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In March 2023, around the time of Donald Trump’s indictment, Kirk said conservatives are being provoked into violence, and said “we must make them pay a price and a penalty” by indicting Democrats.

There are claims from media/reporters that Kirk made statements about “dealing with” transgender people “like in the ’50s & ’60s,”

Also the famous and now ironic comment that "Some gun deaths are worth it to protect the second amendment."

Who's inflammatory now?

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None of those statements advocate violence, much less extol it.

Absolutely did not advocate for lynching and killing trans people like 50s and 60s.

Wink wink, nudge nudge.

Trans people must be stopped, for the children!

We all know what his words mean, the veil is thin enough that even a moron would understand it, and thick enough that the law protects him.

if you can’t correlate the exposure of the public to such comments with the rise in violence against LGBT people, I’d recommend some self-reflection and asking yourself what the consequences are if you are wrong.

Hopefully you are capable of feeling empathy towards others.

He did not in fact advocate for lynching or killing trans people. In the 50s and 60s they would have been treated as mental health cases, not executed on the spot by sharpshooters.

I guess that makes it better, mental health was great at the time and they probably would not be subject to torture. I would advocate someone with a similar view or belief to be treated like JFK's sister.

They probably would not have been subjected to torture, no. If you're thinking of lobotomy, I believe that was phased out around 1951 or so, and it wasn't intended as a form of torture.

>for the children

I think it's only natural to not want children to be part of a group with very high suicide rates or otherwise be ideologically compelled to take life changing medication based on short term emotions and group pressure.

Hopefully you are capable of not only empathy but understanding for the opinion of others even if they fall outside of your beliefs.

it’s wild seeing this forum both-sides-same itself into overlooking the hate this dude put into the world