OMG!
Posted on 09/13/2025 9:46:01 AM PDT by ducttape45
Earlier this week, Charlie Kirk, was shot dead while speaking at an event at a university in Utah.
While responding to a question about gun violence in the U.S., a single bullet struck Kirk in the neck, seemingly killing him instantly. The shooter, Tyler Robinson, 22, has since turned himself in and is likely facing the death penalty.
The news of Kirk’s death has seen many notable figures chime in, but it was those from author Gretchen Felker-Martin that sparked outrage in the world of comic books. After taking to social media to mock, and some might even say celebrate, Kirk’s shooting, the transgender writer was fired by DC Comics. Her series, Red Hood, was subsequently cancelled after one issue (which went on sale the same day that Kirk was killed).
Talking to The Comics Journal, Felker-Martin made it clear that she stands by her comments, but did express sympathy for the Red Hood creatives no longer working on the series. "I had no regrets for what I said about [Kirk]. [Kirk’s murder] just didn’t strike me as an especially hot flashpoint. This is such a loathsome person. Everyone on the entire internet is talking about how pleasant it is that he got his."
"I saw that he had died in the middle of spreading more of the bigotry that he spent his every waking moment promulgating, and in a way that he had advocated for others to die, and felt nothing but contempt for his life," the writer continued. "I mean, this is a man who I’ve watched for years go on television and on enormous stages and convention halls and say that me and everyone like me should be stoned to death."
Claims that Kirk advocated for gay people to be stoned to death have been widely disputed, with author Stephen King recently apologising for suggesting the activist said what Felker-Martin describes above.
Gretchen Felker-Martin has often courted controversy online, sharing divisive remarks about the September 11 terrorist attacks and the Israel-Palestine conflict. Still, she says that she warned DC something like this could happen, despite being asked to be mindful of her social media posts.
"I can only put it down to really just a moment of poor impulse control. Had I thought for another second, of course I would've known [that it would be a problem for DC], and naturally, as soon as I had said it, I did know," Felker Martin said, confirming she received a call from DC Editor in Chief Marie Javins, who told her, "'The story of the issue's release had gone from being celebratory to something that DC and Warner Brothers couldn't stand behind or defend,'" and that "any kind of promotion of violence or harm is unacceptable to them."
"I said that I've listened to Charlie Kirk being an overt Nazi for years of my life, and I had no regrets for what I said about him," Felker-Martin added.
"At DC Comics, we place the highest value on our creators and community and affirm the right to peaceful, individual expression of personal viewpoints," the publisher said in a statement on Thursday. "Posts or public comments that can be viewed as promoting hostility or violence are inconsistent with DC’s standards of conduct."
This week has seen those on both sides of the political spectrum come together to condemn this type of violence, and no matter whether you supported or reviled Kirk's outlook, it does rather feel like the former Red Hood writer crossed a line.
Exactly, the only nazis I see are on the left.
Correct.
Looks like a guy with Goth lipstick on.
"I saw that he had died in the middle of spreading more of the bigotry that he spent his every waking moment promulgating, and in a way that he had advocated for others to die, and felt nothing but contempt for his life," the writer continued. "I mean, this is a man who I’ve watched for years go on television and on enormous stages and convention halls and say that me and everyone like me should be stoned to death."
I actually pity her as she is living in some self-imposed hell. But (even though I have never heard of RED HOOD) I'm glad she got fired.
Who belongs in an institution.
Paraphrasing P J O'Rourke... Our one fundamental right is to do as we please. Our one fundamental duty is to accept the consequences of what we do.
OMG!
It’s the march through the institutions. I was never a huge fan of comics but I did follow the scene a bit from about the 1960s as a child until about the the 1980s. After that I lost interest. I’m very glad I no longer follow it.
First of all, he’s a HE, not a she! But mostly, he’s a big fat liar spreading big fat lies! Charlie was NONE of those things he said! Charlie’s blood is on his and every single one’s bead who promulgated those lies.
In ancient history, those were called “Eunichs”, and served a special role in society. They were the help in household life. Cooking, cleaning, humping the husband and wife, childcare, answering the door, filling lamps with oil, gardening, and such..... A few cuts here or there, and it’s a life of servitude. Beats getting slaughtered by Roman’s with pointy spears.
Said so much better than I. Thank you.
Indeed it’s things like he/she/it the disrupt a civilized society and confuse the youth.
“... say that me and everyone like me should be stoned to death”
I seriously doubt that in his lifetime, CK ever said anything even remotely like that.
I would demand this beyatch cough up real, provable evidence. But in this day and age, an AI video of CK doing it ‘doggie’ to Big Mike Obama while screaming ‘stone the jews’ would be ginned up in a day or two.
Go up and punch them.
What’s the difference between being an overt Nazi and a literal Nazi?
You mean like the difference between a democrat and a communist ?
Not only is he/she a lunatic, she's a lying sack of know-nothing shit lunatic.
This sick f@ggot needs to have the shit beaten out of him.
We used to lock these loons up in asylums, and America needs to return to that. We should not allow f@ggots to roam around free with their mental illness.
And people need to stop calling f@ggots in a dress "she" and "her."
No, it's a "he". He is male. He will never be female, and anyone calling *HIM* a "HER" is going along with the con.
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