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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @kepford 2 Oct \ parent \ on: 48 hours before Charlie Kirk was assassinated, he made a dramatic statement news
The main thing I think is there is a big difference between being critical of polices and being anti-Israel. Saying Kirk flipped to being "anti-Israel" is a reach. I've seen zero evidence of this. As an evangelical Christian he at most would be opposed to certain politicians and polices, not aligned with the rabid anti-Israel people. It seems very unlikely that he would be taken out for asking rather gentle questions with qualifiers around them. He wasn't a threat to Bibi IMO. I DO think Bibi is the type of guy that would take someone out, but this target doesn't make sense.
I don't think anyone at all is saying he was "anti Israel". He obviously wasn't.
What was alleged was that he was planning to "abandon the pro-Israel cause".
If it's true that 48 hours before he died, he stated that's what he was going to do - then it's important.
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Sure sounds like it to me.
Just found his last interview with Shapiro that many anti-Israel people are clipping and circulating as some sort of evidence that he flipped. Its actually absurd when you listen to it in context. Then when you read this letter... it makes it clear. He had concerns. He was the type of person that asks questions and pushes back. All I'm saying is that the claim that he flipped is weak and that in order for one to believe he would be taken out for this change we should expect more hard evidence.
This position actually also shows how little understanding people have about the conservative movement's love of Israel. I find it VERY hard to believe that Kirk would be able to flip the American Christians who love Israel. I can tell you, many Christian Zionist I know had no clue who Kirk was before he was killed.
What should be clear to everyone is that Kirk was on the path to pushing back on the blind support for Israel's policies. I think what we are seeing now is people that make money off of drama and conspiracies doing what they do. Making money off of this event. Its really that simple to me.
It seem far more likely that this guy is mentally ill and had bought into the words are violence nonsense and thought... yeah this guy is spewing hate. He's a Nazi/Fascist. I'm gonna take him out. The fact that the FBI is a train wreck is like saying the government is bloated and corrupt. Yeah... for sure. They didn't even have to do much work here. The killers family really did the work.
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What is actually ironic is that many people that celebrated his murder have said he was supporting genocide. This whole event is really so emblematic of our times. Over-generalizing. Demonizing. Lumping everyone into neat little boxes so we can say how evil they are without acknowledging that we aren't operating in good faith.
Its a weak theory based on "trust me bro" stuff and a lot of things that really are weak support for a theory.
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