Emperor Manicula is likely to be the first in a long line of autocrats. The dream is over but the country won’t collapse, it will just become a dangerous belligerent and an impediment to world peace, with naked assertions to power. It does not look good for us avoiding a world war.
This is exactly the time to spread Charlie Kirk’s videos and messages far and wide. There is no better way to celebrate the man than to let the world hear his message. It is his legacy. It was his life’s work.
And the Democrats in Congress should write up the “Charlie Kirk Sensible Gun Reform Bill” with background checks and red flag laws. That’s it. Surely this is the time, in the face of senseless death, to honour Charlie by bringing this bill forward.
Everything Charlie said in his life made it clear that he would have admonished us for caring about his death, and he would have defended the necessity of it. This is his legacy.
If you spend your life saying hateful and morally reprehensible shit you don’t get to enjoy a posthumous rewrite that is entirely at odds with your life’s work.
It’s unfortunate that someone died and it is a disaster for the division and incipient collapse of US society. This doesn’t mean Charlie was a good person, or that he will be missed, or that we should care about his particular death versus many others.
I would have preferred the last three years of his miserable life spent in a maximum security prison, but as it seems like the law doesn’t exist in the US anymore I will accept a series of strokes leading to shitting himself and collapsing on a stage in public. I’m okay with that trade.
Kash Patel talking about how the FBI and the federal government drove this thing to completion, but, although he perpetually looks as if he has, that dumb fucker clearly couldn’t drive his thumb up his arse.
This administration is a joke.
I know, it’s so frustrating how everyone is making things up. Like, we don’t know anything about this situation. Are we even sure he got shot? Maybe his neck just kinda did that all by itself. Look I’m just asking questions. All I’m saying is that we can’t be sure of anything anymore.
Wow, really found a great way to blow up his image, I guess being a pedo wasn’t enough for Jerry, he has to tack on hateful fuckwit as well.
You can just tell his hate makes him feel tough and important, but in truth he’s attracted to it because it gives him a sense of power and control, surfing in the power wake of the genocidal Israeli government. As evidenced by his grooming of underage girls, Jerry seeks to have power over others in any way he can, to distract from his physical and mental impotency.
He’s a small minded dipshit with enormous insecurities.
Hey, be respectful. This man really put his neck out for his beliefs. He offered himself as tribute to the 2nd amendment, and we should admire his conviction. The proper way to celebrate would be to honour his wishes and show zero empathy. It’s the least we can do for him.
It’s a rare man that has the courage to rationalize senseless violence in defense of unrestricted access to deadly weapons, and it is even rarer to literally make that the hill you die on. He showed us all by example how you truly live your creed.
Fucking love our Aussie brothers and sisters! You guys understood the assignment and you crushed it.
Next Aussie I run into over here gets drinks on me!
I believe you would be correct if the roles were reversed. For our sake we should be thankful they are not.
I don’t want to be overly optimistic, but if we can find a way to heal our country and make a positive change in our politics, I’m all for it.
The difference here is that the Liberals are not the Democrats. They will stand up and push back. If Poilievre makes it about needless opposition, they will just work with the other parties and keep going. They don’t need him.
But yes, I can appreciate what you say. It seems clear that the Republicans and those like them have only ever paid lip service to good faith and respectful dialogue, and they’ve never done anything but take advantage of anyone who offers them goodwill. I can see this starting in western Canada, and I do believe Poilievre is cut from the same cloth. But I think Carney has a strategic advantage here and it doesn’t disadvantage him to at least try to create a better environment. Hard liners won’t change, but Canada seems to have softer support in the centre and they generally prefer civil politics.
If the Liberals take electoral reform it will be yet another massive Conservative fumble.
It would be by far the funniest funniest thing.
Yeah that’s fair. He’s not above politicking, in fact I’m sure his decisions weigh many factors, politics being one of them.
On the topic, I hope that the left doesn’t build a personality cult around him. He’s not particularly charismatic, he’s just a technocrat with skills that can help us. Let the man do his job without deifying him. We don’t need more populism right now, we need experts… and we sure don’t need celebrity politicians.
I’m not religious, but I feel like this is somehow extra super duper disrespectful. Religious folk are not known for their tolerance of false or satirical iconography.
But I guess he’s insulting Catholics so it’s probably totally cool with his evangelical base. Oh who am I kidding, he could make AI scat porn with their Lord and Saviour and they’d find a passage in the Bible that supports it.
I’d flatten my nuts with a mallet before I go on truth social, but if you google it you can find other sources talking about it. Such as New York Post, who I assume is proud of his announcement: https://nypost.com/2025/05/02/us-news/trump-declares-may-8-victory-day-for-world-war-ii/
As usual with Trump, when you look into it you realize it’s worse than you originally thought:
Trump acknowledged in a Truth Social that “many of our allies and friends” already celebrate on May 8, but said America should join in because “we did more than any other Country, by far, in producing a victorious result.
Man, fuck this guy.
Yes, to all strategic resources - hydro, oil water, telecom, probably even critical minerals.
Manufacturing perceived disagreement is politics 101. However, in this case there’s no reason to believe that Carney isn’t being sincere. I haven’t met anyone that doesn’t believe Trudeau fucked that up. Even if he knew it was domed to failure he should have gone ahead. Unless you’re predisposed to dislike Carney, there’s no reason to assume he isn’t holding the same opinion on this as everyone else. Do you know something we don’t?
I think this is nearly impossible. I believe it’s the most conservative-safe riding in the country.
It is almost tedious to have to say this every single time a political discussion comes up: Don’t make a perfect plan the enemy of a good plan. Inevitably the first response to an otherwise reasonable suggestion that statistically would address the significant drivers of a general problem (even if perhaps not this exact problem in this specific context) is to assert that it won’t work all the time or perfectly fix the problem in one shot and so it is not worth considering. Whether intentional or not, it is intellectually dishonest.
And yes I think there could very well be flags that could have delayed access to firearms in this case. But the point isn’t to solve the whole problem in every circumstance, the point is to change the gun culture in the US. Americans may think this kid was raised in a normal household in a normal culture, but this is not true. There are deep cultural problems. And starting with the most milquetoast responsible gun control that aims to reduce the number of Americans that use ownership to drive their identity is a reasonable place to start.
But if I’m being frank, I don’t really care about either Charlie Kirk or the kid who ostensibly shot him. I’m not American and thank fuck for that.