Ben Shapiro event at Reagan library in Simi Valley is canceled in aftermath of Charlie Kirk shooting
9 months ago by return2ozma to c/news
MFW we find out that the shooter is a Republican that's mad about Charlie's about face on Epstein.
Very punchable, but that's true of Nazis in general.
I’m open to being wrong, but my money’s on Groypers or some other extremely online right wing group.
It shows signs of being a well-executed hit. So it's probably not online fasc-bois.
I don't really get it. Are they scared that there is another good guy with a gun?
Ooh here's another one who's right to be scared, and whose death I would struggle to shed a tear over.
We're not supposed to celebrate death or violence.
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I will always celebrate the death of terrorists that target civilians. Stochastic terrorism is still terrorism.
We're not supposed to celebrate death or violence
It depends on what instance you're on. We don't have ads and corporate masters here. As long as you don't encourage someone to go do something like that I think you'll be fine. Depends on the instance admins tho.
!music@lemmy.world for people who'd like an instance-agnostic link. Idk of a way to specify the sort using this method tho.
Yeah seriously. I’m not that attached to this account. I’ll celebrate whatever I want. I simply don’t want to celebrate violence but not because of some fucking hand wringing rule.
We're not supposed to celebrate death or violence.
I'm not celebrating anything. I don't wish anybody to die, but I certainly won't get dressed to go to everybody's funeral.
I think we could use some more opening statements though.
ObscureMusic (https://sopuli.xyz/c/obscuremusic@piefed.social) has been doing pretty good job, I celebrate posts there all the time. :)
yeah but i'm done being dishonest
I’d die a giddy little girl if I never had to hear his annoying nasally voice again. Sooooo not masculine.
His whiny voice makes what he says worse, at least to me. I’m not going to listen to some snot nosed bridge troll tell me what’s up.
Here, you can use this to adjust his voice to the nasalliness of your pleasure:
Hahaha I love the internet
He sounds like a gnat on speed.
What I find so weird is that apparently he's the Confederates' idea of what a very S-M-R-T person sounds like. Just because he talks fast?
The "debate me" energy that so many mansplainers have....it just has micro d energy written over it.
I still remember his Home Depot trip.
"I'm all for violence and hate, just not towards me. I want to spread hate and fear, as I'm a soldier for my beliefs. But not when there's a slightest chance of risk for my own safety involved. I only want to harm others while being safe myself."
It would be extra great if the shooter was a pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionist.
Statistically... Most radicalized loonies are Republicans or have similar beliefs.
Edit: I mean, no sane person would actually grab a gun and kill a public figure. (not that I'm complaining now, or with Luigi)
They would just say that that he donated a dollar at the grocery store check out line to help a children's hospital when he was 12, so he's a liberal.
Yeah, like the one who short Kirk.
I don't think they'd accept his offer.
The trigger fingers of the John Brown gun club members would probably be really itchy around Benny boy.
I've thought about this a lot since Luigi. The power of these alt reality movements is derived from their mouthpieces. Without their army of apologists, every ridiculous lie sounds as stupid as it is and always was.
Being a professional shill/propagandist for these people should be one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, and I'm surprised that's not the case. So, smart move on Ben. He should hang up the towel, and find a real job.
Being a shoe salesman would be a great choice for Ben since he wouldn't have to bend over to help people in and out of shoes.
Ben Shapiro killed Charlie Kirk. After all, Ben Shapiro was the rising star replacement for Rush Limbaugh until Charlie Kirk came along and passed him up, and became the big MAGA Media darling.
Now Shapiro is back on top. He stands to benefit the most by Kirk's death. Obviously, Shapiro did it.
Nah, he was Seal Team Sixed by Trump for not being a blind devoted follower. See Kirk’s flip flop on Epstein files. Yes, he publicly acquiesced but that showed too much independent thought that, with his following, organization, and youth, was a threat that required fatal consequences.
"Goddammit! I told you to just nick his ear, like you did with me!"
Was the ear ever actually damaged? No medical reports, thomas crooks could've been given a blank believing it to be real and S.S. killing that maga firefighter to add to the authenticity.
(But hey, that's just a theory.)
A theory that I buy 100%. There is video of him 2 weeks later with no bandage, and there isn't the slightest thing wrong with his ear. It should have taken a chunk off his ear, and there wasn't even a scab.
The whole thing was a pre-convention hoax, meant to drum up support. Remember how all of them were wearing bandages on their ears to show solidarity?
Dipshit traitors.
I don't know about you, but I don't know where Ben Shapiro was at Noon yesterday.
Seems obvious to me, but MAGA Nazis aren't quick on the uptake. Their primary characteristic, after treason, racism, ignorance, and pedophilia, is virtuosic incompetence. Frankly, it's what will finally save America. Their breathtaking stupidity is unsustainable, and will eventually lead to their failure and collapse.
[ grabs popcorn ]
Guns will also make libs shut up. This isn't a good thing
That's not the point I'm making. I'm saying that if it had happened to be a prominent liberal commentator at the other end of that bullet, other liberal commentators would cancel shows in fear of their safety. It's not a good situation for anybody
I get the viewpoint, but it did hit a bit differently when people that actively promote offensively hateful viewpoints and widespread gun availability incur the exact sort of expected outcome you'd expect from going down that path.
If you callously say murders are worth it to have guns everywhere, then this can be expected.
If he goes out of his way to stir up a hornets nest to try to hurt others in the area, then I'm not going to be too surprised that he gets stung.
Even as this should be a sign to tone down the rhetoric, a lot of them are doubling down with confrontational perspectives (well out of reach of the public mind you).
libs shut up voluntarily.
Then start ordering their left to shut up.
America's unwillingness to give up guns has desensitized us to violence. Tit-for-tat political violence was the obvious outcome of that. Now even if the country implemented sensible gun policies, I think it's too late. The violence will continue because we're desensitized to it
I don't have a solution. We'll likely live with gun violence as a daily occurrence for the rest of our lives. It'll be a slow and painful recovery if there is one
What do you mean you "will" live with gun violence as a daily occurrence? It already is.
Hey maybe there's a guy with a hit list going around killing people. Or was that the Minnesota shooter that was out to kill a bunch of democrats?
No no, Ben, god chose you, he'll just gently blow any bullets out of the way, right? Because god exists? And prayer works? He created the universe and shit?
I want to punch this weasel-faced rat just on principle, but especially because of his overt religiosity, and therefore dangerous insanity.
Why isn't religion a mental illness?
Most of these generic American Christians are taught it was gods will. That is.... ANYTHING is gods will. I used to find that so interesting as I was raised in all that abuse. No matter WHAT happens, it's always god that intended it or wanted it. There was some "purpose" or reason.
How convenient.
My parents also loved to lean into how they only had to answer to god. Also convenient.
No mom and dad, you answer to me. Your children are the only ones qualified to determine whether you were a good parent.
"God never gives anyone more than they can handle."
... "Because that's when he takes you."
What we need is some sort of new world order.
There are some countries that ban religion. You can tell which ones they are because they're the ones that shine with the best of humanity.
I can only think of USSR and DPRK. maybe Maoist China, but China (at least now) allows religion (though it prohibits Tibetan Buddhism and iirc Islam.)
I definitely wouldn't consider DPRK to "shine with the best of humanity." good luck to you if you decide to move there; don't pull an Otto Warmbier!
Can you name some? That would be a quality I would like to prioritize when picking a place to move to.
USSR is the only one I heard of doing that.
Those countries are heavily orthodox now. So I guess that didn’t work
Coward
One has a river of blood on his neck. The other keeps his in Palestine
It's easy to do because neither of them matter.
SHapiro also a pro-zionist nazi supporter. since kirk is primarly bankrolled by Putin, it would be in his best interest to rail on ukraine anyways.
It's fistin' time!
Come on Ben, go stand up on a stage somewhere in public, go speak your mind since you love doing that. Don't be a fucking coward, go put yourself out there and keep spewing your hateful drivel.
I have yet to meet a Conservative who isn't a scared coward.
It’s literally their whole thing. I’ve even tried to explain it to them but they just say “I ain’t scared.” Oh so that’s why you cling desperately to your guns and your stereotypes? Total lack of fear.
They talk tough about war and violence, but they expect others to do it. Gun ownership is just about fear.
Shapiro should keep going out and talking, he just needs to bring his wife with him. That way, if something happens, she can just soak up all the blood with her desiccated vagina.
Snowflake
One major difference between the Kirk shooting and that of the Minnesota legislators is that when Hortman was murdered, the rest of the Democrats still showed up to work.
Why? Because what Shapiro et al do isn't something they truly believe in, it's all a grift to make money. As soon as selling hate becomes too dangerous, they'll just pivot to selling crypto or some shit.
Guns really do keep bad people away! 😮
Everything. These types fear everything.
They talk about law and order because of fear. They often own guns purely because of fear. And they react with vitriol to events like Charlie Kirks death out of fear.
They are afraid of everything. That's their entire identity. This, mixed with a complete lack of empathy and integrity, is why we are all so fucked these days. These people gain power through spreading their insecurities, and they are destroying everything.
The funny thing is that they're both such generic rightwing grifters that I can't keep those two separate in my head. When I first heard about Kirk getting capped my first thought was "Was this a anti-semetic attack?" quickly followed by "Wait, am I thinking of the right guy?" (spoiler alert, I wasn't)
Yeah, I always got Charlie mixed up with that other guy with lots of incel energy, even though Charlie has a wife - and that was Nick Fuentes.
When Charlie got shot, I was like, "is this the guy that says dating women is gay (lol), or is this the guy that was interviewed by the old maid on Faux who was never married and told her that women need to get married and pop out babies before they think of their career?"
I thought I was the only one with this problem. I always kept confusing Kirk and Shapiro in my head
She does have some rocking tits tho.
Holy crap you weren't kidding. She's generally gorgeous, too.
She provides shade for her young.
Aww, they could've capped two bigots in one day. Shame.
US high school students “Pathetic. We get a school shooting in the morning and we’re all back to class in the afternoon.”
It’s ok when we get shot, but oh no when it’s one of them…
Did he gish gallop into the sunset?
Shame, i know there were a lot of people looking forward to his event being cut short too!
Hahaha coward chickenshit. All they need is a good guy with a gun, right? 😂
Awww, why?
Weak bitch
Why did't he just get a gun to defend himself? What a bitch, bet that is why his wife doesn't get wet.
Come on Ben! I just want to have a debate on gun control!
Go back and watch that video of Taco standing outside talking about how safe DC is, as he's surrounded by others and Secret Service everywhere.
Hegseth was standing nearby. Look at his face, look at how his eyes dart all over the place, like he expects there is a book depository nearby...and that was BEFORE this shooting.
I think they were all already paranoid as hell because they must know how unpopular all of them really are.
Hegseth was scanning around in paranoia thinking that sobriety might sneak up on him.
Imagine getting a job you're totally unqualified to work in. Now add Trump as your boss. You'd drink yourself to death, too. Let his liver become as dark as his bigoted heart as well .
Verbalizing this incident is just 👨🍳🤌🫴
It's probably time for you to close up shop Ben. Stop doing your talks, stop promoting hate and lies and start actually being a good husband and learn how to be a better person.
Or get your head blown off. Both things are fine.
I can’t wait for the tragic Kirk biopic with Kevin sorbo and Zachary levi
I do not want to normalize murder as a trump card in political discourse - not any further than the right has already mind you.
But I am enjoying seeing these hate mongers feel some of that turned back their way, in a very public manner. Having the outside world ‘cancelled’ for themselves for fear of assassins and high powered rifles. Always having to travel with security, constantly worried if their next organic street encounter will be with a genuine fan, or ‘a fan’ with a vendetta.
Tolerance paradox aside, I still condemn this though - because political assassination does not bode well in the immediate term, nor the long term if this kind of activity keeps repeating… it ultimately only leaves the most hardline and ideological voices on the soapbox.
This shooting has to shake some conservative commenters to the core.
You think anyone out there actually cares about that failure of an author to defend him with their lives? (He's also only a failure in the sense he gave up writing, btw. Rarely do the first books get published. I think he just thought it would get him rich quick, not an actual devotee to the craft.)
Imagine being a pedophile rapist with a huge head in the country with the most guns in private hands...
Every ray of sunshine has a silver lining, I suppose.
They were going to go after us anyway.
awwww booo! he should go :)
coward lol
Damn, he won't be getting that unibrow fixed i guess.
He stole that line from LBJ.
See? It's not all bad
- Did he ask for all Epstein files to be released?
- Did he think Israel is going to kill him?
- Did he show concern about Israel lobby in the US or sign of switching his stands on genocide?
- Is there an attempt to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files in congress this day?
I think he should be alright...
Why? Did something happen?
Got his neck blow out like your mom's back.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
hopefully we wont see as much anti-woke Kirk videos flooding yt as much.
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