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The streaming star on how to reject political violence while staying honest about Kirk's rhetoric.

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[–] Auntievenim@lemmy.world 47 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It is the reichstag fire, in that it was a nazi crime that the Nazis used to get liberals to willingly vote to grant all power to the fuhrer to protect germany. Thats what they mean right? Right???

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

... yes? why are you implying that he might mean something else?

The State Department has already made an announcement saying that they are going to look at people’s profiles at the point of entry into the country to see if they actually sufficiently grieved Charlie Kirk—which is, of course, a violation of the First Amendment, regardless of whether I personally think that’s inappropriate or not. I’m just simply talking about how ridiculous it is to make this kind of enforcement a priority and how unconstitutional it is.

And it’s very clear that they’re using this as a Reichstag fire moment, very clearly, using this as an opportunity to further persecute and prosecute political dissidents.

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[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 41 points 2 months ago (30 children)

"Charlie Kirk was a vehement white nationalist that is currently burning in Hell. Debate me and prove me wrong."

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[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 7 points 2 months ago

The Heritage Foundation has been working on this for centuries.

Honestly, if I ever believed that a malevolent alien species invaded Earth, it would have been during the 1800s and they've been working to terraform the planet to be habitable to them.

All this shit going on has They Live vibes and I honestly can't pretend to see how the idea of murdering scores of humans does anything helpful.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

It’s pretty obvious after the response they will find or manufacture a “legal” reason to start allowing right wingers to attack and kill anyone they don’t like

[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

There are a lot of piss baby conservatives and liberals in this thread

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