• K3zi4@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    I’m really confused as to why this is being treated so high profile considering he wasn’t a politician or anything. It’s almost like they’re using this to promote their fascist agenda.

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      23 hours ago

      Kirk would have been 32 next month, and therefore would have been 35 in time to run for President in 2028. Assuming that had happened, he would have probably wiped the floor with Vance’s uncharismatic ass in a primary

      He wasnt a politician, but certainly could have been Trump 2.0. I have a feeling Thiel killed two birds with one stone: manufacturing a culture war martyr, and protecting his golden boy from being ousted. Not to mention the third bird of distracting from his connection to Epstein, which information was leaking about the same day just before Kirk was killed.

      It seems inevitable that Vance will be taking the Presidency before 2028, considering Trump’s health, making him the defacto candidate for that side of the aisle if no one has enough support to oust him

      They’ll never find the shooter, MAGA will be allowed to treat Kirk as a martyr, Vance will usurp Trump, and then Thiel gets everything he wants. Theres a hell of a lot of motive there for a guy who can certainly afford to put a hit on someone

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        A lot of this reminds me of the shooting of Pim Fortuyn in NL over two decades ago. He was very charismatic, a born demagogue, and he would’ve taken NL far-right twenty years before they, unfortunately, still went there. But who knows, maybe that shooter saved Europe from an earlier slide into fascism. No telling what ripple effects will still emanate from this entire situation.

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        21 hours ago

        These conspiracies are getting maga soros levels of delusional…

        And for your reference they’ve apparently already apprehended the suspect.

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      20 hours ago

      They love to play the victims more than anything, so a Nazi gets shot and it’s the worst thing that has happened to our country ever.

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      23 hours ago

      Never let a good tragedy go to waste. Sanctify evil and call its detractor’s behavior abhorrent. Lie, confuse, dilute, and sow chaos. This is what they do, and they’re well practiced.

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      Because they’ve been champing at the bit for any excuse to escalate their violence against their political opponents, and they couldn’t have asked for anything better.

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      23 hours ago

      How else are they gonna justify repealing Heller v US if it isn’t a high profile assassination?