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It is genuinely upsetting how many people celebrated Charlie Kirk’s death with “Kirkiversary” posts. Some here, tons more on TikTok. The message is clear; if you disagree with progressive orthodoxy, they want you dead and will celebrate your murder too. That includes a young father like Charlie Kirk whose major “crime” was engaging in civil debate with them.
And these posts have thousands or hundreds of thousands of likes, these aren’t fringe edgelords, this is a major view at least among the progressive base. Violence and intimidation has become an accepted strategy for them.
I hate that I have to share a country with these broken people, they must be defeated and marginalized just as much as the brainrotted elements of the Candace Owens right.
I just can’t grasp their mindset. If some leftist commentator I despised was murdered for their views, I can confidently say I would not celebrate it, and you should really do some serious soul searching if that is who you have become. This shouldn’t even need to be debated.
Celebration of assassination and poltical violence is a very dark road to go down. But after Kirk, and their celebration of Mangione, and all the cheering for Trump assassins, it is safe to say it is what a significant portion of the progressive/DSA left now believes. This is who they are.
Oh, and they want to take your guns still. You know, for “safety.”
Kostas Moros @MorosKostas
Posted on X September 13, 2026
Part two of the thread:
He says, “I just can’t grasp their mindset.” I think I can.
My hypothesis is there are two different ways to model their behavior. At a more basic level they are close to the same.
1) They are unable to think rationally. As I have explained before this is a process failure (Peterson Syndrome). It is psychologically uncomfortable for there to be many other people which believe differently from them. Being part of the “one true tribe” is important to them. Other tribes are a threat to them.
2) They are able to think rationally. They know they are unable to rationally refute the opposition. They cannot tolerate the public humiliation of being wrong. Silencing their opponent is more comfortable than admitting they were wrong.
In both cases they have an investment in their beliefs. It could be an emotional investment. Or it could be a political or power investment that is being threatened. Threats need to be neutralized.
It now makes sense when they say they feel unsafe because you express an opinion different from them.
It makes sense when people call themselves “gun safety advocates.” Taking your guns makes it safer to neutralize these sorts of threats to their investments.
Prepare appropriately.
You left out, the classic cause that every other society in history would found immediately.
They are Evil.
They Hate and Lie, because that is what Evil people do.
And most functional societies knew the answer to dealing with them.
Because Americans are (mostly)nice people, we apply Suic**al Empathy , and flounder trying to deal with this disordered group.
I don’t think evil can explain 100’s of thousands or even millions of people approving the murders. My model of evil is something that would show up in many parts of their lives. They would have difficulty living a quasi-normal life. These people have jobs and relationships. Cult followers? Yes, groups of people can do evil things when influenced by an evil person. But this group of people do not appear to be led by a charismatic leader. An evil “religion”? Sure. Communism/socialism/Islamic-fundamentalist/etc. would qualify. But that is covered by my tribal model.
Am I missing something?