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GrammarPolice@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.world · 3 days ago

Right-wing activist Charlie Kirk has died, says US President Donald Trump

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Right-wing activist Charlie Kirk has died, says US President Donald Trump

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GrammarPolice@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.world · 3 days ago
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Mr Kirk and his Turning Point USA organisation played a key role in driving youth support for Donald Trump in last November's presidential election.
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    Someone murdered him. ‘He died’ is pretty passive.

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      When a Nazi was killed, it wasn’t called murder.

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      Allegedly.

      Someone allegedly murdered him.

      Kirk was open and proud that it was his belief to live in a society with guns was desirable even if it meant people were gonna get shot.

      He thought it was a good trade off.

      Now a gun went off. And Charlie Kirk is dead.

      This is America for all we know a cop was standing behind him and mistook a shadow for a Black man.

      Don’t fucking jump to he was murdered, he was shot.

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        Was he shot? Maybe his blood was too embarrassed to be part of him any longer and decided to move out of its own accord.

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          The body has a way of shutting it down…

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          Marie Moreau was in the audience and sick of his shit.

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      He wasn’t murdered he was weeded out.
      It’s all just part of the sacrifices necessary for the right to bear arms. It’s all good by his own account.

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        Caught in the churn.

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      Actually “He died” uses the active voice, whereas “He was murdered” uses the passive voice.

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      Are we sure? I’ve been hearing talk that Kirk is just a paid crisis actor and this was all a false flag.

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      God didn’t redirect the bullet into a fire-fighter I guess.

      Maybe Kunt should’ve had a teleprompter up for another glass nick on the ear.

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      Its the correct wording for when someone dies while being treated in the hospital. The initial reports were “shot and in critical condition” so now the headline is of course that he ended up dying.

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        It wasn’t even the bullet that killed him, he slept in peacefully in his bed.
        /s

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        That’s the whole thing about passive voice, it isn’t incorrect. People rightfully criticize passive voice when reporting on police murdering people. Same thing here.

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          If you prefer active voice then “He died” is optimal.

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            He was killified

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      He was hunted like the disgusting beast he is

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      Maybe his neck just does that

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      Agreed

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      He must have been Palestinian.

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