Re:Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah
by diogenescynic on Thursday September 11, 2025 @11:44PM
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>If that isn't hate speech, what is?
Citing the Old Testament is hate speech? You're a snowflake. And not that I agree with him on this, but it's clearly protected speech. You couldn't define hate speech if you tried.
>The first amendment protects people from government censorship, not infamy and disgrace.
Sure and he was politely debating on a college campus in a public space. Is that not where you can debate ideas? He was killed for that and now people are trying to justify it and throw it back in his face because he was a 2nd amendment defender. Don't you realize how gross that is?
You can peruse the "political views" section on his Wikipedia page if you want something comprehensive, but here's an example for you to chew on:
In one podcast interview, Kirk cited Leviticus 20:18 (he paraphrases as "if thou liest with another man, thou shalt be stoned") and called it "God's perfect law when it comes to sexual matters." That's a pretty explicit endorsement of the death penalty for sodomy. If that isn't hate speech, what is?
> They [...] don't value the first amendment (or seem to understand it).
I think you're the one misunderstanding it. The first amendment protects people from government censorship, not infamy and disgrace.