signalmankenneth
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I hope this the last week, we have to hear about Charlie Kirk too?!!
There’s no excuse for political violence, but it’s hard to be sympathetic for someone who profited off hate.
Charlie Kirk died as he lived: propagating hateful myths about marginalized groups in our society.
Literally.
He was shot seconds after falsely insinuating that transgender people are more prone to committing mass shootings.
Kirk became rich and famous spreading hateful lies, trafficking in conspiracy theories (some of which were antisemitic) and railing against the LGBTQ community. Ironically, he argued that school shootings were a small price to pay for the Second Amendment.
He was not simply a right-wing pundit with whom one might disagree in polite conversation. He was both a profiteer and architect of America’s increasingly violent culture war.
This isn’t a “both sides” event — political violence in America is almost exclusively the realm of the political right. Put another way, there is no left-wing equivalent to Charlie Kirk — that’s how extreme he was. Trump will likely use his death to further the destruction of U.S. democracy.
There’s no excuse for political violence — but Charlie Kirk is absolutely responsible for making political violence more likely in America.
He never “lowered the temperature” as so many politicians and pundits are now disingenuously pleading; he spent his entire adult life pouring fuel on the fire.
You reap what you sow.
https://cultmtl.com/2025/09/to-hell-with-charlie-kirk/
There’s no excuse for political violence, but it’s hard to be sympathetic for someone who profited off hate.
Charlie Kirk died as he lived: propagating hateful myths about marginalized groups in our society.
Literally.
He was shot seconds after falsely insinuating that transgender people are more prone to committing mass shootings.
Kirk became rich and famous spreading hateful lies, trafficking in conspiracy theories (some of which were antisemitic) and railing against the LGBTQ community. Ironically, he argued that school shootings were a small price to pay for the Second Amendment.
He was not simply a right-wing pundit with whom one might disagree in polite conversation. He was both a profiteer and architect of America’s increasingly violent culture war.
This isn’t a “both sides” event — political violence in America is almost exclusively the realm of the political right. Put another way, there is no left-wing equivalent to Charlie Kirk — that’s how extreme he was. Trump will likely use his death to further the destruction of U.S. democracy.
There’s no excuse for political violence — but Charlie Kirk is absolutely responsible for making political violence more likely in America.
He never “lowered the temperature” as so many politicians and pundits are now disingenuously pleading; he spent his entire adult life pouring fuel on the fire.
You reap what you sow.
https://cultmtl.com/2025/09/to-hell-with-charlie-kirk/
