Global Politics - General Chat

[Wayno]

I understand having no sympathy for Charlie Kirk, but let me ask this:

Do any of you think what Tyler Robinson did is admirable and worth celebrating?

No. Murder is always wrong. So is preaching hate.

unless your stance is that “well his opinions hurt my feelings” in which case I’d argue that you need to grow thicker skin.

He's not made fun of someone's nose. He's not mocked their lack of ability at sports. Saying about Trans people that they should be “taken care of the way we used to take care of things in the 1950s and 60s" is not a "difference of opinion" it's advocating of extreme action against a marginalised group on a massive platform. There's plenty more I don't have time to quote but dismissing everything he's said as just "it's just words" is inherently dismissing the real-world consequences of spreading dehumanising rhetoric. Words like his fuel hostility, shape policy, and embolden people who already lean toward violence. To brush it off as “just words” is to ignore how hate speech translates into discrimination, self-harm, and even attacks on those communities. It’s not about hurt feelings—it’s about the safety and dignity of people who are already vulnerable.