Prof tech nerd, #NeverTrump, #VoteBlue w/a disgust 4 bigots. Both sides aren't the same. Echoes are protest to white nationalists. Views are my own. Now a Dem.
Brian Kilmeade: “Kimmel’s comments went way too far.”
This from the guy who, just days ago on live TV, called for homeless people to be murdered. You can’t make this up.
Criticized
Maligned
Ridiculed
Harrassed
Harangued
Laughed at
Lied about
Slandered
By conservative media outlets, hundreds of times.
Never ONCE did they threaten to revoke the licenses of people who were criticizing them.
Because they're not punk ass, whiny little bitches.
@ezraklein It happens on both sides, however it's much more extreme on one. It's difficult to get to resolution when we equally blame everyone when it's mostly one side.
Dirty Watters: In an unbelievable moment, as America reels in the aftermath of political violence, Fox News' Jesse Watters turns up the rhetoric, appearing to incite viewers, "They are at war with us... And what are we going to do about it?"
Despicable.
Before Trump, there wasn't constant talk of a civil war, there was no "national divorce" idea, we weren't obsessed with red states vs blue states.
Think back to Bush Sr, Bush Jr. Obama, Bill Clinton, and every other president. When did us vs them explode? Who was the 1st POTUS to viciously curse their opponents in every debate and every post?
He lit the fire. And it will take us years to put it out.
Today, news broke that Charlie Kirk was shot while speaking at Utah Valley University.
Let me be blunt: I will not pretend to feel sorry for Charlie Kirk. For years, he has profited off division, peddled conspiracy theories, and targeted marginalized groups with rhetoric so toxic it has made this country less safe. He has called for public executions, mocked trans people as “abominations,” treated politics like a holy war — and in 2023, he even said that gun deaths were an “unfortunate” but acceptable price to keep the Second Amendment.
Today, he became part of the very toll he once dismissed. That doesn’t make him a martyr — it makes him a cautionary tale about what happens when leaders treat human lives as expendable.
That doesn’t mean I condone what happened. Political violence is wrong — always. It poisons our democracy, no matter who the target is. If we go down that path, America as we know it collapses.
But here’s the truth: when you spend years throwing gasoline on the fire, you don’t get to act shocked when flames break out. Charlie Kirk built a career out of incitement. He’s not a victim of political violence so much as he is one of its architects.
This is a reminder that words have consequences. Leaders — real leaders — should be lowering the temperature, not raising it. They should be uniting people around solutions, not cashing in on fear and hate.
I ran for Congress because I’m sick of this cycle — sick of watching extremists on the right and performative purists on the left treat America like their personal stage show while working-class families get crushed. Enough.
Violence is not the answer. But neither is pretending that Charlie Kirk is some innocent casualty. He chose this path. He pushed this rhetoric. And now we’re all living in the world it created.
— William Kory Amyx
Democratic Candidate for U.S. Congress
Indiana’s 6th Congressional District
📍 For Hoosiers. For Accountability. For All.
🔗 #AmyxForCongress | #TogetherWeRise | #IN06
Political violence from any party or any ideology is a direct assault on the foundations of democracy and the rule of law; it seeks not to persuade but to intimidate, not to debate but to destroy. In every instance it corrodes the public trust, diminishes our shared institutions, and replaces reasoned discourse with fear and coercion. Whatever our differences, they must be resolved through the peaceful exchange of ideas, the ballot box, and the institutions that safeguard our freedoms, not through threats, intimidation, or bloodshed.