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Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe
The assassination of Charlie Kirk is no different than the slaying of another partisan political speaker. Martin Luther King Jr. Two brave, passionate people peacefully trying to engage the citizenry to influence politics who were both slain by an assassins bullet in a public place.
Imagine discussion of that being curtailed and censored in 1968, upon which side of history would they have ended, how well would those actions have aged? How about discussions of 9/11?
Imagine public figures and people in authority (teachers, professionals, elected officials) mocking the death and cheering the murder of MLK Jr. Absolutely repulsive and disgusting.
I argue this topic is not about politics, it is about current events. No one is arguing about elections or abortions, Republicans vs Democrats, etc. This is a discussion about a very public assassination of a peaceful citizen expressing their opinions in a public place, a place noted especially for being a bastion of freedom of expression and freedom of thought and for encouraging debate - a college campus.
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They are not really comparable. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a leader known throughout the world. A great man.
I never heard of Charlie Kirk before yesterday. I know very little about him. I would need to see some transcripts of his interactions with students to see how much of a dialogue he was creating. Facts matter.
This thread is about the shooting of Charlie Kirk and its aftermath. A current event in the news quite a bit.