The script written for Donald Trump which he read stiltedly straight after Charlie Kirk was shot declared assassinations in the USA were caused by “the radical Left”.

So how many of the 24 offenders are affiliated with the Democratic Party or any other mainstream reformist, progressive or leftist organisation? The answer is none. The only perpetrator arguably from the Left is Black nationalist Quintez Brown.

Trump not alone in falsely blaming others for his own evil.

Immediately after Kirk’s killing, Elon Musk tweeted, ‘The Left is the party of murder’.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      They started gaslighting about it on Day One.

      Some asshat on Denver Post forums went out of his way to say things like “INSPLURECTION!” whenever anyone, bending over backwards if you ask me, called it an insurrection (I think it should be called terrorism, and certainly not a fucking “riot”).

      For example.

    • darkdemize@sh.itjust.works
      19·
      3 days ago

      It’s not really a discussion. They know damn well they are full of shit. But for the most part, they got away with it because we have a history of being soft when it comes to consequences for traitorous behavior.

    • PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      2 days ago

      I literally had the fucking guided tour a year before the insurrection and I called out my MAGA ass family who were there with me saying this shit.

      • Rakonat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        2 days ago

        I took the guided tour years ago and definitely don’t remember beating a police officer to death with a flag pole.

        • FauxLiving@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 days ago

          That’s the premium tour, you can get a ticket and a memorial Presidential Pardon by donating $500,000 to your local senator’s non-profit, who will make sure it makes it to the big man himself.

  • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.worksOP
    81·
    3 days ago

    Everything is projection with conservatives. Even when their followers are holding the smoking gun they accuse the left of the murder.

    • fartographer@lemmy.world
      261·
      3 days ago

      Even when their followers are holding the smoking gun they accuse the left of the murder.

      It really is the left’s fault. The conservative terrorists only attack in response to the left trying to be inclusive. And even if the left didn’t directly coerce an attack, it’s still their fault because they should have stopped it since they’re always talking about protecting others. Check and mate.

      I have to put /s because these are based on actual arguments used by conservatives…

      • Jaysyn@lemmy.world
        4·
        2 days ago

        One of the first things that Kokehead Patel did was shut down the group that was tracking right-wing threats.

        If Harris had been elected, good chance Kirk would still be stealing oxygen.

      • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.worksOP
        15·
        3 days ago

        I have to put /s because these are based on actual arguments used by conservatives…

        I’ve seen all those arguments and many more. /s is absolutely required.

    • athairmor@lemmy.world
      9·
      3 days ago

      It’s straight up lies from the top. Lower down believers project but the leaders are purposely lying to make projections easier.

      The difference is that people who project their faults aren’t necessarily aware that they’re projecting. The Republican leaders know what they’re saying is not only false but that they themselves are guilty of their accusations.

  • 9point6@lemmy.world
    35·
    3 days ago

    If there was actually ever any left wing terrorism in the modern day, you would genuinely never hear the end of it

    It would be bigger in the media than hurricane Katrina

  • Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works
    15·
    3 days ago

    I really like the chart in the article that shows that hate crimes committed by white individuals was going down before Trump started his political career with a bit more earnest.

  • jsomae@lemmy.ml
    410·
    2 days ago

    Does it even matter that/if this guy wasn’t a leftist? The left has been celebrating and condoning the murder – isn’t that what actually counts? (I say this as someone who’s mostly leftist, slightly liberal.)

    Edit: to be clear, I’m not saying that condoning violence and committing violence are morally equal. I’m saying: we can’t simultaneously celebrate and condone the murder and also act like we have the high ground for for not being the party of political violence. That’s having the cake and eating it too.