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He didn't deserve to be killed, but he was an asshole.

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[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I don’t condone violence but to argue that Kirk was anything other than a sociopath douche canoe is a fallacy. Yes don’t celebrate his murder but at the same time don’t try to make him a martyr and a decent person. He was neither.