Thursday, September 11, 2025

Did comic free speech kill Charlie Kirk?


You will not express violence in any way, or else!
Is shooting a person for saying we should all say what we want anything to celebrate? Is gunning down a right-wing Trump mouthpiece anything to aspire to? No, of course not. Celebrating the death of anyone, even the worst people in the world (Netanyahu, Hitler, Neo-Nazis, Rosie O'Donnell, KKK, hypocritical Oprah, my neighbor Robbie Joiner) is unskillful karma. In the marketplace of ideas, we should seek to be offended and let the worst ideas have their day. That is how we make progress. Slipping into our niches and a world of unquestioned assumptions is a kind of death, a moribund state of anesthesia. Sadly, we live in a society that simultaneously glorifies and condemns violence, particularly violence against the powers that be. A pale male with a gun did harm. What a surprise. Who saw that coming? Why are there no calls to restrict guns from white males? If POC and LGBTQIA+ individuals should be restricted, shouldn't the No. 1 killers, shooters, and gun owners be at the top of the list? We live in a violence-glorifying and hypocritical society, so it is not to be expected that progress will be made. If an overbearing government cannot be trusted to protect us, how can we protect ourselves from an overbearing government? Polemical arguments? Compassion for all? Picking and choosing?


Charlie Kirk ‘South Park’ episode under fire
(New York Post) Sept. 11, 2025: Charlie Kirk was fatally gunned down while speaking at a Utah college event yesterday, some MAGA supporters are pointing the finger at insensitive “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, alleging they helped fuel the hatred that led to the conservative influencer’s assassination as a result of one of the show’s recent episodes.
"Gotta Nut" (South Park)
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