the real reason republicans are upset about kirk's death -- he was one of their key propagandists [View all]

they're not overly bothered by gun deaths; they consistently refuse to do anything but offer thoughts and prayers for innocent children dying routinely now in school shootings.

they're not overly bothered by violence against political figured; they've often called for it, threatened it, mused about it, or celebrated it, even in the case of paul pelosi, who isn't even himself a political figure, just married to one.


what bothers them is the damage to their propaganda network. they now have to figure out how to fix it, how to lure young voters down the path of bigotry, racism, sexism, and overall evil.

kirk was apparently quite effective at that. *that* is the loss they mourn.