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[–] Ironfist79@lemmy.world 2 points 44 minutes ago
[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

Fuck Charlie Kirk, Fuck Turning Point USA, and Fuck MAGA. The only good fascist is a dead one.

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 46 points 14 hours ago

Cool, my fucking high school diploma has more merit and valor than a presidential medal of freedom.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 29 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

What a slap in the face to those who actually earned that level of recognition.

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 5 points 11 hours ago

It's a political award. It's always been a political award. It means nothing aside from the fact that whoever is in power can get applause for awarding it to someone their supporters like.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 35 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

That medal might as well be the Iron Cross at this point, the way it gets handed out to all the absolute worst people.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 17 points 13 hours ago

Yeah, it was also given to Rush Limbaugh, albeit just before he died. At this point, they could rename it to the Trump/Goebbels medal of fascist propaganda.

[–] Sho@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago
[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago

It's now as devalued as a cereal box prize

[–] klammeraffe@lemmy.cafe 8 points 14 hours ago

We should let him hand out more medals to all of the right-wing trash. Kirk Kirk Kirk 🔫

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Add that medal to the list of things that have absolutely no meaning.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 7 points 14 hours ago

No, these things do have a meaning. The meaning is "fascist".

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 6 points 14 hours ago

I'm running out of swear words to describe trump with...