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Aristus

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26. I'd call it "taking out the trash". But I know we're still in the performative outrage stage of the incident.

Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:02 AM

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People are saying, with some justification it must be said, that this is not how we should be solving our problems. I'm still hung up on how Charlie Kirk thought gun deaths were the natural price we pay for freedom. Of course, he only said that because it was not he himself paying that price. The worm has turned for him.

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I really hate the use of the term 'assassination' in regards to the Kirk murder... [View all] Wounded Bear Friday OP

I agree. SheltieLover Friday #1

It wasn't used much after the UHC murder. bucolic_frolic Friday #2

I think that's because the CEO of an insurance company isn't technically a political figure. ShazzieB Friday #38

Agreed. bucolic_frolic Friday #40

True -- but he was overtly political in a way that a business executive usually is not. ShazzieB Friday #49

True, but I don't remember Republicans using that term dgauss Friday #52

Me, neither! ShazzieB Friday #57

Chaps my butt, too. Kennedy was assasinated, Ghandi was assasinated. Kirk was murdered. marble falls Friday #3

Pretty much meets definition. Silent Type Friday #4

Agreed Prairie Gates Friday #7

assassinate: GreenWave Friday #31

In what way was Kirk not prominent? ShazzieB Friday #50

Agree. It doesnt fit here. BannonsLiver Friday #5

The word is misused a lot. valleyrogue Friday #6

Not political official. Melon Friday #11

So then MLK was not assassinated? The Revolution Friday #30

Apples and oranges. ShazzieB Friday #54

How about "offed" to counterbalance the deification of this community college dropout? GreenWave Friday #32

John Lennon was far more "prominent" than was Charlie Kirk, of spooky3 Friday #53

The term applies and it sure seems like it was professionally done. themaguffin Friday #8

Definition Melon Friday #9

You left out "a prominent person" GreenWave Friday #33

I would say he was a prominent person. And he was killed for political reasons. forthemiddle Friday #37

Obviously fits the definition if you include that. Melon Friday #43

This was just a gun murder. Plain and simple. Scrivener7 Friday #10

To consider using that term is downright odd, isn't it? As alarming as it was hearing Trump claiming he's a "star" Judi Lynn Friday #12

I heard tell the couch is breaking up with him! GreenWave Friday #34

He may have to turn to a love seat! Judi Lynn Friday #47

This case Greg_In_SF Friday #13

Read 'em and weep 'em GreenWave Friday #35

From the OED (they did invent the language, after all) EYESORE 9001 Friday #14

Assassination : 'The murder by sudden or secret attack of a prominent political leader' speak easy Friday #18

Them's fightin' words EYESORE 9001 Friday #19

Mendacious? Not you, the OP. speak easy Friday #21

Sorry. I'm a bit on edge today EYESORE 9001 Friday #23

We are all a bit on edge today/ speak easy Friday #24

Firs? GreenWave Friday #36

Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden or secret attack, of a person--especially if prominent or important. Celerity Friday #15

Yes, John Lennon was assassinated. Sneederbunk Friday #16

I would agree with that. Celerity Friday #17

I respectfully disagree. ShazzieB Friday #56

It was a school shooting Johonny Friday #20

Your not alone. It elevates his ordinary murder to being more important than it really is. QueerDuck Friday #22

Kirk was collateral damage on Trump's Fifth Avenue America. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Friday #25

I'd call it "taking out the trash". But I know we're still in the performative outrage stage of the incident. Aristus Friday #26

My favourite line from "Grace Quigley", "But Ma, that would be murder!" "No, it is niyad Friday #45

The other deaths were the price of freedom. dgauss Friday #55

School shooting. Not assassination. Unless all murdered children are also. cbabe Friday #27

I hate that it is accurate SSJVegeta Friday #28

Technically it's accurate - an assassination usually refers to the targeted killing Ocelot II Friday #29

But the word as used is emotionally, deliberately, loaded to produce niyad Friday #44

That is also true. Ocelot II Friday #46

Equally, the description of him as "conservative". I know the terms are thoroughly blurred, but... JHB Friday #39

The problem with using the word now is we still don't know what the motive was. Wiz Imp Friday #41

Absolutely agree!!! niyad Friday #42

Too many people here on DU using it, and hence buying into the RW narrative. Crunchy Frog Friday #48

When a public figure is shot from.a rooftop during Klarkashton Friday #51

i prefer the term "mercy killing". ret5hd Friday #58