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156. No gleefulness at all. I'm just saddened by two things: (1) That this political violence is happening in America and

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Wed Sep 10, 2025, 08:06 PM

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(2) The someone young like Kirk could be promoting such a backward looking ideology (white conservatism) to young college aged folks - that hurts my heart. America needs to be moving forward, not looking backward.

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The gleefulness of some of us upon hearing of Kirk's shooting [View all] hueymahl Wednesday OP

This violence helps nothing and makes a bunch of stuff worse. Emotional people can be very short-sighted. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #1

It's basically the fuel of republicans wolfie001 Wednesday #121

Well stated and a good point. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #123

It is being said popsdenver Wednesday #125

Sometimes a catharsis is necessary mr715 Wednesday #2

It was time for a gigantic MAGA shit. Piss on those fucking MAGA turds. SoFlaBro Wednesday #10

Well stated! --- Thank you. QueerDuck Wednesday #89

No, thank you mr715 Wednesday #92

You sound like my husband... he thinks (wonders? theorizes?) that Trump had him killed. QueerDuck Wednesday #97

Why? mr715 Wednesday #99

They need a martyr... that's the gist of it. QueerDuck Wednesday #103

That is the worry. mr715 Wednesday #106

Fingers crossed. QueerDuck Wednesday #109

Do we know the reason(s) why the shooter decided to kill him? Escurumbele Wednesday #142

We do not know. nt mr715 Wednesday #144

the older guy I saw in handcuffs barbtries Wednesday #154

I would put nothing past those in charge in the WH. NH Ethylene Wednesday #120

first person i thought of barbtries Wednesday #155

He's president psychopath and thanks to SCOTUS, littlemissmartypants Wednesday #115

He absolutely meets the criteria for BOTH Antisocial and Narcissistic Personality Disorder. pat_k Wednesday #153

Trump loves and needs distractions. He a utilitarian and will use this Captain Zero Wednesday #102

your husband is not alone. barbtries Wednesday #152

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Wednesday #113

I'm with you. We don't win by acting like trumpsters. Silent Type Wednesday #3

No, but they do. mdbl Wednesday #79

I agree. When I start to become like them, PatSeg Wednesday #104

People like to say they are better than others sarisataka Wednesday #4

He was fine with gun deaths because he revered the 2nd amendment Autumn Wednesday #5

Got your amendments twisted TheProle Wednesday #16

LOL yes I did. Autumn Wednesday #23

I'm not laughing about it Katnip. Wednesday #71

You are quite right. I don't condone murder but comradebillyboy Wednesday #136

i'm not gleeful, but mopinko Wednesday #6

Thank you. multigraincracker Wednesday #60

I'm with you, Butterflylady Wednesday #143

I'm with you...... Butterflylady Wednesday #145

I think most of us are more in a "you reap what you sow" frame of mind. He didn't mind sacrificing school Vinca Wednesday #7

I hope he lived long enough to realize Dr. T Wednesday #80

from the video i saw, barbtries Wednesday #157

Telling people how they should feel is generally received poorly. I predict Maru Kitteh Wednesday #8

+1 on the Karen Blues Heron Wednesday #18

Very well said... thank you ZDU Wednesday #63

Of all my favorite responses on this thread, and there are many, mountain grammy Wednesday #77

+1 " I feel bad for his kids, but I felt bad for them before he got shot, too." pat_k Wednesday #81

Bingo. 🇺🇸🗽⚖️🗽🇺🇸 littlemissmartypants Wednesday #119

Just gave you a lil Maru Kitteh Wednesday #166

Thank you, Maru Kitteh. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Thursday #167

Does that first part apply to everything? writerJT Thursday #169

I dont see glee, I see indifference. tintinvotes Wednesday #9

+1 leftstreet Wednesday #11

Agree. I don't see glee. Lack of sadness re Kirk the person, mostly. But all here are sad about the diminishment of wiggs Wednesday #108

Indifference...exactly... agingdem Wednesday #133

Sanctimonious Lecturing ProfessorGAC Wednesday #12

Pearl clutching mr715 Wednesday #17

+1 Blues Heron Wednesday #21

This doesn't make DU look good at all. pcdb Wednesday #111

Oh Good ProfessorGAC Wednesday #114

Not a lecture, but there's a big swatch of middle-ground that will recoil at this. pcdb Wednesday #165

People can play "not nice" without killing people the way the Minnesota shooter murdered. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #147

Being better people lost us our democracy. Irish_Dem Wednesday #13

I'm sure we can expect sternly worded rebukes from the Republican party mr715 Wednesday #20

But I don't give a good god damn what the hell the MAGA evil ones think or say. Irish_Dem Wednesday #24

Because... mr715 Wednesday #38

And these are the sentiments of a nice old lady, right? yellow dahlia Wednesday #84

I've never wished a man dead, but I've read some obituaries with great pleasure Arazi Wednesday #14

First thing I thought of... Shipwack Wednesday #100

I am completely apathetic Siwsan Wednesday #15

Maybe that's two people vanamonde Wednesday #40

You do you Happy Hoosier Wednesday #19

Thank you! I, for one, will not be shamed for celebrating. QueerDuck Wednesday #112

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Wednesday #22

The only good Nazi is a dead one. He's dead: Good!!! n/t Coventina Wednesday #35

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Whatever. I will never say Nazis shouldn't be dead. n/t Coventina Wednesday #44

Consider the negation Queso Delicioso Wednesday #48

Quite an assertion Torchlight Wednesday #58

My party does not suffer Nazis. mr715 Wednesday #62

read the comments. the vast majority of them think it's the left doing the shooting. mopinko Wednesday #66

I am not gleeful that he is dead lapfog_1 Wednesday #25

This should be a separate post and highlighted Nimble_Idea Wednesday #36

Unfortunately true EdmondDantes_ Wednesday #26

I have to agree. ... littlemissmartypants Wednesday #127

Not glee. Indifference. MAGA brought this on NewHendoLib Wednesday #27

Decades of Republicans killing gun regulation in this country have brought this on. The left has been completely Karasu Wednesday #137

Who are we to question karma? hamsterjill Wednesday #28

Glee is only okay when Charlie Kirk does it. AStern Wednesday #29

Otherwise it's just sparkling schadenfreude? Queso Delicioso Wednesday #45

Expressing that one has no sympathy for Kirk is not gleefulness Wiz Imp Wednesday #30

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Friday #172

Yeah im not a go high person Samael13 Wednesday #31

The White House is literally hosing a violent UFC fight match on the WH lawn. Nimble_Idea Wednesday #32

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No BootOutTheGoons Wednesday #34

i don't think its delight. i think we are sick of innocent people being shot with no samsingh Wednesday #37

Hearing that he was shot made me sick to my stomach Tribetime Wednesday #39

I'm never gleeful about violence, but.. mvd Wednesday #42

Nah. Queso Delicioso Wednesday #43

Not at all gleeful but I do take comfort in the fact that ok_cpu Wednesday #46

Not gleeful, but Kirk DID say a certain number of gun deaths per year are necessary Scrivener7 Wednesday #47

I don't feel glee. I'm numb to the news though. This is a guy who supported unlimited gun access ecstatic Wednesday #49

No Keepthesoulalive Wednesday #50

There is a difference between "glee" and Bettie Wednesday #51

Meh. roamer65 Wednesday #52

I'm absolutely shocked and disturbed by what happened today. Initech Wednesday #53

Don't be sad bro Blues Heron Wednesday #54

The sanctimonious self-congratulatory scolding of some is also disgusting... RockRaven Wednesday #55

There are people who accept no criticism (not you). Many object to even the driest flatest suggestion (not you) Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #64

I feel the same in regards to self-righteous posturing Torchlight Wednesday #56

I'm not gleeful at all. I wish it hadn't happened Justice Brandeis Wednesday #57

Ever since LPBBEAR Wednesday #59

"Codependent No More" by Melody Beattie Duncan Grant Wednesday #61

Hear, hear! ZDU Wednesday #83

be better people...ok... agingdem Wednesday #65

i thought it was Be Bestest ZDU Wednesday #87

My only concern is Krasnov will declare a national emergency and declare martial law. Norbert Wednesday #67

He's going to do that anyway orangecrush Wednesday #70

Maybe so, but this makes it that much easier fujiyamasan Thursday #168

Karma pfitz59 Wednesday #68

Tell it to ICE orangecrush Wednesday #69

I see no "gleefulness." Stop defaming DUers and spreading right wing talking points. SunSeeker Wednesday #72

exactly right SunSeeker.... democratsruletheday Wednesday #74

Remember this Blue Full Moon Wednesday #73

Sorry VanceFan Wednesday #75

Agreed. I will not be shamed for celebrating his death. QueerDuck Wednesday #85

Some people have been very hurt by Kirk's rhetoric uponit7771 Wednesday #76

Of course I condemn the violence. pat_k Wednesday #78

Get this straight right fucking now. Iggo Wednesday #82

Well said orangecrush Wednesday #86

There's no celebration here C_U_L8R Wednesday #88

This doesn't help the Democrat cause one bit. But, if you hadn't noticed, America is being dismantled from within. Doodley Wednesday #90

This is bad... biocube Wednesday #91

Had the shooter been Muslim mr715 Wednesday #93

LOL. All glee here. Jirel Wednesday #94

Suppose Nancy or Hillary got shot? edbermac Wednesday #95

I fully agree. OLDMDDEM Wednesday #96

those who live by the AR-15.... Mustellus Wednesday #98

yup, just like with Luigi Skittles Wednesday #101

We should kill the messenger. Ban their message Melon Wednesday #105

Thank you customerserviceguy Wednesday #107

This deserves 300 recs. WarGamer Wednesday #110

From RFK... 3825-87867 Wednesday #116

Agreed Darnell1972 Wednesday #117

I am not going to morn him, does not mean I am "gleeful". The fact is he was a purveyor of hate. lostincalifornia Wednesday #118

FAFO to the gun humpers. nt Xipe Totec Wednesday #122

I will say what I want Wifes husband Wednesday #124

There is a scroll feature on the browser. Klarkashton Wednesday #126

Do not understand Wifes husband Wednesday #164

Doesn't hold a fraction of the glee the RW took in the Wisconsin legislators shooting. I won't be preached to, ... marble falls Wednesday #128

Thank you. His policies were repulsive... COL Mustard Wednesday #129

Tots and pears wolfie001 Wednesday #130

His policies PROMOTE this very same violence. This is clearly the kind of country Republicans want, one where anyone can Karasu Wednesday #131

I suppose you felt sorry for ole Adolf Eichmann as well? paleotn Wednesday #132

this shit always happens Kali Wednesday #134

Don't mistake that someone receives random justice for glee JCMach1 Wednesday #135

If you've been bad; lord I bet you have, and you've not been hit by flying lead Martin Eden Wednesday #138

I concur 100% Devilsun Wednesday #139

Fire enid602 Wednesday #140

This is scary if some Republican gets YoshidaYui Wednesday #141

They already have that idea! That's what this man promoted Phentex Wednesday #146

Let's be clear on something. When the Orange Pedophile in the White House kicks off, as he will... NNadir Wednesday #148

It is disgusting TheDemsshouldhireme Wednesday #149

i haven't been gleeful. barbtries Wednesday #150

There is a difference between gleeful NewEnglandAutumn Wednesday #151

No gleefulness at all. I'm just saddened by two things: (1) That this political violence is happening in America and iluvtennis Wednesday #156

Well, his people made Kyle Rittenhouse, the little rat, into a hero. viva la Wednesday #158

This message was self-deleted by its author fujiyamasan Wednesday #159

The GOP has had every opportunity to help change that. Hell, they still could, if they really wanted to. But Karasu Wednesday #162

Hell, this gives them another reason to attack trans people fujiyamasan Thursday #170

I'm glad you mentioned that, since one of the last things out of Kirk's mouth was an attack on the mental health of Karasu Thursday #171

Call me disgusting all you want EnergizedLib Wednesday #160

The right wing gun nuts are gleefully celecbrating the birth of a new martyr for fascism. Ping Tung Wednesday #161

War is hell. nt BWdem4life Wednesday #163