• surewhynotlem
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    17 hours ago

    That wasn’t assassination. That was murder. To be an assassination the target needs to have significance.

    • Instigate@aussie.zone
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      11 hours ago

      The fact that people are still talking about him and his killing shows that he had significance. He held significance as a prominent right wing nut job and radicaliser. He held significance as a poster boy for the disingenuous “just asking questions” approach of stochastic terrorism. He holds significance as a so-called martyr of the MAGA cult. Just because he didn’t/doesn’t hold significance to you doesn’t mean he wasn’t/isn’t significant. I don’t like that it’s true, but it is.

      • barnacul
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        6 hours ago

        Nah the media has been working overtime to try and make him significant but he’s really just a meaningless footnote