Similar sentiments here. I can't find much common ground with Charlie Kirk but that doesn't merit an assassination. Unfortunate all around, and a situation not too dissimilar from the Mangione case (in the context of what happened, not necessarily why).

That said, while I don't condone it I can't say I'm surprised by it. It seems stoking divisions is a large part of the modern media landscape and all it takes is one person with the motive and the means.

Wonder if you had the same reaction to dads of immigrant children being deported and put in Salvadorian prisons to rot or straight up died in ICE custody due to neglect.

Yes. Both things can be true.

This is the kind of whataboutism the right has been doing for years, it's not any better when someone (I assume) on the left does it.

"what about her emails" when the rights now had 6 years to investigate it as the executive office (+ 4 years in congress, even woth a democratic president) is not going to ring the same way as "but what about our people being dragged out with no due process".

I'm sorry, this is no longer a "both sides" matter.

They were busy engaging with buttery males when they were in power.

No, I didn't have the same reaction. There is a big difference between people being hurt or killed for their opinions and families being separated because a dad broke the law.

This happens every day when someone's dad is sentenced and incarcerated for something like armed robbery.

If someone died in ICE custody due to neglect as you suggested, then EVERONE would have heard about it by now.

>If someone died in ICE custody

cf. https://www.ice.gov/detain/detainee-death-reporting

>families being separated because a dad broke the law.

Well glad we said the quiet part out loud. You only get empathy when you're not deemed a criminal by the US government.

So to everyone reading this, remember, the pearl clutching isn't happening for conservatives because a person died. Its because a "good" person died in their eyes. Whereas "bad" people are ok to be killed off.

This is why conservatives deserve no sympathy. If it was viable, they would line up anyone liberal or leftists and put them into concentration camps.

There is an astute comment floating around here that describes the tendency for human psychology to absorb information first through the limbic/emotional center first before the logical part. It is unsurprising to see horrible reactions after tragedies through social media. Living too close to the edge of the present brings out the worst in people. My faith in humanity hopes that many of these people will reconsider and regret some of the things they say and post.

You’re absolutely right. Hitler and bin laden had a loving family and my heart goes out to them.

I knew Godwin's law would deliver!

When I see sentiment like "we need to shut down every Left institution" from political figures in reaction to this, all while we have not as of now even caught the shooter: I can't really blame them.

I don't care about Kirk or his family, they can take care of themselves. I'd like this country to no self destruct in this glee for wanting to start another Civil War, though.