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Lying about election fraud is a pretty silly justification for assassination.
by hellojesus 1y ago
Lying about election fraud is a pretty silly justification for assassination.
- elcritch 1y agoSaying he lied about election fraud assumes he knew it was fake and said it anyways. Charlie Kirk may have been incorrect but he generally seemed to believe his positions.
- anthem2025 1y ago[dead]
- subpixel 1y agoThat is weak sauce. He was a skilled political operator. To suggest he believed what is provably false suggests he was a fool.
- hellojesus 1y agoThe point is it doesn't matter. Nobody should be murdered for spreading a lie.
- Braxton1980 1y ago[flagged]
- subpixel 1y agoTwo things can be true at the same time. Spreading lies does matter - it matters a lot. And it's not an excuse for murder.
- Braxton1980 1y agoYou said it was a silly. I was responding to that. I didn't say people should be murdered for spreading a lie.
- Braxton1980 1y agoIf you don't have sufficient evidence for something but make the claim anyway, that's akin to lying. He also didn't suggest it was a possibility he stated it was stolen
- cpursley 1y ago[flagged]
- stevenwoo 1y agoThe January 6 insurrection at the US Congress was based on untruths about the prior election.
- anthem2025 1y ago[dead]
- Braxton1980 1y agoWhy? The president of the United States is the most powerful position in the world and therefore it's theft would be a great crime. Accusing the political opposition of this crime in order to gain power is a massive evil
- hellojesus 1y agoNon violent evil has a remedy: courts. The problem with recognizing murder as a solution to evil is that evil is subjective, and sooner or later someone will use it as justification for murdering you.