The public reaction to the shooting of Charlie Kirk reveals profound emotional division, encompassing anger, sadness, and concerns about political violence. Many commenters denounce media portrayals of the incident, express sorrow for Kirk's family, and criticize the societal conditions contributing to such hatred. While there are calls for accountability and a need for dialogue, skepticism persists regarding the narratives and motivations surrounding the event, indicating a complex interplay of feelings amidst an urgent plea for change.

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Sixerlive

Jeez. I hope everyone stays level-headed in reaction to this, but know that’s never going to happen.

vvfella

RIP to all Reddit moderators today trying to stifle their own joy while maintaining Reddit’s ToU and also not allowing their subs to come across as complete hypocrites now that the headline is something they’d prefer to cheer instead of lambaste.

MultiPass21

I think we really have reached a tipping point

No_Opposite3504

I don’t care who you are or where you fall in politics. If this is something you’re cheering for, you belong in a mental institution.

AssociationWaste1336

Jesus, politics and shitty people aside, that's terrible.

interwebzdotnet

I'm conspiracy minded because I've lived through the past 30 years, but one of if not the most prolific, charismatic leaders of the conservative/MAGA movement was just killed a day after more salacious reveals relating to Epstein. This doesn't sit right with me.

fullthrottlebhole

It's unfortunate how an aggressive act of murder will be twisted into a political tool. Some collective group will be blamed for it, of course. Others will try to justify it or claim they have "no sympathy" as if they're somehow superior for being a sociopath.  
  
A man was just shot in public. That's all you need to know.

BookishPick33

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The video is all over X. Keep your kids off the internet if you have them.

I think I’m going to leave Reddit since they (institutionally) support violence against those with views against the progressive orthodoxy.

HausRonin

This post is not video footage. It’s just a Fox News interview…

bevelledo

Looks like Reddit is not allowing anyone posting about it on politics

fuckit5555553

To come here and see level headed discussion and sympathy for a horrible situation... This is why I like to be around other libertarians. The cheering is so cringe.

Samwill226

Some major subs on Reddit are celebrating this. Not surprising but really disturbing and upsetting. That’s enough internet for me today. Hoping Charlie will be ok.

WhoDey918

It is an exercise in futility to consult most of these reddit pages and try to find some sympathy. I’ve heard of dancing on the grave of someone but the things I have seen and heard today from the average lefty reddit user are as horrific a thing as I have ever heard in my life. The split down the middle of this country is unfathomable.

Deepvaleredoubt

Awful thing to see and not in anyway does anyone deserve this to happen to them. Didn't always agree with the guy but respect to him for saying what he believed in and not just from behind a keyboard.

SofaKingWeak

Honestly I "feel" strongly we're here because of social media. Not everyone should have a forum to spout their bullshit. So many mentally ill people have an audience. These things happen for and against ideologies. You don't like it, go spill hatred and lies everywhere. Like it, go spill lies about it. Social media algorithms build the insulation around whatever a person finds themselves believing including conspiracies and other people who lie for and against.

I sometimes wonder if this was the plan to dismantle us the whole time. Mission accomplished if so.

Is there a video clip that doesn't make me sign up for X again?

almostalwaysannoyed

If you want to know how deranged and violent the far left is just read what they say in the comments 👋

NetworkMeUp

The (edit: close-up) video is VERY GRAPHIC, be warned!

WinterYak1933

I didn’t always agree with what he said but seeing the video and knowing he’s dead is saddening. no one deserves this.

Ok_Caregiver5366

Someone at work showed it to me before he was declared dead, and I have seen arterial bleeds before. I knew he was not going to make it. 

I didn't always agree with his politics, but his style of going in to the lion's den, to actively engage those of opposing views, in a mostly constructive (Or, at least an attempted constructive) manner, I appreciated. 

I fear that this will only make things worse.

Dense_Perm27

Just seen an up close video. Non survivable imo, I’m sure they are wanting family to get to the hospital before saying anything.

Only-Environment4334

We laugh about how they call everybody Nazis, but in their own madness, they think they're really killing Nazis.

PunkCPA

This is fucking insane... The left is losing it.

Toaster_Toastman

That video doesn't show anything, just a guy talking.

redtimmy

its ok if you have a different view and disagree but that was honestly just messed up

Short-Composer4440

Is there video of the entire event out there rather than the shooting itself? I'd like to hear his words before the shooting.

Golem_Emet

“This is no time for politics” this is politics. Now you see the decisions you’re making.

Huge_Air6665

Legitimate_Team_53

betefish1

It's hard for me to feel empathy for this man, but god damn I feel sorry for his kids and wife. Having to watch your parent/ husband die in front of you is horrible.

No-Agency-9191

carpediem-88

IDKWANTALL

God I wish I hadn't watched that! How awful...

I'm so fucking glad I was born in New Zealand...

NZAvenger

justaheatattack

Soooo where is the video footage? Seems to not be in the link you posted

flijarr

It’s like watching the JFK video but in real time it’s just absolutely wild anyone could be celebrating this.

Wizard_Squirrel_44

Bushes_RS

mofofosure

As a leftist, I can't see how anyone is celebrating from what i have seen online. It's so horrible, politics aside.

Ezekiels_Moon

That clip is textbook NSFL, if you haven’t seen anything like that before please DO NOT expose yourself to it very distressing

Cultural-Profile6571

Its crazy to me how besides the fact a person did things to piss certain people off...he was a human that got executed in front of thousands of people live. That is the most disturbing part of it to me. You can now see peoples live destroyed all at the comfort of your fingertips. What world do we even live in anymore

Reasonable_Pass_3874

This reminds me, my wife sent me to get groceries and I completely forgot to get ketchup. Talk about having a bad day!

LennyKloggins

Where TF is the video? Is this not reddit?

Critical-Hospital-91

At least it was quick….. I’m sorry Mr Kirk we’ll all loved you

Unlucky_Lion47

Please stop bro.. people like you who are going to continue to make the world a shitty place to live in.. I didn’t agree with him either, but this shouldn’t have happened.

All trans need to find away to take cover

External_Basis_3982

Prophet_of_Colour

fatboy578

Savings_Machine5836

I’m still sick to my stomach.  I’ve never wept for the death of a person I’ve never personally known until this.  
Rest In Paradise, Charlie Kirk. 
Rest In Paradise.

Slow_Middle_158

Why would anyone celebrate this atrocity?  Politics aside we’re all granted free speech and he was just exercising his right.  I’m not right wing, I’m not left wing, I want no..thing to do with any political anti-party.  What we have is an assassination of an influencer.  That alone should tell you that no one is safe speaking out in UhMerika.

BuildingsBreeding

Old_Sheepherder_7185

Everyone who believed in, followed, loved, or listened to Charlie like I did… I implore you. Do not take any violent action in response to this horrific incident that resulted in the murder of someone I consider an idol of mine, I even cried when I found out he died. As much as I had so much hate and anger flooding my veins upon seeing this, that’s not what Charlie would have wanted and frankly it doesn’t get you anywhere and causes the opposite reaction that whoever the killer is would want. Look at what’s happening here, 37,000 requests to open new turning point chapters at their colleges have flooded in, atheists who never went to church are now creating a standing room only crowd at churches because of the influence Charlie had. He wouldn’t want us to be violent or oppressive or destructive like the left is. He wouldn’t want us to go kill someone and then celebrate their death. He would want us instead to do what he did. Speak your truth. Raise your voices up in unison to say “we WILL continue the work you were doing in your absence, Charlie” and never, ever give into the devil on your shoulders. RIP Charlie. You will live on in my heart and the hearts of SO many others. Because you are me, and I am you, and you are us. God bless.

Accidental_Gerbil

I hope no one shows the video to the daughters when they're a little older.

baxterstate

CryptographerOk3405

this guy could have donated blood to a whole state

RuinOk2205

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Anyone else find it weird the police didn't control the crime scene and let them dismantle things.

ProfessionPrior7952

My favorite tidbit so far is that after several days of everyone pointing out that you can’t break that rifle down without tools, they’ve suddenly found a screwdriver on the roof WITH dna on it. That ought to shut down all those pesky questions!

brb1650

I think that footage might be from a video I have been looking at for a couple of days. Has a lot of angles, and some interviews. He looks right at the roof prior to the shooting. Kind of all over the place, but someone here might want it. 

https://youtu.be/y10B2GUMiD0?si=yBUosv1XE3-P9YjT

this_name_mistaken

Do we even have irrefutable proof that Tyler Robinson exists and isn’t just completely fabricated?

Yodoyle34

Weren’t there ANY cops there to rope off the scene? And the people left who were cleaning it up seemed way too nonchalant.

coffeeandlove1

That's an active crime scene. That whole area should have been taped off, and FBI agents and other law enforcement investigating the area. Nobody other than them should be allowed in that area.

Andy-_1979

If I were to guess, it's someone who worked for Charlie Kirk removing the camera so that sickos can't get a hold of the footage.

rockpharma

It was a crime scene. Whoever that is removing the camera should be charged with evidence tampering at the very least. Were no cops on duty at the event??

apathywhocares

Did he really just grab the chair Charlie was sitting in to reach the camera?

Goat_God23

Devil’s advocate: cameras are expensive and you have to pack up eventually.

_meaty_ochre_

Also why isn’t there crime scene tape surrounding the area and where are all of the forensic investigators that should have responded immediately to such a high profile person being killed? It’s all super fishy

Top_Distance_9408

As someone who works in video production, if something crazy was going down and something like that was caught on camera, i would be grabbing all our cards and dropping them off site before someone else tries to steal them and does God knows what with. Especially after seeing people stealing the merch, and it looking like no one else is getting shot.They'd be turning everything over to the police anyway especially if it was a part of your team.

Doctoredspooks

Fit-Produce420

JUSTICE3113

This whole thing is very odd, you don’t even have to be a conspiracy theorist to notice all the inconsistencies

Alarmed_Region7475

We have no choice ,  send Trump undercover once again to solve this .........

LongBow1971

This is maybe the least sus shit.

If something happens in my work place, the first thing we do is check the cameras.

Doesn’t shock me they took down a camera to most likely see if it had any footage

Nippys4

If he climbed up the ladder, why was he caught on the stairs on CCTV?

There must be cameras everywhere, where's all the other footage? This is a college and there are cameras all over the place, at the very least there would be several at the entrance.

Compute_Unit_Delta

What about why’d he disassemble it  then re assemble it just to place it in the woods lol.  Among other discrepancies.  I always think “man they think we’re so dumb” then I remember “no it’s cuz it doesn’t matter what they tell us they know we won’t do anything bout it anyway so why put effort into making the lie believable”

SlteFool

Why is there no videos of the immediate aftermath of him being shot? I’ve seen the moment he is shot, him slumping to the side, crowds ducking and running, CK being carried to a car. I want to see what happened right after he was shot. Why was there no ambulance? Which hospital did he go to? What surgery did he supposedly have? Where is the bullet? Was it lodged inside his body?

EmbarrassedNose7960

i've never seen crime seen being dismantled imediately, even before police show up to scan the scene or, at least. to lock it up. IMHO alot of ppl ware aware what will happen and are instructed to do what they did after the shooting.

Tranorekk9

It goes with the footage from the grassy knoll.

MrPhuccEverybody

That’s what happens when a scene of a movie is finished being filmed… you tear it down and setup for the next shot… literally!

Datzun91

That camera would be high def and would absolutely expose another wound (entry/exit), they’ve said absolutely nothing about an initial autopsy.

Additional_Bug1266

Submission Statement: I have a feeling we may never get answers. This really appears to be a serious coverup. We should be getting way more answers than we are getting. Kash Patel seems controlled.


Something went through Charlie's neck and killed him. As of right now we have zero evidence it was a bullet from a bolt action rifle.

megapwn1

No WHY WASNT IT IMMEDIATELY TAPED OFF AND MADE IN ACTIVE CRIME SCENE

612god

There's video of someone, generally looks like the suspect in custody, running off the roof the shots came from.

There is a short video or picture you can see someone up there too.

He dropped the gun down, then kinda half climbed/fell from what appears to be a 2 storyish building.

He probably fell 8 feet from his dangling toes to grass?

EDIT:  I said shots. Only one bullet was fired according to reports.

Corlegan

And why was the rifle assembled when they found it in the woods...

theslimbox

I’m just impressed they didn’t cremate the body right away. They did seem to embalm and stage the body pretty quickly though…

Quick_1966

Disassembling an active crime scene is wild.

Canadianretordedape

Maybe that cameras storage device is stored within the camera. Did they think to take it down because it could be needed video and didn’t want anything to happen to it.

hooter1112

Unfortunately, we’ll probably never know the entire truth about this.

Capricorn_kitten

The shot came from the side or from the fan below, the one the CIA guy in black moved moments before signalling.

jgarcya

First off we really don’t know what we are seeing. This looks like the aftermath and organizers/campus employees having to break the event down still. It’s is strange due to it being a crime scene but it seems like the lack of resources as it being a small campus they started asap. They probably should have left the grounds as is when everybody finally cleared out only we don’t truly know. This whole thing is a slow controlled drip much like everything else. Regress we only know what they want us to know.

owliekiki

If Charlie Kirk had Russian FSB trained security guards he'd still be alive.

EUGsk8rBoi42p

I guess someone needs to present this stuff to congress? It keeps being shared online but is anyone taking the steps to submit it for legal hearing?

lucassster

What’s this about him changing his clothes? I’ve been following closely but I missed that part ?

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