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I keep finding clips of him on twitter and the man was absolutely vile; I never watched his stuff before, watching it now I see he really was a hateful piece of trash.

I'm not shedding a tear over someone taking out the trash.

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[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Shapiro predates Kirk by almost a decade and is the true inventor of the genre. He was funded directly by republican donors (I forget which) whereas Kirk was in-house brand GOP.

I think Molyneux and Crowder also predate Kirk but by less.