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This article documents a recent shooting. Information may change rapidly and initial news reports may be unreliable. The latest updates to this article may not reflect the most current information.

e; updated title from "Attempted assasination of Charlie Kirk" and link from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assasination_of_Charlie_Kirk

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[–] HalfSalesman@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Assuming its not a "release the list" rightwinger who pulled the trigger, this is a potential reichstag event.

[–] HalfSalesman@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Shit, they don't have the guy in custody. They grabbed the wrong guy. Could be anyone.

Either I hope they just get away or they capture them and its some rightwing nutjob.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 weeks ago

Won't matter who did it, they'll try to claim it was a Democrat, just like the event during The Dipshit's campaign

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hard to see how right winger could become anymore accepting of government violence against their fellow Americans, but, yeah, I hope everyone moving through right wing spaces is safe because they are going to want some kind of vengeance for this

[–] HalfSalesman@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It can definitely get a lot worse.

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

How? Are they gonna assassinate lawmakers? Commit hate crimes? Vote for a fascist and have goon squads go around and abduct people off the street without due process?

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago

For real, we’re getting at that “nothing left to lose” point

[–] HalfSalesman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I understand your point, but I'm telling you: it can get worse. Right now they're only sampling those things. Dipping their toes. In fact, this whole "Occupy major cities with the National Guard" shit has been fishing for an incident between civilians and troops to justify putting the hammer down. They want to go further and intensify what they're already doing, but they need a reichstag event. That's what this potentially is, but they could fumble it. Hopefully they do fumble and Charlie Kirk's death just becomes a footnote.