Last week a video was going around of a young woman engaged with a TPUSA speaker, which ended in her reciting a poem celebrating the murder of Charlie Kirk. The TPUSA host was respectful and polite as the young woman ran away gleefully. The young woman got her 15 minutes of internet fame, and it wasn't what he thought it would be. In short, she FA'd and FO. Things went badly once she was identified and negative consequences followed. It's easy to be edgy and fringe when your university ecosystem of leftists makes you feel safe. Unfortunately, the broader world sometimes isn't the liberal cocoon of a university campus.
https://x.com/lagsignal/status/2116728763182445011?s=51
" Issa Kassahuga's apology video is the perfect autopsy of one of the most sickening phenomena in contemporary culture: the dehumanization of the political opponent fueled on university campuses and the immediate panic when the reality of the adult world demands payment. To understand the weight of this statement, one must look at what happened before the recording. On September 23, at an event on the University of Texas at San Antonio campus, the student took the microphone in front of conservative activist Christian Collins to publicly mock and gloat over the unimaginable loss and pain of widow Erika Kirk and her orphaned children. In that moment, buoyed by the easy applause of the university bubble and the arrogance of someone who believes themselves morally superior, she thought that mocking an adversary's death was a demonstration of political virtue. What changed between that September day and this formal apology recorded with a measured voice and downcast eyes? What changed was the relentless arrival of reality. The video of the aggression went viral on social media, public opinion revolted against the cowardice, the university board opened disciplinary investigations, and future employers saw the student's name associated with the mockery of a grieving family. The doors of the job market and civil life began to close at record speed. Suddenly, the ruthless militant who gloated over widows and orphans discovers "humility," appeals to "Christian faith," recalls "human dignity," and publicly begs for a "second chance at life." The apology text was meticulously crafted by lawyers and crisis management advisors. Every word about compassion and respect sounds like a memorized script to contain legal damages and try to save a career destroyed before it even began. In the spiritual realm, forgiveness is a commandment, and it falls to the offended family to grant it if they deem it sincere. But in the social and institutional realm, the lesson must be harsh and permanent. For years, academic indoctrination taught an entire generation that political violence and mockery of others' deaths were legitimate, as long as the target was a conservative. Young people were raised in the dangerous fantasy that militancy guarantees total immunity against the laws of decency and human empathy. The San Antonio case is a lesson for all of Western youth: you can curse and celebrate tragedies inside the university greenhouse. But when you step onto the asphalt of real life, the bill for your lack of character always arrives, and it doesn't accept payment in rehearsed apologies. "It's so easy to gloat over a widow's pain when your classmates are applauding. The desperation of humility only shows up when the reputation bill knocks on the door of the real world." -Mooska"
2 comments:
It's shameful and shocking that such behavior can garner any applause at all. I just don't understand what "embrace grace" means.
It seems to mean extending grace to those who have some ideological alignment, regardless of what sort of horrible things they actually do. While unleashing hatred, vitriol, and celebrating the suffering of those that don't.
I'll try to post the link, but there's a video of a young woman of color who goes ballistic on a TPUSA (type) speaker, then physically attacks another young woman for disagreeing with her. The hypocrisy is astounding.
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