IcedRaktajino

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[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 53 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (9 children)

I'm happy he's not spewing hate anymore. However, I abhor (and denounce) how that came to pass and remain genuinely disgusted at the sick, bloodthirsty mob social media turns into when shit like this happens (or attempted happens).

I am very much not an "ends justify the means" kind of person and firmly believe that kind of logic is extremely dangerous.

How does this make me feel? Well, disgusted. Disgusted that there's more gun violence in the world, disgusted that people are cheering it on, and disgusted with pretty much everyone's knee-jerk takes on the matter. I can forgive celebrating his passing as dark humor / gallows humor. I can even understand laughing at the schadenfreude due to the guy's stance on exactly this kind of thing. But for people to be praising the suspect or calling for more is firmly crossing the line into psychopath territory.

Again, the ends do not justify the means.

I can feel in my bones that the other shoe is about to drop, and all these people salivating over the bloodshed are not going to be happy when it does. Violence only begets more violence, and people need to understand that and not be cheering it on.

These are the shitposts I live for. Not the shit that should be in the political memes community. Thank you!

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 186 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (18 children)

Charlie Kirk. Kirk, 31, was the CEO...

He was only 31?

Geezus. Hate really does age you. I'm over 10 years his senior, and he looks 5 years older than me. And for once, this isn't a humble-brag.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 14 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

I mean, I wouldn't say "don't celebrate it" but just because someone else is a piece of shit isn't a blank check for you* to be a piece of shit.

*Collective "you"

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But I'm not going to spare him any empathy either

Me either. I'm not even sad he's (apparently) no longer among us. I just get disgusted with everyone who's calling for violence left and right (metaphorically and politically).

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Might be a bit premature. I'm gonna hold off until someone whose brain isn't a pile of mush and who isn't a pathological liar confirms it.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

How's this?

"No, Chicago salt trucks are not being used to interfere with ICE 😉"

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

But then.....you sound like....William.....Shatner.....and I'm not...sure....if that is any....better.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website -5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's like asking if every racist joke should be applied to everyone of that race. That's kind of how stereotype-based "humor" works.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website -3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Norf F.C or "Goalposting" is the nickname given to a series of drawings and illustrations originating from 4chan's /pol/ board satirizing Northern English

Yes, 4chan's /pol/ board is certainly a mighty fine moral compass you're referencing there. /s

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website -4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Not saying any of it isn't accurate for a portion of the population. But it doesn't apply to everyone (we're not a monoculture / planet of hats), and to paint 347,628,682 people with a mural of ugly stereotypes is, well, kinda racist / xenophobic.

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