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■If Charlie Kirk had been a liberal activist instead of a conservative, how do you think the media and politicians would have reacted to his death?

The fact that we got multiple fairly high-res videos of the bullet hitting his neck and blood gushing out does make a difference. The news gets shared more and more people engage with the news out of shock value and morbid fascination, which gives it more traction.

Had Paul Pelosi been shot while several cameras were filming it, it would have also become much bigger than it became.

Edit: lol the comments really bring the average redditor reading comprehension out on display. People really seem to think I'm saying that Republicans are lovely defenders of free speech or something to that effect. It's fucking weird.

The video elevates it quite a bit.

I remember Ray Rice (nfl player) domestic assault came out. Some criticism, couple game suspension.

Then the video came out. Public outcry. Full season suspension. Cut from his team.

There was no new info in the video. But seeing something happen changes perception.

Edit: for the record I don't agree with Kirk's ideology and am not defending ambivalence on other killings. I just think it hits different.

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■チャーチル名言「自分は自由に好きなことを言える、というのが言論の自由だと考え、誰かに何か言い返されると激怒する人たちがいる」

今も昔も変わらないのだな

「誰もが言論の自由を支持している。賞賛されない日はない。しかし、一部の人の言う言論の自由とは、自分だけが自由に好きなことが言えるということである。誰かに言い返されると激怒するのだ。」

Winston Churchill “Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people’s idea of free speech is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone says anything back, that is an outrage.”

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/17797-everyone-is-in-favor-of-free-speech-hardly-a-day

https://www.getreading.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/piers-morgan-meghan-churchill-quote-20031718

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