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Re:Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah by mothballed on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @05:37PM (#45204192)
No one shot the Skokie march Nazis and they literally showed up at a Jewish dominated town at a time when there weren't even background checks for guns. The ACLU even defended them in court, which is unthinkable that they would stand on their principles and do that today.

There's just less tolerance for discussing or exhibiting "extreme" or highly unpopular opinions, nowadays, it seems. Although, I could definitely be wrong -- people like MLK were shot for doing same long ago.

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Re:Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah by magicalist on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @05:43PM (#45204296)
> Although, I could definitely be wrong -- people like MLK were shot for doing same long ago.

I mean, you're almost there realizing the recency bias. The 1970s, when the Skokie Affair occurred, were arguably the high point for political violence in the post-WWII US.

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