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minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up77arrow-down9·1 day ago Furthermore, Kirk was an influencer activist, and not an elected official. Exactly. Not an assassination. I hate that people keep calling it that.
minus-squarephx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·20 hours agoI’ve never heard being elected official as a criteria for the term, the dictionary definition of assassination is “the premeditated act of killing someone suddenly or secretively, especially a prominent person.” And there have been plenty of non-electoral assassinations, including those by (or of) mob figures, journalists, and many others.
minus-squareUnderwaterbob@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·19 hours agoDoesn’t the act of assassination require that the killer be an assassin? ie someone paid to kill people.
minus-squarexyzzy@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-217 hours agoThe killer in an assassination is by definition an assassin. An assassin is not always some paid mercenary killer (this is rarely the case). John Wilkes Booth is an easy example. He was an actor.
minus-squareVandals_handle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoAs an actor John Wilkes Booth killed it in his last role.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·7 hours agoIt’s only an assassin when they are from the Hashshashin, otherwise it’s just sparkling murder.
minus-squaresudo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up62arrow-down1·1 day agoWhen a Nazi gets killed it’s called ‘a good job’
minus-squareprimrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·1 day agoWell, until they’re out of power you should ideally call it nothing at all and deny it ever happened. I walked past the USC campus this morning and saw kirk alive and well. I don’t know what all this hubub is about.
minus-squareTyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 day agoFascinating. Flip the script for the utter disregard of the truth.
minus-squareprimrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·23 hours agoIf you see someone stealing bread–no you didn’t. If you see a dead Nazi–no you didn’t and in fact you met him in public later that evening.
minus-squareAuli@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·22 hours agoNo no you have to say I’m just saying …
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·1 day agoIt’s still an assassination. The definition is broad enough to include the killing of any public figure by surprise attack.
minus-squareOneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·23 hours agoYeah, I hear people refer to John Lennon’s killing as an assassination. He wasn’t a politician, just a public figure.
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 hours agoHe was more popular than Jesus, so that checks out. I highly doubt Kirk even had a security crew of note. Doesn’t have one now, though! 😂 😂 😂
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·23 hours agoLooked like an assisted suicide to me.
minus-squarePenguinMage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·23 hours agoNah, he tripped and fell into a fast moving object. Absolute tragic happenstance. Could’ve happened to any asshole really.
minus-squareprimrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoIt was a pyrotechnics accident, is all.
Exactly. Not an assassination. I hate that people keep calling it that.
I’ve never heard being elected official as a criteria for the term, the dictionary definition of assassination is
“the premeditated act of killing someone suddenly or secretively, especially a prominent person.”
And there have been plenty of non-electoral assassinations, including those by (or of) mob figures, journalists, and many others.
Doesn’t the act of assassination require that the killer be an assassin? ie someone paid to kill people.
The killer in an assassination is by definition an assassin. An assassin is not always some paid mercenary killer (this is rarely the case).
John Wilkes Booth is an easy example. He was an actor.
As an actor John Wilkes Booth killed it in his last role.
It’s only an assassin when they are from the Hashshashin, otherwise it’s just sparkling murder.
When a Nazi gets killed it’s called ‘a good job’
Well, until they’re out of power you should ideally call it nothing at all and deny it ever happened. I walked past the USC campus this morning and saw kirk alive and well. I don’t know what all this hubub is about.
Fascinating. Flip the script for the utter disregard of the truth.
If you see someone stealing bread–no you didn’t.
If you see a dead Nazi–no you didn’t and in fact you met him in public later that evening.
No no you have to say I’m just saying …
It’s still an assassination. The definition is broad enough to include the killing of any public figure by surprise attack.
Yeah, I hear people refer to John Lennon’s killing as an assassination. He wasn’t a politician, just a public figure.
He was more popular than Jesus, so that checks out. I highly doubt Kirk even had a security crew of note. Doesn’t have one now, though! 😂 😂 😂
Looked like an assisted suicide to me.
Nah, he tripped and fell into a fast moving object. Absolute tragic happenstance. Could’ve happened to any asshole really.
It was a pyrotechnics accident, is all.