@9thLevelStudios@Heronkay_78 @MaiaOsunaD Totally agree! That’s why I do feel empathy and sympathy for him, even if he said he liked one word more than another. I won’t be part of that 34%.
@9thLevelStudios@Heronkay_78 @MaiaOsunaD Mourning the dead doesn’t make me ‘feel better,’ it makes me human. Even if I disagreed with him, empathy isn’t about who deserves it… it’s about not becoming what you claim to hate.
Btw thanks for taking the time to answer me cordially.
@9thLevelStudios@Heronkay_78 @MaiaOsunaD He was a decent human … flawed, like the rest of us. I disagreed with him plenty of times, but I guess I’m one of the few here with enough morals and ethics to still feel empathy for his death.
@9thLevelStudios@Heronkay_78 @MaiaOsunaD First of all, he’s not my ‘champion.’ I disagreed with him on many things. And yes, I do think he was often Islamophobic , at times maybe even crossing into what could be called hate speech. But none of that justifies celebrating his death or denying basic empathy that’s my point
@9thLevelStudios@Heronkay_78 @MaiaOsunaD The quote isn’t mine. And in this context it fits perfectly because some people can’t see how dangerous it is to celebrate the death of an innocent man. Showing zero empathy isn’t strength, it’s cowardice. lacking basic decency only exposes how vile and foolish a person can be.
@9thLevelStudios@Heronkay_78 @MaiaOsunaD Saying someone ‘doesn’t deserve empathy’ proves the point: you can’t separate disagreement from dehumanization. Kirk never killed anyone defending the 2nd Amendment isn’t the same as endorsing murder.
@9thLevelStudios@Heronkay_78 @MaiaOsunaD He’s innocent because speech ≠ crime. Kirk never killed, never harmed, never did hate speech. Disagree with him all you want, but defending the 2nd Amendment isn’t a crime.