in different times, both Kyle Rittenhouse and Daniel Penny would’ve shied away from the spotlight

but these aren’t different times

9/16/2025 8:44:16 PM

The mass cognitive dissonance buzzword whatever over this country is insaneeee

You have people storm the capitol and they get pardoned. Meanwhile, it wouldn't be too surprising if the Democratic Party was declared to be a terrorist organization within a few weeks. Trump gets asked why flags weren't lowered for Melissa Hortman and his first response indicates that he wasn't even familiar with her name

^wtf does daniel penny have to do with this, you're part of the problem... not the cause, but part of the problem


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9/16/2025 9:22:04 PM

One angle of the Kirk murder I had not seen discussed much was how big a shot across the bow of performative political podcasting this was. These days there is an entire media strategy for podcasters to harp on little division and apply purity tests to everything. It helps differentiate you in the market and builds a follower group which is how you eventually build media clout, which apparently is semi-lucrative and can be directly leveraged into political power.

It seems like a lot of performative podcasters (on the left too), many without the security that bigger media and politicians have, sat up straight when they realized some of their more psycho followers have made the tiny divisions their entire personality. The followers slipped down the slope that the podcasters spent all their time greasing such that they are now ready to kill over an ideological purity test. And all they need is a little range time with Dad and access to Grandiddy’s rifle, and they can murder you too.

9/17/2025 5:50:08 AM

The text messages make it clear the Kirk killer was some kind of gay rights activist. There would have been go fund mes for him if this was known immediately… will be interesting to see how this evolves. The left needs a stick to go along with their carrot — it’s the only thing that will “correct” for January 6th

9/17/2025 11:02:06 AM