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Charlie Kirk one day before he was killed: 'Islam is the sword the left is using to slit the throat of America.' (Original Post) Celerity Sep 2025 OP
I'll go with "bullets are the sword Americans are destroying America with Torchlight Sep 2025 #1
How dare you mention this during Whitewash Time. Sneederbunk Sep 2025 #2
DOW Jones Index up 617 points today. Turbineguy Sep 2025 #3
Right, because leftists are so into religion. BlueTsunami2018 Sep 2025 #4
It was to be deivisive Captain Zero Sep 2025 #7
What a useful tool the Ruling Class lost leftstreet Sep 2025 #5
Hopefully they'll kill each other doing this DinahMoeHum Sep 2025 #10
He was getting rich saying this shit. CanonRay Sep 2025 #6
I'm on the Left and I have no idea what any of that means. maxsolomon Sep 2025 #8
Right?!! "Wokeism" seems to freak them out no end... Sparkly Sep 2025 #9
As soon as I hear "woke" or any of its derivatives used by someone to disparage someone else; Buns_of_Fire Sep 2025 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Random Person Sep 2025 #12
Hate speech deserves no empathy! Emile Sep 2025 #13

Torchlight

(7,066 posts)
1. I'll go with "bullets are the sword Americans are destroying America with
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 04:22 PM
Sep 2025

But then again, I'm not an extremist American cleric.

Captain Zero

(8,954 posts)
7. It was to be deivisive
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 04:55 PM
Sep 2025

Seeing if he could fragment the left.
Seeing if he could solidify the right against 'others'.

I think he got coaching.

leftstreet

(41,257 posts)
5. What a useful tool the Ruling Class lost
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 04:30 PM
Sep 2025

No doubt have several ready to step up and take his well-paid role of Hateful Extreme Divisive Court Jester

maxsolomon

(39,138 posts)
8. I'm on the Left and I have no idea what any of that means.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 05:02 PM
Sep 2025

I don't know any Liberal that thinks about Marxism or "Islamism". I'll be Woke till the day I die.

Sparkly

(24,938 posts)
9. Right?!! "Wokeism" seems to freak them out no end...
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 05:11 PM
Sep 2025

And what is it? Equal rights? Equal opportunity? Not getting murdered by police, or by 'domestic abusers,' or by homophobes?

I don't think this murder was right, of course! But I don't think Charlie Kirk was right, either. And hatred of "Wokeism" or "Antifa" is just ridiculous dog-whistling that means something else. (Something about a perceived "right" to THEIR violence, hatred, lies, and oppression.)

Buns_of_Fire

(19,222 posts)
11. As soon as I hear "woke" or any of its derivatives used by someone to disparage someone else;
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 05:49 PM
Sep 2025

a little red "X" goes next to their name in my mental rolodex, meaning "this person has absolutely nothing meaningful to contribute to any conversation". Without a definition (which they can't give), it's as worthless as a phrase as is a governor in white go-go boots.

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