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Zeteo suggests that we inform ourselves about Charlie Kirk by paying attention to his own words. To assist us in doing that, Zeteo offers a helpful list of excerpts of Kirk's words, with links documenting the statements.
The Utah student suspected of killing right-wing activist Charlie Kirk faces formal charges this week, in an act of violence widely seen as an inflection point in U.S. politics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/world/crime-legal/charlie-kirk-suspect-charges/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #charliekirk #republicans #democrats #guns #donaldtrump #us #murder
Eliot B
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Here's a thread of commentators noting and pushing back against the attempt of journalists and others to whitewash Charlie Kirk's legacy:
"I also find it bizarre and frankly insulting that much of the coverage of this—again, bad—event is asking us to pretend that Kirk stood for civil disagreement and engagement and that we as a nation must come together to mourn him."
~ Emily Tamkin
In America, Charlie Kirk's violent demise has done little to change his supporters minds about guns. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/13/world/kirk-supporters-guns/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #charliekirk #us #guns #massshootings
Dan Gillmor
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"This afternoon [Trump] told reporters that in response to Kirk’s murder 'we have to beat the hell' out of the 'radical left lunatics.'
Needless to say this libelous and criminal threat is something a president should never say but which comes easily to President Trump and is treated as mostly expected by the elite political class."
~ Josh Marshall
Dan Gillmor
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"Maybe the worst thing I’ve seen today is Ezra Klein’s smarmy 'Charlie Kirk practiced politics exactly the right way' in Thursday’s New York Times. …
Author Mark Harris said it better than I could on Bluesky: 'You can write this only if, by virtue of your income, identity, or both, you are utterly removed from the consequences of politics.'"
~ Joan Walsh
#CharlieKirk #guns #violence
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https://www.thenation.com/article/society/charlie-kirk-assassination-tragedy/
Dan Gillmor
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Jay Kuo says that now we know the suspect in Kirk's murder, Tyler Robinson of Utah, it's time "to talk about the disinformation we were bombarded with" — specifically, how major media outlets like Wall Street Journal immediately jumped on the anti-trans bandwagon and circulated unverified rumors about the shooter being trans. Donald Trump Jr. — of course — then amplified the rumors.
Which turn out to have been utterly false.
#CharlieKirk #guns #violence
/23
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/what-we-know-versus-what-we-were
Officials have not yet identified a precise motive for the assassination of conservative U.S. influencer Charlie Kirk. But here is a look at what we know about the alleged killer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/13/world/crime-legal/charlie-kirk-suspect-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #charliekirk #guns #us #murder #donaldtrump
U.S. authorities said Friday they had captured the man accused of killing prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk after a family member helped to turn him in, ending a frantic manhunt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/13/world/crime-legal/charlie-kirk-suspect-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #charliekirk #guns #us #murder #donaldtrump
A suspect in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah university has been taken into custody, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/world/crime-legal/kirk-suspect-in-custody/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #us #fbi #guns #charliekirk #donaldtrump
Ben Ramsey
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The person arrested for Charlie Kirk's murder?
As Joyce Vance says,
"The suspect [is] a cisgender white man raised in a religious, Republican home."
So will Wall Street Journal and New York Times now apologize for promoting the lie about bullet casings left behind by the shooter that were marked with "transgender" symbols, whatever the jumping hell that means?
I doubt it.
#CharlieKirk #guns #violence
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https://joycevance.substack.com/p/trump-on-trials-how-our-legal-system
Zeteo suggests that we inform ourselves about Charlie Kirk by paying attention to his own words. To assist us in doing that, Zeteo offers a helpful list of excerpts of Kirk's words, with links documenting the statements.
"Before the Right just shrugs and moves on because the shooter didn’t turn out to be a gay Black anti-gun pro-abortions-for-all leftist with gender dysmorphia and a hard-on for replacing white people with Central American migrants — and oh, they’re moving along all right! — we want to note our belief that it is irresponsible to ignore who he was to anyone outside Kirk's very, very small tent."
~ Gary Legum
#CharlieKirk #guns #violence
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https://www.wonkette.com/p/spencer-cox-quotes-charlie-kirk-leaves
“'Gang violence' is a clear dog whistle for 'violence committed by non-whites,' so by asking 'counting or not counting gang violence,' Kirk is at once being extremely racist while deflecting from and downplaying the staggering death toll of needless gun violence that Americans suffer every year, because he understands the critical role that wanton gun violence plays in advancing the greater Republican political project."
Zeteo suggests that we inform ourselves about Charlie Kirk by paying attention to his own words. To assist us in doing that, Zeteo offers a helpful list of excerpts of Kirk's words, with links documenting the statements.
"Kirk’s last words offer a rare glimpse into the role that the gun violence epidemic Republicans have so carefully incubated plays in advancing their political goals. 'Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America in the last 10 years?' asks a student. 'Counting or not counting gang violence?' Kirk responds right before he is shot.
There’s a lot to unpack here."
~ The Feed
#CharlieKirk #guns #violence
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https://thefeed1.substack.com/p/charlie-kirk-manifested-his-own-destiny
“'Gang violence' is a clear dog whistle for 'violence committed by non-whites,' so by asking 'counting or not counting gang violence,' Kirk is at once being extremely racist while deflecting from and downplaying the staggering death toll of needless gun violence that Americans suffer every year, because he understands the critical role that wanton gun violence plays in advancing the greater Republican political project."
"He was a provocateur. He definitely was. And by the way, he promoted violence on the regular. He promoted beating and even killing migrants. He advocated for public executions. He obviously was a big fan of Ironically, he was talking about guns when he was shot."
~ Holly Berkley Fletcher
"Kirk’s last words offer a rare glimpse into the role that the gun violence epidemic Republicans have so carefully incubated plays in advancing their political goals. 'Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America in the last 10 years?' asks a student. 'Counting or not counting gang violence?' Kirk responds right before he is shot.
There’s a lot to unpack here."
~ The Feed
#CharlieKirk #guns #violence
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https://thefeed1.substack.com/p/charlie-kirk-manifested-his-own-destiny
Jay Kuo says that now we know the suspect in Kirk's murder, Tyler Robinson of Utah, it's time "to talk about the disinformation we were bombarded with" — specifically, how major media outlets like Wall Street Journal immediately jumped on the anti-trans bandwagon and circulated unverified rumors about the shooter being trans. Donald Trump Jr. — of course — then amplified the rumors.
Which turn out to have been utterly false.
#CharlieKirk #guns #violence
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https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/what-we-know-versus-what-we-were
"He was a provocateur. He definitely was. And by the way, he promoted violence on the regular. He promoted beating and even killing migrants. He advocated for public executions. He obviously was a big fan of Ironically, he was talking about guns when he was shot."
~ Holly Berkley Fletcher
"She spoke with Daily Mail on Friday after news of Robinson’s arrest broke. 'My son, his dad, is a Republican for Trump,' Debbie told the outlet. 'Most of my family members are Republican. I don’t know any single one who’s a Democrat.'”
#CharlieKirk#Republicans#MAGA#Utah #guns#GunCulture#Trump#Mormon
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"If the alleged assassin is who we now believe he is, there are lessons to be learned here. ...
Instead, it is much easier to retreat to cliches. 'We need to learn to disagree better.' 'The rhetoric is out of control.' Etc. Etc. Etc.
Bullshit. There is a fundamental difference between fascists who want to exterminate us and everyone else."
~ Jared Yates Sexton
#CharlieKirk#Republicans#MAGA#Utah #guns#GunCulture#Trump#Mormon
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https://jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-threat-no-one-wants-to-talk-about