Update: Charlie Kirk has died after shooting at Utah event, suspect not in custody

Jezebel, 2 days ago: We Paid Some Etsy Witches to Curse Charlie Kirk (archive link)

So, did my Etsy curses work? Time will tell. The forces move in mysterious ways, and as the Priestess reminded me, “Spellwork is a collaboration between the caster, the client, and the universe itself.” For now, we can only trust in the timing of the great unknown.

well, uhh...I've been an atheist my whole life, but I guess this is my "road to Damascus" moment. I'm off to the bookstore to see if they have any used copies of Wiccanism For Dummies.

holy shit that is next level. Also makes me wonder how many of these "curses" never actually bear fruit?
- Mariners’ 32-run 3-win streak sparks talk of fan’s ‘curse-lifting’ with an Etsy witch
  Steven Blackburn of Lake Stevens joked on social media that he had hired a witch on Etsy to lift a curse on the team.
  He said he never expected anything to come of it, but the Mariners went on to score 28 runs in just two days after his request.
  based on the available evidence, Etsy witches are 2 for 2 with a 100% success rate.
And there I was, in the year of our Lord 2025, staring at my computer, chatting with a witch on Etsy about the state of the world, hoping that somewhere between the cosmos and the internet, justice would be served.
The next day, the Priestess sent me her proof of cast: a photograph in flames, the edges slowly curving inward, engulfing Charlie’s ridiculous scrunched-up little face. She whispered (I imagine), “Trust the unseen.” Chills.
Dang, this should definitely go on that witch's LinkedIn!
- Now, is it ethical to curse a man I’ve never met? Probably not. But is it unethical to let him keep talking? Yes. So here we are, in the gray area.
  I want to make it clear, I’m not calling on dark forces to cause him harm. I just want him to wake up every morning with an inexplicable zit.
  There's some serious whiplash reading this article alongside finding out the news.
I wrote The Encounter which describes a very unusual event when I was attending college...the entire area was rife with Wiccans.
Damn, never doubt their power.

now remember kids, political violence is never acceptable, under any circumstances, no matter how much you disagree with someone politically, you should never celebrate harm coming to them.

times like this are when it's very important to put aside our political differences and remember our common humanity.

totally unrelated:

here's Charlie Kirk comparing Kyle Rittenhouse to Jesus. it's a lesser-known Bible story but when he was 17 years old Jesus killed two Black Lives Matter protesters with an AR-15.

3 months ago, 2 Democratic state legislators in Minnesota were murdered. and here's an exclusive interview that Glenn Beck's website The Blaze did with the alleged shooter

after Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul was attacked in their home: Prominent conservatives share online disinformation about Paul Pelosi assault

Former Republican President Donald Trump has so far remained silent online about the Pelosi home invasion, but his son Donald Trump Jr. retweeted a proposed “Paul Pelosi” Halloween costume featuring men’s underwear and a hammer, saying “The Internet remains undefeated.” Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.), who sits on the House Homeland Security Committee, embraced a false anti-LGBTQ conspiracy surrounding the attack, tweeting and then deleting a post suggesting the perpetrator was a “male nudist hippie prostitute.”
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Beyond Trump Jr. and Higgins, pro-Trump commentators from Charlie Kirk to former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr. also weighed in online to raise questions about the investigation based on unfounded and false claims. Among those baseless claims: that a third person answered the door when police arrived at the Pelosi home, which San Francisco law enforcement has said is untrue; and that DePape was in his underwear when apprehended, a falsehood taken from a since-corrected local news report.

Jordan Neely was strangled to death on the NYC subway by Daniel Penny. subsequently Penny was invited to attend the Army-Navy football game as Trump's guest, and was hired by the VC firm Andreessen Horowitz.

Sorry, I'm tired and can't tell if sarcasm. Political violence can sometimes be okay when stopping legitimate harm on other people. For example, Hitler being removed was ok.
If someone calls for harm or promotes ideology that will harm various people, i think it's ok if it is used to stop them but only as a last resort when all other means of reasoning have been attempted.
I don't like violence. Sometimes, fighting a bully is ok. I think it is good not to condone it, however, and I also think it is extremely difficult to justify.
In an ideal world, we would be able to charge people and put them through a court system to prevent them from causing or spreading more harm against others, but many countries do not have the systems or are corrupt/too lenient against people who worm their way through legal systems and freedom of speech laws. It's tricky.
Sorry for the essay.
What does that last one have to do with Charlie Kirk?
- all of them are meant as examples of the general trend of right-wing people celebrating political violence when it suits their goals.
  but if you want an explicit Charlie Kirk connection, here you go. he tweeted "Daniel Penny is a hero":
  https://xcancel.com/charliekirk11/status/1866612931485634821

My thoughts go out to the family of those arrested.

Update: He ded. Also, the shooter is not in custody!

My thoughts go out to the families of all the good people and children killed in mass shootings in the US, in the 10+ years since Kirk hit the scene. He's done a lot of damage by enticing millennial and gen z men to vote against their best interests.

Will his base finally take gun violence seriously after this?

Jup, they will take it as motivation to apply more gun violence against anyone who disagrees

Suspect is not in custody? Curious.