Trump Orders Flags to Half-Staff for Charlie Kirk

FreeinChrist said:

I don't see anyone on this site condoning the murder of Kirk.



That is a broad brush statement that rings false. From what I see, the Left are the ones pro-Constitutional rights. It is the Right that condones Trump's extortion of the media and lawyers, and universities. It is the Right that defends those who wanted to take away rights by trying to negate an election by force and violence. It is the right condoning censorship. It is the right that is supporting masked ICE agents (question if they are all agents) who are blindly arresting American citizens and legal residents and legal immigrants and saying sorry later. While in custody, they are treating these citizens and legal residents, etc as scum. What the South Koreans described was disgusting.
Sounds like it is the right that has immoral men.

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Most of what you said is untrue, so I'm not going to argue every point. Yes ICE wears masks, but there are safety reasons and there's nothing immoral about that. I'm going to start a separate thread related to this, and I'll mention you in the OP so you see it.

I think we can be wiser and more kind than the people who want to see us divided.

At Johnson County [Iowa] buildings the flags were lowered on Sept. 11, but not for Kirk. Green explained his decision in a statement posted on social media on the night of the 11th.

On my personal authority as the Chairman of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors, I have determined to defy the Governor’s order that our colors be at half staff through Sunday on behalf of Charlie J Kirk.

I condemn Kirk’s killing, regardless of who pulled the trigger or why.

But I will not grant Johnson County honors to a man who made it his life’s mission to denigrate so many of the constituents I have sworn an oath to protect, and who did so much to harm not only the marginalized, but also to degrade the fabric of our body politic.

Johnson County flags will fly as usual. I will accept any consequence, whether legal or electoral, for my decision. It is mine alone.

Green understood the sort of anger and likely online frenzy, including serious threats, his decision would provoke.

“I was cognizant of that,” he told Little Village in an interview after the work session. “But just as much, I was pretty clear-eyed going in that people are hungry — starving — for principled leadership against the rising █████ in this country. So, I thought it was a decision worth making, a stand worth taking.”

“Apparently there is no statute requiring a county to cooperate,” [County GOP head] Keetle said. “This is something that we will try to remedy in the next session of the legislature.”

Last week was not the first time Green made an independent decision about the lowering of flags in Johnson County. After Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were murdered in June by a gunman who also shot state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette — and had a list of other Democrats he was apparently targeting for assassination — neither President Trump nor Gov. Reynolds ordered flags to be lowered. Green did.

Well, it looks like things may heat up more before they cool down...

I just saw on FB where someone re-posted this:



I had to do a double take, because I first thought it was John Mayer