‘Why Won’t Conservatives Give Up Their Guns?’ Ask The People Shooting At Them | Babylon Bee - ""I don't get it," said one violent left-wing activist. "It's like they want to be able to defend themselves or something."... At publishing time, liberals expressed further surprise that people being victimized by political violence wanted them to stop calling for political violence."
Meme - Amused soyjak:
"Lefties create cancel culture and people lose their jobs"
"FreEdOm Of SpEeCh NoT fReEdOm FrOm CoNsEqUeNcEs"
Raging soyjak:
"When it comes back to be used on Lefties and they lose their jobs"
"b- b- but my freedom of speech!"
Weird. Left wingers used to proclaim that freedom of speech didn't mean private companies couldn't do whatever they wanted, champion "Accountability Culture" and mock 'freeze peach'"hat
Matt Finn on X - "WATCH: Man tramples on Charlie Kirk memorial at TP USA. He is taken to the ground by onlookers and then arrested. He traveled about 15 yards through the memorial, kicked over flowers, vases and flags and balloons, according to our photog."
Aetius on X - "They’ll tell you conservatives should turn down the temperature while they trash your memorials for the dead they put in the ground"
matt on X - "in america if you don’t mourn the 21st century hitler youth program director you get fired from your job"
CrusaderPepe on X - "294k likes calling Charlie Kirk a Hitler Youth Director. They are tripling down on their "moral right" to blow your head off. There is no doubt, they want you dead."
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL on X - "Apologies for this. I had seen a clip on social media which did not have the full context, and had seen others making the same claim. The full exchange shows it was a debate about Biblical interpretation, not a call for the stoning of gay people. Kirk did have views with which I strongly disagree but this was not among them. Note to self - especially amid tragic and potentially deeply polarising events, be extra careful about social media, mis- and disinformation"
Darren Grimes on X - "π¨ NEW: Alastair Campbell admits he spread a vile smear about Charlie Kirk, then shrugs it off as “I saw a clip.” This man was Tony Blair’s spin doctor. A professional propagandist. And he couldn’t be bothered to check the facts before defaming someone who’d just been assassinated. Lazy. Reckless. Shameful."
Matt Walsh on X - "Yes how dare I “demonize” people who very explicitly and specifically want me dead? How could I engage in such “extreme rhetoric” about people who would shoot me in the head and dance on my grave?"
Elon Musk on X - "Clear incitement to murder is unacceptable even as hyperbolic rhetoric. But this is NOT merely speech – they actually do want Matt to be murdered! Some would do it themselves if they had the chance."
Andrew—#IAmTheResistance on X - "As a psychologist who specializes in bereavement, her words don’t read like grief at all. They read like rage. Not the grief of someone who lost the love of their life, but the fury of someone whose shared hatred just lost its co-pilot. Let’s break down why this is so chilling π§΅"
ππ§π on X - "Most of us aren't filled with rage when a loved one dies, because very few people see their partner assassinated in front of their eyes. Let's break down why you aren't capable of understanding this: You're a moron."
Ally Sammarco on X - "Erika Kirk you’re weird as hell."
Lukas (computer) πΊ on X - "14x repeat offender stabs woman in the neck for being white:
"he was clearly mentally ill... can't you see he's hurting π₯Ί"
Widow upset at people who shot her husband and celebrated his death:
"wow! what a weird bitch! π€£""
Andy Ngo on X - ""They must die." Kiley Delgado, a Portland far-left extremist who was part of the "Wall of Moms" fake peaceful protest in 2020 during the Antifa insurrection, is suggesting to her comrades to target a memorial for Charlie Kirk in Beaverton, Ore. today at 6:30 p.m. at Griffith Park."
Assassination Culture: How Burning Teslas and Killing Billionaires Became a Meme Aesthetic for Political Violence - "Political violence targeting Donald Trump and Elon Musk is becoming increasingly normalized. Following the July 13, 2024 attempted assassination of President Trump, tolerance - and even advocacy - for political violence appears to have surged, especially among politically left-leaning segments of the population. This pattern builds on a broader trend NCRI identified in two December 2024 reports which analyzed how viral social media narratives were legitimizing political violence, particularly in the aftermath of the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s assassination. The reports found widespread justification for lethal violence - including assassination - among younger, highly online, and ideologically left-aligned users. A spillover effect into offline domains is already occurring, as illustrated by a ballot measure recently submitted in California that is macabrely named “the Luigi Mangione Access to Health Care Act.” A broader “assassination culture” appears to be emerging within segments of the U.S. public on the extreme left. NCRI empirically assessed this shift with original survey data and open source intelligence analysis to assess how normalized and justified violence against the administration has become in public discourse. The findings signal a threat to political stability and public safety... Our analysis supports the belief that BlueSky plays a significant and predictive role in amplifying radical ideation... Over half of those who self-identified as left of center (56%) reported that if someone murdered Donald Trump, they would be at least somewhat justified (see Figure 1; similar proportions supported murdering Musk and destroying Tesla dealerships). This includes 14.1% who said this murder would be “Completely Justified.” Similarly, half (50.2%) of those who self-identified as left of center said the murder of Elon Musk would be somewhat justified (or greater), with about 10.7% saying this is “Completely Justified” (see Figure 3). Over ⅓ of all respondents believe it is at least somewhat acceptable to destroy Tesla dealerships to protest Elon Musk’s involvement in the Presidential administration... Rather than treat support for violence against Elon Musk or Donald Trump as unique cases, we asked a deeper question: Are these beliefs symptoms of a larger, coherent worldview that increasingly tolerates political violence?... The correlation matrix reveals that support for political violence—including property destruction and assassination—is not expressed in isolation, but as part of a tightly interconnected belief system. Those who justify the murder of Elon Musk or Donald Trump are also more likely to support Luigi Mangione’s killing of Brian Thompson (r = .36 and .31, respectively). This pattern suggests a broader worldview in which violence is seen as a legitimate political response—not just a reaction to individual figures. Central to this belief system is Left-Wing Authoritarianism (LWA), characterized by moral absolutism, punitive attitudes toward ideological opponents, and a willingness to use coercion for progressive aims... We believe these results point to a structured ideological framework—what we term assassination culture—in which revolutionary action is valorized, particularly when directed at symbols of wealth, power, or conservative politics... support for assassinating Elon Musk9 is predicted by a clear set of ideological and psychological factors. The strongest predictors are far-left political identity1 and Left-Wing Authoritarianism (LWA)—suggesting this justification of violence is underpinned by politics and ideology. Time spent on BlueSky also emerged as a significant predictor suggesting a potential role for the cyber social domain in justification of violence, a trend that mirrors NCRI’s earlier findings on Luigi Mangione. Finally, external locus of control—the belief that one’s outcomes are shaped by outside forces—was linked to greater support for violence, suggesting that feelings of powerlessness may fuel justification for extreme action. These findings support the hypothesis that assassination culture is not random, but structured, ideological, and amplified in specific digital environments... mentions of Luigi Mangione are being used as a coded callsign to make allusions to or even calls to action for political violence. Though the survey results indicate that time spent on BlueSky is a significant predictor in justification of violence, robust chatter on other platforms illustrates how assassination culture is trending across internet culture more broadly. A case in point is Reddit, which according to reporting has stepped up moderation efforts in a yet-unsuccessful attempt to clamp down on posts and communities that are either glorifying or even making concrete calls for acts of political violence"
This was but a prelude; where they burn Teslas, they ultimately shoot people
Time to jail the "far right" to keep people safe
Left wing ideology - that outcomes are socially determined - contributes to violence
Left wingers claim shutting down social media platforms is needed to prevent violence, but they love BlueSky.
Not the Bee on X - "Cancel culture is bad, but we need to be clear about what it is and why it doesn’t apply to this Charlie Kirk situation. Cancel Culture targets those whose legitimate views or opinions are deceitfully represented to a mob and the person faces societal consequences that aren’t warranted. This type of cancelling happened to us when our joke about Rachel Levine got us banned from Twitter despite the fact that it was not only a joke, but also factually accurate. It happened to Charlie on countless campuses when his peaceful Q&A sessions were represented as something sinister. But when somebody does something universally abhorrent, or puts others in danger, removing that person from the place where they can cause harm to others is a legitimate remedy. It’s not cancel culture. A predator losing his job at a daycare after being arrested wouldn’t be cancel culture. A pilot getting fired for praising the 9/11 attacks would not be cancel culture. That would be employers distancing themselves from opinions and actions that present legitimate danger to themselves or others. The issue is that democrats have been so successful at framing very normal ideas as dangerous that they use this same defense of their own cancellation efforts. They did it with us, arguing that our words were legitimate violence, when they obviously were not. So no, it is not hypocritical for us to want some people, especially those tasked with protecting people and instructing our kids, to be held accountable for adhering to dangerous and truthfully violent ideologies. If a person is a teacher and celebrating the death of a conservative just because they espoused conservative ideals, well that person needs to not be passing that ideology on to our kids anymore because it is universally recognized as wrong and dangerous to discriminate and implant hate in that way. Disagree with this if you want, but there is a legitimate difference between praising evil and making harmless jokes."
Remember, kids. Trump saying to peacefully march to the Capitol is inciting violence and he needs to be impeached so he'll lose his job. But left wingers celebrating murder and making death threats is free speech and their losing their jobs due to that is fascist and a Threat to Democracy.
Dr Taylor Marshall™️ on X - "Charlie Kirk’s assassin was not “raised Christian.” He was raised Mormon."
π°± on X - "Anyone probing his upbringing rather than probing what subverted his worldview as a young adult is seriously, seriously deluded about what actually influences adolescents in the Information Age"
Gays Against Groomers on X - "Charlie Kirk never mocked or dismissed young people who were lost in gender ideology. He met them with truth, conviction, and compassion — reminding them they are not broken, but loved and worth fighting for. We will carry that torch and never stop fighting. Today we remember his legacy."
Wesley Yang on X - "The idea that Kirk used stupid college students as fodder to mine for clicks just fundamentally misunderstands what's demonstrated in these clips. The students can't provide a coherent, non-circular answer to questions like "what is a woman" because no coherent, non-circular answers exist within transgender dogma. There is no grown up version of this ideology. You never progress beyond what's in the children's books. When you ask anyone of any age to defend the ideology, some may be more confident in their rendition of the dogma, some may use more facile rhetorical gambits, but none will say anything fundamentally different than "a woman is anyone who says they a woman." It's why the Brown University psychology professor ends up asking Matt Walsh "Does a chicken cry? Does a chicken commit suicide?" in What is a Woman. The Ivy League professor is not any more competent or skilled than the college sophomore. It's why No Debate has always been the rule, why censorship and shaming came before any attempt to persuade, why no attempt to persuade was ever made, and why the recourse to state coercion, threats of violence, and the commission of violence, have accompanied this movement from day one more than anything else that has ever portrayed itself as a civil rights movement ever has."
Wesley Yang on X - "When you hear trans activists say that Kirk spread hate and advocated violence toward trans people, remember how he actually spoke to a trans-identified female:
--Encouraged her to exercise caution before putting herself on steroids
--"I actually want to see you be comfortable in how you were born. I know you might not feel that way, but I think that is something you can achieve."
-- "You don't have to wage war on your body. You can learn to love your body."
Ask yourself: are these, in fact, messages of hate and violence? And evaluate those telling you that they are accordingly."
Bonchie on X - "Karen Attiah, who was just fired from the WaPo for making up a Charlie Kirk quote, lobbied to get an editor fired for publishing an op-ed from Tom Cotton. So no, I'm not interested in hearing free speech absolutist arguments from these people now that it's convenient."
Meme - ππππ π― @atlanticesque: "A Washington Post journalist made up a totally fake quote—not a quote taken out of context, not misrepresented, just completely fake—in order to smear Kirk. Curiously, she’s standing by it as true, even after she got fired. Could it be she actually doesn’t know the difference?"
"karenattiah.substack.com. My only direct reference to Kirk was one post - his own words on record."
Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social: ""Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person's slot". -Charlie Kirk"
If you think a journalist who makes up quotes to push the left wing agenda should be fired, that's cancel culture and you're a hypocrite if you support freedom of speech
Alternatively, she's so incompetent that she believes fake quotes are real. So she shouldn't have a job as a journalist either way
Stephen Miller Vows To Destroy ‘Vast Domestic Terror Movement’ Behind Charlie Kirk’s Assassination - "“We are going to channel all the anger that we have over the organized campaign that led to this assassination, to uproot and dismantle these terrorist networks,” said Miller. He explained: “The organized doxxing campaigns. The organized riots. The organized street violence. The organized campaigns of dehumanization, vilification. Posting people’s addresses, combining that with messaging that’s designed to trigger and incite violence. And the actual organized cells that carry out and facilitate the violence.” Miller argued that there is a “vast domestic terror movement” alive in the United States. “And with God as my witness, we are going to use every resource we have at the Justice Department, Homeland Security, and throughout this government, to identify, disrupt, dismantle, and destroy these networks, and make America safe again for the American people.”"
This person claimed "Stephen Miller wants the government go go after the left in revenge for Charlie Kirk". He is admitting that the left is represented by terror networks. What a self-pwn
Steve Robinson on X - "BREAKING: @BowdoinCollege in Maine cancels Charlie Kirk vigil, telling all students and staff it has received credible info on a threat from @MEStatePolice. Vigil was scheduled for 7:15pm. Developing…"
Will Chamberlain on X - "The biggest tell th\at the left are the baddies is that we can't even hold a vigil for a prominent conservative commentator without people stomping on the flowers or calling in bomb threats"
Weird. Left wingers keep claiming the killer was a conservative, a MAGA(t) or a groyper. But it's only them who we see are so delighted over it
Conservatives Try To Blame Left For Kirk's Murder: VIDEO - Comic Sands
On September 17th, George Takei and his brainwashed sheep were still gleefully repeating the misinformation
Matt Van Swol on X - "I have come to the horrifying realization that we are at a morality crossroads in the country. Where one side believes that murder for “hate speech” is morally good and “canceling” someone for celebrating murder, is evil… …and the other side believes life is sacred, speech must be free, and celebrating bloodshed is true evil. If we can’t even agree that murder is wrong, we’re not debating politics anymore, we’re debating whether civilization itself survives at all. A society that flips good and evil like this cannot stand for long."
Rep. Jason Crow on X - ".@PeteHegseth hunting down and prosecuting service members for their individual political beliefs is dangerous and un-American. We must condemn political violence AND allow peaceful speech that doesn’t impact the chain of command."
Rep. Jason Crow on X - "I want to be very clear, white supremacy and violent extremism are incompatible with military service. Our men and women in uniform deserve leadership that roots out extremism. Our troops and our national security depend on it."
Alladdin on X - "Shut up I got fired from the Army CI command two weeks before the election because I made a joke about Kamala Harris outside of work and work hours."
HowlingMutant on X - "You’re not allowed to support domestic terrorism while you’re in the military it’s pretty cut and dry"
Peachy Keenan on X - "In 2021 Lloyd Austin ordered a 60 day stand down to root out “extremism” in the military: they were hunting for Trump supporters"
The Dude Lebowski on X - "Oh man, that was good times. We were lined up and told to "reaffirm" our oaths while the DEI political officers, er, instructors, went around ensuring ideological purity. It was like Soviet Union came to us, Comrade."
Benton Howser on X - "8 months before that officers were posting to “disobey orders” involving the Floyd riots but had to sit through lectures on our obligations to report “extremism” which included opinions in support of anyway J6 & election integrity."
Thread by @FreeBeacon on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "EXCLUSIVE: The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating social media posts by at least seven different accounts that appeared to indicate foreknowledge of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, according to three people familiar with the investigation and screenshots obtained by the Free Beacon.
The posts—one of which referenced the date of Kirk’s assassination, September 10, more than a month before it took place—were all deleted in the days following the killing. Several of the accounts appear to belong to transgender individuals, and at least one of them followed suspect Tyler Robinson's roommate, with whom Robinson was allegedly in a relationship, on TikTok. Another account posted on August 6—more than a month before the shooting—that "september 10th will be a very interesting day." After Kirk’s assassination, the account followed up: "I plead the fifth." The morbid quip was reposted by an account named "churbum75m (SAW TYLER JUNE 30)," who appears to follow Robinson’s roommate, Lance Twiggs, on TikTok, where Twiggs’s username is "lanclotl." Minutes after Kirk was pronounced dead, churbum75m posted on X: "WE FUCKING DID IT."
Several of the accounts under investigation appear to be associated with LGBT subcultures. One individual, "Osamu bin Tezuka," used the X handle "@fujoshincel," a reference to a genre of anime that depicts romantic relationships between men. Another user, "@NajraGalvz," who had wished death to Kirk and predicted that "something big will happen" when he set foot on campus, had identified as nonbinary on X. And in a video posted on TikTok the night before the shooting, an individual who appears to be transgender wrote that "charles james kirk…does not know what’s coming tomorrow."
The investigation of the posts comes as the FBI is already examining whether pro-transgender groups knew about Robinson’s plan in advance. That probe, first reported by the New York Post, includes Armed Queers SLC, whose logo features high-caliber rifle bullets."
Bonchie on X - "If you're a leftist desperately claiming trans ideology had nothing to do with this shooting, you'd better buckle up."
Charlie Kirk latest victim of shooting committed by trans people and advocates - "Audrey Hale, a transgender shooter who murdered six people at Nashville’s Convent School in March 2023, raged about hating America, being miserable while being raised as a girl and wanting to “kill all the white kids.”... “Being white sucks, but being black is so cool. Black people should rule. White people should fall, every white person who lived and died. I hate you all,” added Hale, who was white... Robin Westman, the deranged shooter who slaughtered two children and injured at least 21 others during an Aug. 27 at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, identified as a transgender woman... Disturbing videos posted by the 23-year-shooter showed a handwritten manifesto and “kill Donald Trump” and “for the children” scrawled on gun magazines... Alec McKinney, who was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of being part of a notorious 2019 mass shooting at a Colorado charter school, told police he targeted classmates who mocked his gender identity... Snochia Mosely, a 26-year-old transgender male, killed three people and injured three others before killing himself during a 2018 shooting in Maryland at a Rite Aid warehouse. Kirk’s alleged assassin Tyler Robinson was living with a transgender partner who was in the process of transitioning from male to female, a law enforcement source confirmed... Before being shot Wednesday, Kirk was being questioned Hunter Kozak, a far left TikToker, who asked the conservative pundit about mass shootings involving transgender people. The two argued back and forth over the topic shortly before the shots were fired, killing Kirk, while Kozak was standing nearby. Kozak on Thursday posted a somber video on X, saying he still opposes many of Kirk’s conservative views but expressing condolences to Kirk’s family. “It’s a tragedy,” said a teary-eyed Kozak. “People have obviously pointed to the irony that the point I was trying to make is how peaceful the left was – right before he got shot – and that only makes sense if we stay peaceful.”"
Andy Ngo on X - "Yes. I’ve been warning about this emerging phenomenon for several years. It’s really not that puzzling when you look at the messaging from mainstream trans propaganda. They explicitly call for their trans comrades AND fellow allies to take violent direct action."
It's okay. The media tells us it's fake news that many shooters are trans, and we can definitely trust them
