The strangest fucking thing about right wingers and Charlie Kirk is that somehow they think we are still in the "polite discussion" phase of this "culture war" they kicked off/invented.

It tells you how goddamn fucking comfortable they are and how few marginalized people are in their lives.

That is to say Charlie Kirk only *said* things apparently. And apparently saying things can't lead to very real violence that people experience.

He was *only* talking. He *only* made a Watchlist of professors to inform people about who had liberal viewpoints, and if those people got horribly harassed & threatened, that's not on him.

They are "only" words.

Looks like Kirk got shot by a groyper honestly, so it's really a matter of infighting amongst themselves.

But when they get around to memorializing Kirk, they want to remind you, it was "only" words, only debate.

No, it wasn't. He hurt people.

He. Hurt. People.

I mean...

The right wing got their President & their Supreme Court & their Legislature. They are out there doing whatever they please.

But it's only words. "Why are you people so upset? It's just debate!"

No, it fucking isn't...not when the debate is accompanied by State violence it certainly isn't!

@artemis Do they know the likely outcomes for 10 year olds forced to attempt to carry pregnancies to term? The fatal and permanently disabling outcomes we've already seen for numerous adults and teenagers who were denied appropriate healthcare because people are convincing white xtian men that every uterus and embryo in the country belong to them?
@PedestrianError @artemis Cruelty is the point for them. Always. They know the outcome, and celebrate it.