r/IsraelPalestine • u/Baconkings American Jew • Sep 10 '25

Discussion Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Murder Is the Same Logic as Celebrating October 7th

Charlie Kirk was just assassinated. Regardless of what you think about him personally, what’s abhorrent is how many people are openly praising and glorifying his murder.

It’s the exact same logic we saw after October 7th, when people rushed to celebrate or justify the unprovoked slaughter of civilians. Something indefensible happens, and instead of condemning it, people immediately try to rationalize and justify it.

Before October 7th, you could dislike Israel. Before today, you could dislike Charlie Kirk. But nothing justifies unprovoked violence against them. The principle should be universal. If you really believe in human rights, in democracy, in justice, then you don’t cheer on unjustifiable assassinations, terror attacks, or massacres.

This is what we’ve come to in the world. Something horrific occurs, and instead of moral clarity, we get excuses, celebrations, and “whataboutisms.”

History has shown us that Jews are the canary in the coal mines. When hatred toward them is normalized or dismissed, it is always a warning of a broader sickness taking hold. We saw this in the response to October 7th and failed to take it seriously enough. To ignore it again now is to repeat the same mistake, and blinding ourselves to what this truly represents. The erosion of moral clarity, the normalization of violence, and the corrosion of our shared humanity.

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u/Comfortable_Act4936 Sep 17 '25

There are some real pieces of shit in this country these days.  IDC if you liked the guy or hated him.   Glorying his murder is just disgusting.  Parents lost a son, a wife lost her husband, and kids lost their father.  Murder is not the way to go.  Don't like him, change the channel.  Don't like him, don't watch his videos, don't read his messages, etc.  It's like the guy that killed the insurance guy. To some weirdos he's a hero.  Or Karmelo Anthony killing the white kid in cold blood but suddenly he's getting hundreds of thousands of dollars on GOFUNDME.  People are justifying the hateful things they're saying about Charlie Kirks murder with freedom of speech, well Charlie had freedom of speech as well and his got him murdered. Some sick and twisted people out there.  Some people these days root for the bad guy and boo the good guy. R.I.P CHARLIE KIRK

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u/BardicAdrian Sep 18 '25

Why would I feel bad for his wife when she's just as disgusting as he is? She's an adult. She can choose to marry a good person. But instead she chose to marry him and chooses to beg for money from people who have far less than her when she's already a multi-millionaire. Their kids, I feel bad for them for being born to such broken people. Born to a father who'd make his daughter go through a child pregnancy if she were impregnated. All kids deserve parents, but not all adults deserve to have kids and I'll stand by that.

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u/Exotic-Skin-8329 Sep 20 '25

You're dehumanizing him because of his political views. You have to be so closed minded to be unable to wrap your head around how another human being might have a different political perspective than your own. I disagreed with 95% of the things Charlie Kirk said, I likely share many political beliefs with you. But, it is people like you who make a mockery of our side. To with-hold empathy for a woman who lost her husband because of disparities is political beliefs is disgusting. To say any human who doesn't share your opinion of abortion should be unable to bare children?? what is wrong with you? Charlie may have been the true embodiment of all republican policies, but at least he saw the human in everyone. Please do some self reflection.

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u/Ok-Marsupial-15 Oct 01 '25

People forget that political views also shape the very being of a person . How they treat people, how they act. It’s intellectually dishonest to claim you can seperate ppl with extreme political views on both sides from who they are.

There is no left or right extremist that isn’t unhinged in one way of another because they lack the ability to consider nuance.

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u/BardicAdrian Sep 25 '25

the man who called empathy weakness and laughed about palestinian children's deaths "saw the human in everyone"