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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(15,005 posts) Sat Sep 13, 2025, 12:55 PM Sep 2025

"Why are Charlie Kirk's words suddenly off limits?" Journalist gets flack for broadcasting Lirk's hate speech

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"Why are Charlie Kirk's words suddenly off limits?" Journalist gets flack for broadcasting Lirk's hate speech (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 2025 OP

The white male ruling power will not tolerate the truth being told about them. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #1

They are fascists to the core zorbasd Sep 2025 #4

Most think the media works for We The People. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #5

Hard to understand, isn't it? After JFK and MLK were killed, the media was full of excerpts from their speeches. Mister Ed Sep 2025 #2

Remember Newt Ginrich DFW Sep 2025 #3

Irish_Dem

(82,361 posts)

1. The white male ruling power will not tolerate the truth being told about them.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 12:56 PM

Sep 2025

The media is only too happy to oblige.

zorbasd

(530 posts)

4. They are fascists to the core

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 02:29 PM

Sep 2025

and will start to intimidate people who throw their despicable quotes back to inform people what POS in life they all are or were.

Irish_Dem

(82,361 posts)

5. Most think the media works for We The People.

Reply to zorbasd (Reply #4)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 02:33 PM

Sep 2025

In reality the media works for the Billionaire/Putin/Trump Crime Syndicate.

Mister Ed

(6,992 posts)

2. Hard to understand, isn't it? After JFK and MLK were killed, the media was full of excerpts from their speeches.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 01:02 PM

Sep 2025

And now it's off-limits to quote Kirk, even while lionizing him?

There's a difference here, but I can't quite put my finger on it...

Something to do with the contents of the speeches?

DFW

(60,437 posts)

3. Remember Newt Ginrich

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 01:06 PM

Sep 2025

On camera, he threatened to sue anyone who repeated the words he had said on the Sunday talk shows the day before.

"Just because I said it doesn't mean I said it"

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