I actually agree with
@Moxie on this. There's no evidence it's the left. Someone... about a month ago.. on X, actually claimed that Charlie Kirk was concerned that his anti-Israel views might put him in the cross-hairs of Israeli Intelligence. Look... even a broken clock is right twice a day.. so I'm in no way saying that's what happened. But the world is a little bit more complex than left and right. There's even a Russia-Ukraine angle... Kirk was pro- Russia. What I'm trying to say is that Charlie Kirk was right at the centre of many of the fissures that split left and right, but in that, there are many other actors who would be invested in his views/activities. Let's not jump to conclusions...
PS, there are even more insane conspiracy theories out there... like being a useful distraction to ease the pressure on the Epstein scandal. I didn't want to go there, but I'm trying to paint the picture which is definitely not black and white..
I think Charlie Kirk was definitely pro-Israel, Netanyahu mourned him on X:
As for Russia-Ukraine, I’m not overly familiar with his thoughts there, I imagine he was against US involvement, and he recognised that Obama handed Crimea to Russia, which made this difficult for the US now.
As for jumping to conclusions,
@Moxie - it felt to me - was referring to my possibly believing that someone on the left was possibly culpable for the shooting. I actually agree with you that it might be more complex, and such an accurate shot might suggest a hitman, but I stand by what I said: the left are violent, they encourage violence, they’re intolerant of other views, etc.
It might not be a wonky-wheel leftist who assassinated him, but they certainly are celebrating it and making fake equivalences to assert that he deserved it or brought it on himself. I was glad the MSNBC senior political analyst was fired for his crass, insensitive - but not unexpected - take on this horrible crime:
Matthew Dowd was slammed on social media for suggesting that "hateful words" played a role in the shooting death of the conservative activist.
ca.news.yahoo.com
What is wrong with people. FFS if you don't like what he's saying don't go!
