That kind of denialism doesn't help, it just empowers the "eye for an eye" faction even more because they see that the left is incapable of self reflection.
The killer is far left. There is plenty of evidence and it's all fully consistent on that matter, even beyond the obvious nature of the act itself. It has been consistent since the first moments.
The right are upset about this! And they're even more upset about the mass celebrations on the left at the successful assassination. It comes on the heels of multiple attempts on Trump, Antifa trying to mass murder ICE agents and many other horrific events that show a sustained pattern of behavior.
When Kimmel claimed the "MAGA gang" (a deliberately insulting term) had "hit new lows", he was making the insane claim that being upset about political assassination is a "low" and "point scoring". And then he went on to deceive his audience. Instead of admitting that the "MAGA gang" were correct from the start, he claims they were "desperately trying" to "characterize" the assassin as on the left.
This phrasing tells the listener that the reason the right had to "desperately try" is because what they were saying was "a new low", weak or untrue, which is why it was a mere "characterization" and not a statement of fact.
It is obviously dishonest. When people defend such dishonesty and claim it's not a lie it reinforces the strong impression being received by hundreds of millions of people that everyone on the left is malicious and potentially dangerous. That's by far the most risky path forward.
People like Kimmel are getting this stuff from social media. It's flooded with people who are denying the truth, even trying to claim he's some sort of MAGA extremist. The author of the top politics Substack, who has over 3.2M Facebook followers and 2.5M subscribers, has told that exact lie. And she hasn't corrected herself either.
Left wing pundits need to be honest with their audience. The killer did it for their beliefs, motivated by their hatreds, encouraged by their celebrations of people like Mangione and Crooks. Instead of taking the high road and being the bearer of bad news, they've doubled down on manipulating their audience.
And now Disney has said that's OK, they approve of that behavior. The left certainly cannot claim to have a problem with misinformation now!
You have deliberately ignored, overlooked, mischaracterized, exaggerated, and regurgitated rhetoric just to fit your narrative. Ignoring anything inconvenient while finger-pointing in outrage is rather comical to those who aren’t on either side.
Also, do you not remember 86-46 MAGA t-shirts? A call to stand up and fight followed by a violent incursion into private areas of the capital in order to “stop the steal” (a lie), where deadly force was REQUIRED as they broke windows and forced through barriers, you know where they were “invited”? Did you forget about all the literal death threats that made to judges and politicians any time they go against Trump? Did you forget all the MAGA death threats sent regarding the women and children families of those same judges? People showing up with guns because drag queens were reading to kids?
Most people don’t have the memory of a goldfish, so the mock outrage just doesn’t cut through the noise.
Having to listen to whatever party isn’t in power whine is just another day for most of us to laugh at the stupidity of it all. It’s new to have to also listen to the ones in power whining and playing the victim still.
And if you think "MAGA gang" is an deliberately insulting term then I want to know what you call all the insaults of the president. MAGA gang is pretty harmless. At Kimmel is right, they try to score political points from it. If you don't see that you shpuld reflect on your own denial.
Maybe you should start check how often the MAGA site called the other side evil, enemy of the state, abomination to god and even wished for the death penalty for Biden and then compare that to what Kimmel said. Ridicilous in taking offense in that but not all what happenend before.
>The killer did it for their beliefs, motivated by their hatreds, encouraged by their celebrations of people like Mangione and Crooks. Instead of taking the high road and being the bearer of bad news, they've doubled down on manipulating their audience.
So you know more about the killer's motives than the authorities or you are just plain wrong
The Guardian article says what I'm saying and quotes the authorities saying that too. Why are you citing that as an argument?
> Prosecutors allege that, after Robinson’s arrest in Kirk’s killing, his mother told investigators that her son had spent the previous year or so becoming “more political and had started to lean more to the left – becoming more pro-gay and trans rights oriented”.
and
> Tyler explained “there is too much evil” and the Turning Point USA executive director “spreads too much hate”.
Who talks like that about conservatives? The left do. What does his family say? That he became left wing and was motivated by trans activism. What do the authorities say? That he was a leftist. What did the bullets that he left behind say? Left wing memes and slogans.
Do you see why social media posts like yours are creating massive concern all across society at the moment? You're not only getting your info from the most biased sources out there but citing reports that contradict what you're saying, maybe without noticing. It's freaky and scaring a lot of people.
The killer is far left. There is plenty of evidence and it's all fully consistent on that matter, even beyond the obvious nature of the act itself. It has been consistent since the first moments.
The right are upset about this! And they're even more upset about the mass celebrations on the left at the successful assassination. It comes on the heels of multiple attempts on Trump, Antifa trying to mass murder ICE agents and many other horrific events that show a sustained pattern of behavior.
When Kimmel claimed the "MAGA gang" (a deliberately insulting term) had "hit new lows", he was making the insane claim that being upset about political assassination is a "low" and "point scoring". And then he went on to deceive his audience. Instead of admitting that the "MAGA gang" were correct from the start, he claims they were "desperately trying" to "characterize" the assassin as on the left.
This phrasing tells the listener that the reason the right had to "desperately try" is because what they were saying was "a new low", weak or untrue, which is why it was a mere "characterization" and not a statement of fact.
It is obviously dishonest. When people defend such dishonesty and claim it's not a lie it reinforces the strong impression being received by hundreds of millions of people that everyone on the left is malicious and potentially dangerous. That's by far the most risky path forward.
People like Kimmel are getting this stuff from social media. It's flooded with people who are denying the truth, even trying to claim he's some sort of MAGA extremist. The author of the top politics Substack, who has over 3.2M Facebook followers and 2.5M subscribers, has told that exact lie. And she hasn't corrected herself either.
Left wing pundits need to be honest with their audience. The killer did it for their beliefs, motivated by their hatreds, encouraged by their celebrations of people like Mangione and Crooks. Instead of taking the high road and being the bearer of bad news, they've doubled down on manipulating their audience.
And now Disney has said that's OK, they approve of that behavior. The left certainly cannot claim to have a problem with misinformation now!