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Charlie Kirk

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I just don't understand what the big deal is about Charlie Kirk.

Never even heard of this guy before he got killed.

Can anyone enlighten me as to what all this controversy is about?
 
The right, and specifically the Christian Right see him as a champion for western civilization, Christendom, and "traditional conservative values" against the godless wokeism with which universities and public schools indoctrinate their children.
 
The right, and specifically the Christian Right see him as a champion for western civilization, Christendom, and "traditional conservative values" against the godless wokeism with which universities and public schools indoctrinate their children.
Also, he said a lot of racist, misogynistic, violent crap.
 
444th thread about Charlie Kirk.
Even Jesus doesn't get this many threads about him.

Thanks to the OP, we will now once again be flooded with more and more vitriol and hyperbole from those using Kirk's demise as a political sledgehammer to create a narrative about "THE LEFT."

Oh well, this will continue for a few more weeks or months then fade away. Righties have even come to the point that they seldom mention the assassination attempt on Trump.
 
I just don't understand what the big deal is about Charlie Kirk.

Never even heard of this guy before he got killed.

Can anyone enlighten me as to what all this controversy is about?

Kirk and his Turning Point organization was partly (if not largely) responsible for having more of the youth vote support republicant candidates. It remains to be seen whether Kirk’s assassination will hurt or help the Turning Point organization’s efforts.
 
I just don't understand what the big deal is about Charlie Kirk.

Never even heard of this guy before he got killed.

Can anyone enlighten me as to what all this controversy is about?
The big deal. MAGA has a martyr and they are milking him for everything they can get out of his murder. Lead by their Dear Leader, of course.
 
The big deal. MAGA has a martyr and they are milking him for everything they can get out of his murder. Lead by their Dear Leader, of course.
It might be a good idea if we on the Left or those of us NOT on the far right stop posting threads about Charlie Kirk. AND not respond to the goating by Righties. Alas, we can't help ourselves. IF we ever became disciplined and ignored the goating that lot would run out of audience and finally slink away to a different topic.
 
Yes, but if the below BS gets implemented it won't just fade away. In some cases it will be permanent.

JD Vance vows retribution on liberal institutions after Charlie Kirk killing

Trump also denounced groups on the left and renewed his talk of prosecutions of unnamed organizations that he says fund violent protests.
 
I just don't understand what the big deal is about Charlie Kirk.

Never even heard of this guy before he got killed.

Can anyone enlighten me as to what all this controversy is about?
Try Google or Youtube.
 
I will say everybody is drawn like flies to shit upon the sight of Kirk in a title. Guilty as well....

But now it's just, "Oh, another one."
 
I just don't understand what the big deal is about Charlie Kirk.

Never even heard of this guy before he got killed.

Can anyone enlighten me as to what all this controversy is about?

Perhaps... "the news" would help. Followed up with a Google search.
 
I have wondered how many people really know anything significant about Kirk at all. I follow politics closely but never delved into the details of his right wing youth movement because I am old and not interested. My wife had never heard of him. Kirk’s exposure to the public was largely social media and podcast based. I don’t get anything from those two sources of what passes for information today. Kirk was apparently very savvy with social media and podcasting and that is very important to reaching those who live online. Kirk tapped into the generation who seem to live almost entirely online. And he had actual political influence. So to a certain part of society he was a big deal. And to many others he was unknown.
 
I have wondered how many people really know anything significant about Kirk at all.
Only the faithful. Most Righties heard the name mentioned on Fox in connection to LEFTWING EXTREMISM and like lemmings...........
 
I was aware of the guy because im a consumer of politics, but what surprised me is that my three kids who are not political at all, knew more about him than I did. Thats a testament to his influence on the young.
 
I was aware of the guy because im a consumer of politics, but what surprised me is that my three kids who are not political at all, knew more about him than I did. Thats a testament to his influence on the young.

And how much young people live their lives online.
 
I just don't understand what the big deal is about Charlie Kirk.

Never even heard of this guy before he got killed.

Can anyone enlighten me as to what all this controversy is about?

Try doing a little research.
 
Try doing a little research.

Never heard of the guy. If he was such a big deal I was wondering what others thought.

Not so much what some internet site said about him.
You can find any kind of biased information to support any position you want to take on the internet.
 
Never heard of the guy. If he was such a big deal I was wondering what others thought.

Not so much what some internet site said about him.
You can find any kind of biased information to support any position you want to take on the internet.

Why trust what some folks on this internet site have to say?
 
Never heard of the guy. If he was such a big deal I was wondering what others thought.

Not so much what some internet site said about him.
You can find any kind of biased information to support any position you want to take on the internet.

Most of the active DP members on the left strongly opposed Kirk and his message.

DP is a good place for that biased information.
 
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