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

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[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

I've said it before, I'll say it again. I only feel bad for the kids.

They didn't choose their father. They didn't choose to be born. They will 100% at some point, see up close and personal footage of their father being killed in broad daylight, in full color, digitally perfect quality, preserved by the Internet, forever.

They will see that footage someday, if not already.

That's why I feel for those kids. I feel bad for them in spite of what their father said or believed. Specifically to spite him, I will feel sympathy for his kids.

His wife can get fucked. She volunteered for this. She knew what she was getting into, she knew the man that she married, and not only married him, but stayed married to him through all of this dumb, insane, and toxic shit that he was spewing.

She had a fucking choice and she chose to stay where she was. The only way my opinion on that could change is if her husband was an abuser. I have no doubt that he could have been, right now there's no allegations of that. If she's the victim of domestic abuse, then leaving would not have been as straight forward as it might seem.

In all other circumstances, she can get wrecked for standing by him while he said and did what he said and did.

I have zero empathy or sympathy for the man himself. Guy was toxic, and he was shot and killed by someone equally, or more toxic. One goes in the ground, one goes in a cell. Both are out of our society, hopefully forever. Fuck both of them.

The more I see about Kirk, or his killer, the more I fucking hate both of them.

I still feel bad for those kids.