Trump’s DOJ Could Charge Alleged Kirk Killer With Surprising Crime | Hate Crime against a Christian
  • 265 points Sneaklas207

    What in the woke, DEI, bullshit is this?

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    60 points anrwlias

    DEI for me, not for thee.

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  • 142 points Stinky_Fartface

    They have no interest in a conviction. Their entire objective in this case will be to stoke culture wars as hard as they can.

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    23 points ZeroSilentz

    They've been doing a great job of that. Everyone fucking hates each other today.

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    30 points JesusWasTacos

    In order for this to stick it wouldnt there have to be irrefutable that he was targeting Kirk because he was Christian? Would need some evidence of prior anti-Christian views if I’m on that jury.

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    11 points King_of_the_Nerdth

    It supplies news headlines just as a charge.  The goal is to rile up and reinforce emotions in viewers.  For the purpose of emotional reaction, a conviction isn't that important.

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  • 124 points Tzyon

    Gotta hate that Mormon-on-Christian violence.

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    75 points chroniclythinking

    Oh this may not end well for Trump, going against the Mormons and officially redefining Mormonism as non christian

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    8 points YueAsal

    I do not think we was Mormon except in name only. Inactive was the term we used

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    40 points Tzyon

    I don't think Charlie was Christian either, even if he thought he was, but shrug

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    0 points YueAsal

    That is the difference I don’t think this kid thought he was one.

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    6 points Cheese-Manipulator

    Didn't pay his tithes that year. His membership expired.

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    13 points No_Cook2983

    Do they repossess the special Mormon planet he gets after he dies?

    Mormon Cosmology

    Members believe that after the resurrection and judgement they can continue as families, become gods and create worlds,

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    3 points AliceTheOmelette

    I thought they abandoned that belief decades ago, along with black and native American people being those colours cos god cursed their ancestors

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    4 points No_Cook2983

    I stopped watching after the first few seasons.

    The plot twists got too complicated, and the bad guy always ended up with the money.

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    1 points Gogo726

    Murdering a guy would disqualify you from this.

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    0 points Roadie17

    I don't know if I would call it "redefining" given that Mormon isn't generally considered Christian outside of LDS circles.

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    5 points alicelestial

    yeah and protestants think catholics aren't christians

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    8 points chroniclythinking

    Yes I know but Mormons consider themselves Christian and the US govt stepping in and declaring them as officially non christian can cause an uproar

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    1 points Gogo726

    I don't see how the US government can officially declare the beliefs of any religion. But we have a former judge at the top, so the government can go ahead and try.

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    1 points TheForeverBand_89

    I don’t see how the U.S. government can officially do a lot of the shit that’s happened in the last year, but here we are

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    3 points David-Puddy

    Mormon isn't generally considered Christian outside of LDS circles.

    Say what, now?

    Mormons are pretty explicitly Christian.

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    2 points WouldbeWanderer

    Mormonism categorizes itself within Christianity, and nearly all Mormons self-identify as Christian.

    For those who define Christianity within the doctrines of Catholicism and Protestantism, Mormonism's differences place it outside the umbrella of Christianity.

    The Wikipedia article for Mormonism has an entire section dedicated to the theological divide if you want to learn more about it.

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    4 points David-Puddy

    So if someone strictly defines Christianity as exclusively two of the many sects of Christianity, that same someone will not consider other sects Christian.

    That's nice, but pretty meaningless.

    Christianity means the belief in Jesus as Christ. Which the mormons believe.

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    1 points WouldbeWanderer

    I'm not sure why you're downvoting me. It's not my personal opinion. I'm an atheist.

    People have been debating what makes someone a "Christian" for nearly 2,000 years, and (for most of that time) it's required more than just believing that Jesus is Christ.

    Reading material if you want to learn more:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene_Christianity
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism#Relationship_with_mainstream_Christianity

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    1 points David-Puddy

    I'm not sure why you're downvoting me. It's not my personal opinion. I'm an atheist.

    I'm not, but it may be due to the fact that you are speaking of a certain sect of Christianity as if it's all of Christianity.

    Or that you are claiming what a certain religious sect uses as a definition overrides the English definition of a word.

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    3 points Cheese-Manipulator

    Episcopalians will knee-cap you.

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  • 39 points Alivethroughempathy

    Wtf?

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  • 52 points It_Happens_Today

    Just in time for the war on Christmas.

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  • 8 points filtersweep

    I’m I living in a cave, or is there no new news about his ‘killer’?

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    10 points RocksThrowing

    He didn’t fit the narrative they wanted so it’s crickets

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  • 32 points TheTardisPizza

    Yes, because violence between differant sects of the same religion is a surprising idea.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sectarian_violence

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    20 points AgrajagTheProlonged

    It’s almost like there have been crusades by Christians against Christian or something

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    16 points siraliases

    I was told by Steven Crowder that the crusades only ever killed evil people

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    3 points AgrajagTheProlonged

    And Cathars, and Greek folks, and Jewish folks (lots and lots of Jewish folks), etcetera, etcetera

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    3 points Particular_Proof_107

    Don’t forget about the Siege of Constantinople.

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    5 points doktor_wankenstein

    The Troubles has entered the chat

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  • 5 points Slight-Ad-6553

    prove that the wanker was a Chrisitan

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  • 16 points yblame

    Oh fuck off with that Christian shit. "Christians " aren't a protected class any more than any other religious class. It's a big world with many religions. None of them is more special than the others.

    Wasn't the guy that shot Kirk a MAGA?

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    13 points duk3lexo

    No but you see, he was mereky MAGA for the last 10 years in his real everyday life, but the moment he pressed that scope against his face he suddenly decided to become woke, antifa, communist and also become a registered democrat party member (also trans)

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  • 5 points Kirbyr98

    Was he killed because he was a Christian?

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    3 points lancerzsis

    No, he was just an asshole. That’s probably why he was killed.

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    1 points BlitzNeko

    I was gonna say he didn’t sound like a Christian at all

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  • 3 points bettsboy

    Yep. If there’s one group of people in the USA who are being constantly victimized these it’s the Christians.

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  • 1 points prickwhowaspromised

    And then they’ll lose that case

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    -1 points Drago1214

    All for it would be a guaranteed win for that lawyer.

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  • 2 points DizzyMine4964

    So shooting a Hindu or atheist is OK? FFS.

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  • 3 points louisa1925

    The guy dead was not an xtian. Real xtians aren't money hoarding pos who would turn away those in need.

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    16 points mastesargent

    Can somebody please explain to me why nobody says words on the internet anymore? Is refusing to say “Christian” making some sort of statement or is it like how Zoomers say “ahh” instead of “ass” for no apparent reason?

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    2 points duk3lexo

    hi, welcome to earth, this is 2025, our lives are ruled by algorithms whose only goals is to maximize ad revenue. Tech corporations are also in bed with an authoritarian government that's actively working to erode every single clause in the constitution. So you see, people are a wee bit wary.

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    0 points Kendall_Raine

    This is Reddit, not Tiktok or Youtube. You don't have to self-censor here.

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    -3 points Sirius_Lagrange

    I’ve seen people use xtian for decades, it’s not a new thing honestly

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    6 points PlagueSoul

    You haven’t met many Christians have you?

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    2 points louisa1925

    Nope. But I have met alot of people who claim to be.

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    -2 points CanaryUmbrella

    No but I have met a lot of people who use and speak English.

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    -4 points maybeafarmer

    thank you

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  • 0 points Cheese-Manipulator

    Does MAGA qualify as a cult-religion?

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  • 0 points Vulcan_Jedi

    And knowing how competent Trumps DOJ is they will fuck it up

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  • 0 points AnekeEomi

    Oh fuck, they're gonna name Antifa as the enemy in the War on Christianity and anyone who can't show proof of purchase of Trump merch is going straight to the gulag.

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  • 0 points nevergiveup234

    They could charge anything. Gettit prisecuted? Not so much

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  • 1 points Kolfinna

    Against a fake Christian? Lol

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  • -2 points themorningmosca

    GOP Inner monologue: “ANYTHING BUT EPSTEIN”…

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  • -2 points Sweet-Dotte8691

    Upchuck

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  • -2 points Cheese-Manipulator

    I can hear the "buttwhattaboutism" from here.

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