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[–] mrmisses@lemmy.world 187 points 4 months ago (3 children)

It was worth it for him, to get shot, so that we can own guns. I'm just happy he's happy

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 87 points 4 months ago (2 children)

And no one is happier than his wife.

[–] pleb_maximus@piefed.zip 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Do you think the couch fucker was already banging her while his body was still warm?

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 29 points 4 months ago

Dude I think he was banging her while his body was still pumping blood.

Sparkly pants suit? Check.

Acting like an angry theater kid 24/7? Check.

Telling women that they shouldn't be getting degrees or careers (whole having both)? Check and fucking check!

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 15 points 4 months ago

Worth it for me, too. I'm entirely wiling to sacrifice Mr. Charlie so that I can own guns.

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[–] Jomega@lemmy.world 110 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Under a giant banner that read "Prove me wrong". Sometimes the stars align and deliver cosmic irony that no writer can compete with.

[–] meejle@piefed.world 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

His last word was "violence" 😬

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[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

I mean we can blame the stars or one man’s excellent planning and comedic timing.

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[–] RustyShackleford@piefed.social 93 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] OberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works 55 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I don't like AI or saving/sharing AI images, but I made an exception for this one.

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[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 85 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

that was literally her reaction after he died.

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 37 points 4 months ago

I was in a doctor's office waiting room when it happened and I'm not the slightest bit ashamed to say that I felt pure elation. Unfiltered joy.

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Wasn't the "bigger" argument that it was trans people? And then there was news about the shooter allegedly having a trans partner (no idea if it was ever confirmed or not).

Almost makes it better honestly

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 96 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (24 children)

He was asked what portion of gun crimes were by trans people, and he retorted with "are we counting gang violence?"

So he was losing an argument about trans people and was trying to shift to blaming black people.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 82 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Charlie died the way he lived. Spewing bullshit.

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[–] artyom@piefed.social 17 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Equating gang violence with black people is racist as shit.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 39 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Admittedly that dog whistle was an assumption I made. He didn't finish his thought.

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[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago

Indeed. It's a common dogwhistle the conservative talking heads have entrenched in modern discourse. Obviously, white gangs exist, but the act of mentioning gang violence while talking to a predominantly young, white crowd will water the seed in their mind that the other is the problem.

Take a look at any Fox News segment that covers gang violence. Guarantee any mugshots or arrest videos shown during such segments do not show ANY white detainees. It's deliberate. If they ever show a white person arrested, they will absolutely frame the segment differently, and won't utter that phrase.

Since the "war on drugs" designed to target minorities is less effective now, they branched out to calling it the war on gang violence.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 15 points 4 months ago

He was asked what portion of gun crimes were by trans people, and he retorted with “are we counting gang violence?”

All those trans gang members out there committing gun crimes! Why ... there's probably nearly half a dozen of them in the country!

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[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 19 points 4 months ago

"counting or not counting gang violence" *proceeds to lean left

I mean I'm sure he'd be fine with that collateral damage but his whole "gang violence negates white mass shooters" was an argument he repeated often.

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[–] HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Deoxygenation is a type of change. He should have been more specific.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Inucune@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago (4 children)
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[–] SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Do we all forget that they were going to lynch anyone who said anything disagreeable on social media? They made a tracking site and everything.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I won't forget the 24 hours after when all I saw were people celebrating his murder and people literally trying to convince Republicans to start murdering Democrats. Then they realized they could get people fired for showing the wrong emotion and all the murder talk simmered down.

So people got fired for being happy a prick died. But to my knowledge, nobody was fired for trying to get people to commit murder.

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[–] mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

His last words were "including or not including gang violence"?

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 10 points 4 months ago

a mormon kid that the right, and erika kirk refuses to BLAME at all, because it ruins their narrative that its a "leftist that shot him".

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 4 months ago

It's so tragic that he made himself an absolute piece of shit who got what he deserved. This and Luigi are two wonderful examples of people on the internet responding enthusiastically to events that make them feel good for quite obvious reasons.

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