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Re:Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah by _rm on Thursday September 11, 2025 @12:35AM (#45207821)
I think that's the point.

The kind of individual who shoots someone for saying things he doesn't like is a narcissist.

Ideas anger narcissists because if they are counter to what they already believe, they are a personal affront, and if they cannot reason the challenge away because - quite simply, they're wrong and the other person is right - it creates a great anger in them.

And narcissism is prevailing in our culture currently. People far prefer to call the other side bad, stupid, etc, rather than introspect and consider that maybe you're not that smart, and maybe you don't know everything, and maybe what you believe is actually naive and just a manifestation of your sillyness.

The problem of course is that the only way opposing narcissists can overcome each other is by force. So there'll be less argument, and more go-straight-to violence.

Re:Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah by bigyabai on Thursday September 11, 2025 @02:09AM (#45208372)
Can you explain your argument further? I don't think it makes much sense, and I think you would struggle to find actual sources blaming narcissism outside your own conjecture.

A world where pugilism prevails over debate would look markedly different. I doubt Kirk would bother holding events if any of what you said was fundamentally true about politics.

Re:Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah by johnnyanmac on Thursday September 11, 2025 @05:13PM (#45216176)
>and maybe you don't know everything, and maybe what you believe is actually naive and just a manifestation of your sillyness.

I have coworkers lying low so they don't get deported from the country. And many were born here. I beyond exhausted of this "both sides" narrative as if I need any introspection on the prospect of "maybe we should exile people based on skin color".

Re:Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah by MisterMower on Sunday September 14, 2025 @11:42PM (#45245886)
If here is the US and they were born here, they are citizens, no? Why would they be worried about deportation?