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regnaD kciN

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9. I absolutely do not "advocate" violence...

Reply to intheflow (Reply #8)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 07:44 PM

Sep 10

…but I do recognize the truth in Jesus’s saying, “the one who takes up the sword shall die by the sword.”

Charlie Kirk spent a decade spreading a message of hatred and intolerance. And hatred and intolerance caught up with him today. One can condemn all hatred and intolerance while still recognizing that fact.

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Following today's highplainsdem post. [View all] BeneteauBum Sep 10 OP

HEAR HEAR johnnyfins Sep 10 #1

Or J_William_Ryan Sep 10 #2

Aw shit, I got called out for a pacifist post. usonian Sep 10 #3

I don't celebrate the way he died...... lastlib Sep 10 #4

Could you explain the backstory of what you are referring to? Justice Brandeis Sep 10 #5

Highplainsdem posted at 1739 today BeneteauBum Sep 10 #10

It's hard not to notice the karma. Nixie Sep 10 #6

History calls that nonsense. Jirel Sep 10 #7

I beg to disagree.... BeneteauBum Sep 10 #12

w/o malcolm, no 1 wd have listened to martin. mopinko Sep 10 #13

I haven't seen any posts here advocating violence. intheflow Sep 10 #8

I absolutely do not "advocate" violence... regnaD kciN Sep 10 #9

The only time I considered violence was after Sandy Hook Phentex Sep 10 #11