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[–] kbal@fedia.io 53 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Somehow despite the constant news coverage being blasted all over the wire I still can't stop thinking of him as an irrelevant loser.

Number of times I have heard the name Charlie Kirk:

Previous 50 years: -

Past 48 hours: *****************************************************************

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Pretty much the same for me. I only found out he was behind the tiny face guy meme after he was shot.

[–] khar21@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe that's because we're Canadian? I already knew about turning point USA, it's huge and apparently a huge reason Trump got so much more of the young vote this time.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago

I did eventually find out who he was thanks to Justin Ling's write-up which is pretty good: https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/who-was-charlie-kirk-anyway

Quite a story, but even so the earth-shaking implications of his death seem to me much exaggerated by many.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I didn't know him by name but by the "prove me wrong" meme. He was a mid-tier grifter on the way down with the likes of Fuentes in the way up. The key thing is he had a lot of access to Trump.