• Republicans warn against mocking Kirk’s death, threaten dire consequences
  • At least 15 people fired or suspended for allegedly disrespecting Kirk’s memory
  • Online campaigns directed by Republicans continue to target Kirk’s critics online

WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - After the fatal shooting of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, U.S. Republicans have a warning for Americans: Mourn him respectfully or suffer the consequences.

Over the past several days, Democratic and Republican leaders have widely condemned the murder of Kirk, a 31-year-old activist and Trump world celebrity known for his hard-right views and pugnacious debating style.

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    That’s not a “warning,” that’s a threat.

    It is just and righteous to threaten them in kind and I’m tired of pretending it’s not.

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      Whenever I see pictures of Charlie Kirk I sincerely can’t tell if his face really is that small or if it’s shopped for the memes.

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    Republicans honor the memory of Charlie Kirk by doing… _checks notes _…”snowflake liberal cancel culture”

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    I do not condone murder. I don’t even support a death penalty. But I do not and will not mourn terrorists, nor will I tolerate the whitewashing, sanewashing, or saintwashing of that hateful, monstrous person. Who dedicated their life to spreading fear and suffering and damnation among his fellow man.

    I am a staunch atheist, but since Kirk frequently masqueraded as a Christian, I’ll leave you all with this:

    Matthew 23:13-15

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    You will suffer, you politicians and preachers. Hypocrites! Because you have shut people out from the kingdom of heaven you will never enter, just as you have stopped others from entering.

    You will suffer, you politicians and preachers. Hypocrites! You would rob a widow of everything she has left, while verbosely pretending to pray; therefore, your punishment will be unimaginable.

    You will suffer, you politicians and preachers. Hypocrites! You would travel any distance over land or sea to win one convert; and when you have one, you make them twice the child of damnation that you are.

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    I think they are right. Everyone should mourn him properly.

    And there is no way more proper than respecting his own wishes and acting like he encouraged to do.

    So let’s gladly accept his death as the neccessary and justified cost for free gun ownership, don’t politicize his death, don’t show any empathy for him who preached violence and reaped exactly what he sowed, and start collecting money for the legal representation of the guy who shot him.

    Did I miss anything?

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      Every time I go to the range now, I’ll thank Charlie for dying so that I can own this rifle that I bought long before he was relevant or caught one in the neck.

      May he rest in piss.

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    I’ll say this about Charlie Kirk: while inconsistent, at some point he wanted the Epstein files released. Let’s mourn him properly. Let’s get those files. Do it for Charlie™.

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      He wanted them released until the admin told him not to. No brownie points for that.

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    "Don’t speak ill of the dead "

    Well then, don’t be a piece of shit while you’re alive.

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    Kirk did not deserve to be killed.

    I won’t mourn him and no one else should because Kirk and many others like him on the right have been pouring gas on the fire that is violence in the US.

    Had Hasan Piker or any other left wing commentator been shot, Charlie Kirk would have been crowd funding to get the shooter out on bail.

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      Well that’s absolute nonsense and you know it. Empathy is for the weak remember? These are blatant lies

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      Just realized that’s drawn over a bunch of Christian writing. I bet this pissed off a lot of people and I love it

      There’s a cross and a crown off to the upper right of the image and it appears that the kirk art is over the words “Christ is King”

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    Mourn him properly? Sure. Well as the man himself said it, it is a necessary cost of having the second amendment. Also as he stated empathy is a disease of the woke, so nothing to see here, just move along.

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      What I don’t get is why do people think he wants them to mourn him? He made his thoughts on that pretty clear lol

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    I’m honoring the dead you fucking pissants, he said he doesn’t believe in empathy