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I see why they (Turning Point) picked him as speaker. He says egregious things as if they were normal. Basically, they get more influence in society the more controversial the things they say are. That's why they made him speaker.
Didn't he found TPUSA?
The only publication with the balls required to....just even quote the asshole instead of relying on vague descriptions of what he did with his life.
Charlie Kirk was a piece of shit and the world is better without him. I will cheer for every unrepentant maga scumbag that dies.
Did the onion write a piece about how we should reflect on Unnamed Nazi #342 in Indiana Jones's life and family yet? "Sure, Unnamed Nazi #342 willingly joined an organization focused on subjugation and mass murder of people, but it's important to remember that he also had a family. They were looking forward to living in a house stolen from the people he helped murder, and living off the fruits of slave labor."
Damn someone needs to write that, good shit.
Damn someone needs to write that, good shit.
Well have I got some good news for you then...
His last words were "Counting or not counting gang violence?" when asked about mass shootings. He died as he lived, spewing bullshit.
I seriously thought the shooter was in the crowd because of that. It seemed just soooo on the nose. Someone even says "Good" just before the shot, I thought it was the shooter thinking this was going to make the perfect clip.
Can't imagine having a dog whistle as my last words.
Is there a video?
Tap for spoiler
NSFL
Just saying peeps, the video is not blurry, and it’s up close from the front-ish row. Please don’t watch it if you haven’t seen shooting violence before or have any question about your ability to witness something like that. It’s not unclear whether he lives or not. He very clearly is instantly killed while upright.
Ok, I was not ready for this. But thank You for the link.
to be explicit, it was a racist dogwhistle. It was like someone didn't just assassinate him, it was as though it was "oh yeah , another bullshit "Um AKSHUALLY" ? All right fucking shut the hell up"
I appreciate this, it seems like no one is making this explicit.
His last words were exactly who he was as a person. No one should ever forget.
I couldn't help but think the exact timing was a reaction to how shitty what he was saying was. Like they lost their cool and pulled the trigger because they couldn't stand his bile for another moment.
They probably didn't even plan to shoot him but just couldn't stand the bullshit any more.
"I've heard enough! Stick an arrow in his gob!" -- Gimli
This is how we counteract the current attempt to canonize him: remind people of what he actually said. Apparently calling him "divisive" is enough to get you fired from a TV gig. But we can't deny what he said, in his own words.
But imagine a statue of Charlie Kirk, placed prominently on the National Mall, with an inspirational quote like:
"If I’m dealing with somebody in customer service who’s a moronic Black woman, I wonder is she there because of her excellence, or is she there because affirmative action?"
Because he’s never spoken to a moronic white woman on a customer service call?! How is he even certain of the race of people he’s talking to on the phone? It couldn’t possibly be that there are morons in every facet and stage of life, regardless of race, could it?! Even in, say, the hate speech-fueled public speaking industry?!?! How was this tiny-faced rage-muppet able to live debate anyone?
He's the kind of evil dipshit who would have legislated to pay people as close to zero-per-hour as possible, hired people at that hourly slavery rate, and then bitch that they weren't dedicated workers.
God himself could have descended from heaven, after spontaneously deciding to give a shit about humanity, and touched Kirk's forehead endowing him with all knowledge in the universe, and after Kirk's tiny mind finished exploding, his hateful racist mouth would still manage to sputter out "yeah but DEI is unfair to Rich White Men!"
No one is in customer service due to excellence..
Careful Guardian, quoting his actual words and reminding people what a piece of garbage he was is going to get you attacked by the American Taliban.
I'd like to take this opportunity to point out that I am NOT celebrating CK's death and to make sure you all understand this story is really about me and how I claimed the moral high ground before anyone else even thought of doing it.
I'm really surprised I haven't been called for an interview. Surely the Nobel folks will be ringing my phone very, very soon.
A truly blessed patriot 🙏
I am NOT celebrating CK's death
You shouldn't. Calvin Klein is still alive.
Side note, I cannot fucking wait for the next South Park episode
Comedy Central has already taken down "Got a Nut" following the slaying. I doubt they'll air anything similarly critical
That episode is still up for me
Ahh ok, yeah that’s weird
CC was always flinchy, they completely censored the ending monologue for the 200th episode
His last words were "Counting or not counting gang violence?" when asked about mass shootings. He died as he lived, spewing bullshit.