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[–] 181 points 4 months ago* (21 children)

I hope he's remembered for losing a bad faith argument in the most ironic way possible.

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  • [–] 147 points 4 months ago (12 children)

    i hope he's not remembered at all, like his cause (someday)

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    So we're doing the "doomed to repeat it" thing again in like 80 years, got it

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  • [+] 35 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (7 children)
  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    I don't really want to watch the video of him talking again, or of a human dying, but is that actually what he was saying when his neck just did that?

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  • [–] 26 points 4 months ago*

    Paraphrased:

    Guy at mic: How many mass shootings were perpetrated by trans people?

    Charlie: too many! (Crowd cheers)

    Guy at mic: and how many mass shootings in general were there?

    Charlie: Counting or not counting gang violence? (Gets shot, dies)

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    The quote above is from a different interview out panel thingie and is his response to someone asking why he doesn't think we should do more about school shootings. I'm pulling this entirely from memory so I'm paraphrasing a bit.

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  • [–] 74 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Spent his life arguing against the public good. Ended his life as a fountain.

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  • [–] 47 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    but people failed to realize that mediocre white men should be able to live a happy and fulfilling lives, too. like all of us should. they used to be able to do that by doing less skilled labour like manufacturing etc, and still be able to afford a home and decent life. that's until capital possessing elites decided that it is more profitable to use cheap off shore labour. that as well as worsening inequality left them miserable and without purpose.

    too bad centrist politicians are mostly being bought out by capital, that's why opportunist grifters like Charlie Kirk was able to fill the vacuum that was left, and poison the mind of these people.

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  • [–] 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    This is why, if you are going to caucus with Democrats, its important to insist on universalism in whatever social programs get focused on for a platform. Democrats look towards their technocrats to support 'means testing' as a way to split hairs and preserve capitalist ideals while offering soft changes on social programs. The result is that we end up with historically racist and sexist programs (look into the origination and implementation of social security).

    The answer is straightforwards. Raise the floor. Programs need to be universal, period. There is no cost savings in piecemeal solutions or means testing; its an intentional way to sabotage the social project.

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    [–] 46 points 4 months ago (10 children)

    Not that I disagree with the message, but why is most of it highlighted?

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  • [–] 78 points 4 months ago (8 children)
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    [–] 38 points 4 months ago (8 children)

    His death was hilarious and I'm glad it happened

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  • [–] 48 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    I have a hard time celebrating anyone's death (there are a few I'm looking forward too though), but it's hard to classify Kirk's as undeserved. Hell, he preemptively justified his own death in that golden quote about "some shooting deaths are necessary in order to uphold the 2nd amendment".

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I personally don’t think people should be shot for things they say. I think watching an old, decrepit Kirk fade into obscurity would be a lot more satisfying.

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  • [–] 24 points 4 months ago

    When he couldn't get into West Point he was too much of a baby to just join up.

    If he couldn't get the prettiest costume he wasn't going to play soldier.

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  • [–] 23 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    As a mediocre white guy who dropped out of college

    Fuck that guy

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    To be fair there are a lot of very successful college and more than you might imagine high school drop outs. The difference between them and Kirk is that they're still alive.

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    [–] 11 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    Who was Charlie Kirk again?

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    [–] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Charlie Kirk was the human equivalent of an unfixed tomcat that hangs out in the street and yells at everyone, harasses other cats trying to go about their lives, and spreads disease and discord until they get hit by a car or someone euthanizes them.

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    [–] 10 points 4 months ago

    Why are we still talking about this guy?

    He was murdered, he's dead, he's no longer an issue. We have LIVING people who STILL support the same shit he did.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    He got the public execution he advocated for

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    It's objectively the truth, I agree entirely with all of it.

    I've got notes on how to adapt this identical message in a way to maximally influence mediocre white men, but It's pretty clearly not for that purpose. It could be, though.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    This fucking chud has been dead for how long now and y'all are still talking about him? He was a piece of shit and now he's a dead piece of shit. Why are you keeping this neck bleeding bitch relevant?

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