Phoenix Suns reporter Gerald Bourguet has been fired over comments he made about Charlie Kirk's death on social media, PHNX Sports said Thursday.

The tweets in question:

‘Political differences’ are not the same thing as spewing hateful rhetoric on a daily basis, and refusing to mourn a life devoted to that cause is not the same thing as celebrating gun violence. Just so we’re 100% clear on that.

“He was a father”. Half of y’all didn’t give a DAMN about doing anything to stop gun violence when the victims of mass shootings were LITERAL children. And those kids weren’t bigots spreading genocidal propaganda, or a mindset he directly fed into with this Holy Grail of Ironies: (image of Charlie Kirk quote that gun death is worth it for the 2A)

If you’re saddened by today’s “political violence,” horrified by the video, or repulsed by my response, ask yourself why your reaction was different when it came to school shootings, mass deportations or the HUNDREDS of videos of horrific murders in Gaza (which Kirk cheered on)

Truly don’t care if you think it’s insensitive or poor timing to decline to respect an evil man who died. Too many of you are more concerned with being polite and appearing to be good people rather than showing some damn backbone and standing on principal to condemn hate

/r/nba with some surprisingly decent takes. Also some right-wing tears every now and then.

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    From the r/nba thread

    Rando Redditors are better than all the pundits put together.

    Being a father doesn’t automatically make you a good person.

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    Not something I’d say on a front-facing account, but pretty much on the money.

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    This is how America is now, you even think about criticizing the Right you lose your job.

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    Most of the people that have been fired over the last 24hrs because of statements made are pretty much in the same light as this one. None of them were maliciously attacking him or saying anything degrading about him…they were simply just reminding everyone of the constant stuff this guy has been saying for years, and how he’s reacted to several high-profile deaths.

    Some believe you reap what you sow…you get your comeuppance, whatever…that’s the sentiment, and it’s valid.