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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo, is there a right-wing mourning period
For Kirks death? Or are they going to turn him into some kind of Mohammed of the West?
I think its curious how quickly that strategy went into play to silence even quoting his own words to show the world he wasnt a candidate for canonization and provide a balanced view. And they will probably continue to use the strategy until it gets a court vetting based on the First Amendment.
And then you have the authorities doing their very best to control the evidence found at the hangings of two young black men. They were too quick to call it suicide. What could their deaths prove when it is discovered otherwise? For me it suggests that for some on the right, they are just looking for a reason to start a race war, and all this attempt to keep Kirks own words under tap feels very much like how the racist South operated for generations.
These are dark times in America.
MrWowWow
(1,461 posts)TommyT139
(2,431 posts)One for them lasting until Sunday or whenever...and one for us, where if we ever say -- or sing! ⬆️ 👠👠--- anything ever, it will be too soon and punished severely.
Vinca
(54,335 posts)Most people had never even heard of him until he suddenly became a martyr.
PunkinPi
(5,302 posts)they are truly sick in the head.

Vinca
(54,335 posts)The truth is if Jesus turned up on the street he'd be deported by the Charlie Kirk lovers.
GoCubsGo
(35,000 posts)Stop feeding their monster.
TheBlackAdder
(29,981 posts)WarGamer
(18,863 posts)Aristus
(72,525 posts)to protect all the others.
Unless...unless...they've just been full of shit this whole time, and just really like seeing schoolkids get mown down with cool firearms...
Baitball Blogger
(52,724 posts)With the $2000 scope in case they need it in the future?
ornotna
(11,559 posts)Everyone will be expected to visit at least once a year.
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