most people outside the us have never heard any of kirk's talking points. if you only know that he is a conservative debater and use your normal (non-us) definition of "conservative", then "people should not die for their opinions" is not a controversial take. i'm not saying that's what's happened here but it's the most likely situation considering klings history.

[–] Mniot@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I definitely wouldn't expect people to have heard of Kirk at all. Even within the US he was a bit of a niche asshole. But I would expect that before posting "RIP he was a good guy" they would do some quick web searches and get an idea of what somedude was about and then only post if they agreed that that's their notion of a good guy.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

i agree, but my assessment of most people is that they just say shit

[–] DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

shit

[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 4 days ago

yeah