General Discussion

Especially this:

To that, I would add: Don't try to tell anyone how they "should" feel, about anything, ever.

This is something I feel VERY strongly about. Nothing pisses me off more than someone telling me or anyone else that we're not feeling the "right" feels. No one has tried to tell me how I "should" feel about Kirk's death, at least not yet, but the first person who tries will get an earful from me -- or maybe I should say a screenful!

I barely knew who Charlie Kirk was when he was alive. I'd heard the name and read a few vile sounding quotes from him here at DU, but that's the extent of it. I've been learning a little more since the shooting, but none of it makes him any less of a complete stranger to me. There's no way I'm going to "mourn his loss," because his death is not a personal loss to me.

Lastly (and this may be a bit more controversial to some), while I don't approve of murder in principle, i don't necessarily feel exactly the same way about every individual death. Different people have different impacts on those around them and on the world at large, and to me it seems reasonable to react to someone's death in accordance with the kind of impact they had during their lifetime. I will leave it to the reader to draw their own conclusions about Kirk's impact and feel whatever way they feel about things, and ask others to return the favor. That is all.