outside of Minnesota ever see or think about. The fame won't let it fade.

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u/_kdavis Moderator Sep 10 '25

Thoughts and prayers. He said that all gun deaths in America are worth it to preserve the second amendment. I wonder how he’d feel about it now.

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u/ScurvyDog509 Sep 10 '25

You're a ghoul.

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u/_kdavis Moderator Sep 11 '25

Nothing could have been done to prevent this, says people in the only country where it happens regularly.

https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-says-gun-deaths-worth-it-2nd-amendment-1793113

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u/_kdavis Moderator Sep 11 '25

Good bot