R.I.P Charlie...

[slinky_70]

How many times does this have to happen?

The shooter, a stupid kid, apparently well-raised, pursuing an education, from a stable family with a father who is in law enforcement. Imagine that.
How does this kid go as far as to assassinate anyone?
At the age of 22, he had no significant life experience. Is hard to imagine he had a well-formed political view, yet he was full of hate.

At age 22 I was working, studying, and chasing girls with no care in the world about politics. When did politics infiltrate the lives of young men ?

IMO any political or religious Activist who goes around to talk to young adults about their ideology should not be welcome in schools.
Let the kids make their choice and seek those activists outside of the school if they want to. Young adults ages 20-25 based on scientific studies, are still developing the ability to execute critical thinking and are still mentally maturing. They might not be idiots but they are impressionable.

I believe that if this kid goes to the electric chair because of what he did, the shooting problem will not go away.
Punish, intimidate, kill, and destroy is just going to make matters worse.

If we are not going to allow people onto campuses for open discussions then we should also remove the the professors, teachers, administrators that are brainwashing students with their agenda

 

[180ls1]

If we are not going to allow people onto campuses for open discussions then we should also remove the the professors, teachers, administrators that are brainwashing students with their agenda

No kidding. 95% of professors lean left.

They allow dick swinging men in women's bathrooms but pretend Charlie was the extremist.

 

[Zak]

How many times does this have to happen?

The shooter, a stupid kid, apparently well-raised, pursuing an education, from a stable family with a father who is in law enforcement. Imagine that.
How does this kid go as far as to assassinate anyone?
At the age of 22, he had no significant life experience. Is hard to imagine he had a well-formed political view, yet he was full of hate.

At age 22 I was working, studying, and chasing girls with no care in the world about politics. When did politics infiltrate the lives of young men ?

IMO any political or religious Activist who goes around to talk to young adults about their ideology should not be welcome in schools.
Let the kids make their choice and seek those activists outside of the school if they want to. Young adults ages 20-25 based on scientific studies, are still developing the ability to execute critical thinking and are still mentally maturing. They might not be idiots but they are impressionable.

I believe that if this kid goes to the electric chair because of what he did, the shooting problem will not go away.
Punish, intimidate, kill, and destroy is just going to make matters worse.

I don't know what rhetoric this kid immersed himself in, but it's not hard to imagine some toxic internet environment. Whatever the case, I hope the court system would do us all a favor and not drag out his execution for years and years like it always does. The Boston marathon bomber is still appealing his execution after 12 years -- I don't see how the death penalty deters a single person if you know you've still got many years of life ahead of you.

 

[WaterDawg]

If we are not going to allow people onto campuses for open discussions then we should also remove the the professors, teachers, administrators that are brainwashing students with their agenda

Exactly. If so many teachers weren’t activists pushing their lefty ideology perhaps a Charlie Kirk wouldn’t be necessary. At least attending Charlie’s events was voluntary. I still remember being in college during the 1980’s and having to listen to a rabid socialist professor teaching my mandatory history class.

On a happier note, wife and I tried to attend a Charlie Kirk vigil in Tualatin, OR tonight. Parking lots were full, people were walking to it from half a mile away. We finally gave up and didn’t make it into the park. It would’ve been half over by the time we got to the actual ceremony. Dude mattered to A LOT of people.