Kirk is being posthumously celebrated by much of the mainstream press as a noble sparring partner for center-left politicians and pundits. Meanwhile, the very real, very negative, and sometimes violent impacts of his rhetoric and his political projects are being glossed over or ignored entirely.
He was a horrible debater, and lost his temper any time he got corrected. But nobody is going to trash talk him after his assassination for fear of the wrath of Trump and MAGA.
I’m lucky I’m a gigantic former boxer(not pro or anything) and can’t get fired cause I own the business. So I’ve been calling every right wing nut that comes across my Facebook feed a pedo, and reposting a compilation video of Charlie’s hottest takes in the comments of every one of their replies.
Doing the Lord’s work. I salute you!
I will trash talk him. The big headed fucker was a MAGAt politician that made a career of riding the wave of hateful and stupid politics that has been allowed to grow. Glad he is dead and sad the shooter was a one-off MAGA crazy because I was hoping for another hero like Luigi that would scare the fuck out of MAGA and billionaires.
I’m actually very glad he was a nutty groyper and not a Democrat. They’re chomping at the bit to go full 3rd Reich against their opponents, and the entire federal government is situated to allow it to happen. They’re already terrified, and willing to do serious violence against us. I’ll civil war if it comes to it, but do we really want that?
If Trump doesn’t leave office after this term then we will have no choice. Fight it now or leave it for the next generation. Honestly, it will be a different form of civil war, most likely just drones popping any leader that dares come out of their bunker until no one wants to lead. That could be interesting.
*pundit. Not a politician.