Nothing says the 'day of remembrance' for Kirk has to be a celebration

[bigtree]

....I'd guess it will be a flashpoint for activism, reminding Americans of the inveterate demagogue, racist, bigot, xenophobe, shit-baiting republican con man that he was.

[TommyT139]

1. I plan to celebrate

Freedom of Speech.

[Silent Type]

2. Exactly. I just laugh at Columbus Day, Confederate Memorial Day, etc. Do we still have Confederate day?

If not, trump will bring it back

[LeftInTX]

8. It's still on the books in Texas. Coming up on Jan 19th, 2026

I've never seen anyone celebrate it. We have a huge MLK March on that day. I don't know what the Confederate dodos do?

[Phentex]

3. It's also George Floyd's birthday

We can say his name

[Justice Brandeis]

4. There is no law that says I have to celebrate or mourn anyone

I will be living my life as I normally do that day.

[MrWowWow]

5. Dance! Dance! Dance! Celebrate What's Left of Our Democracy Day!

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[Baitball Blogger]

6. It will be a day where our side will quote him profusely.

[riversedge]

9. good thought. I am going to start collecting some Kirk quotes right now.

[LyfeTimeDem]

27. exactly we should start a protest that we just plaster his heinous words all day

[LeftInTX]

7. It's 24 days from now. By then, there will something else bright and flashy grabbing everyone's attention.

With this regime, everything changes from day to day, week to week.

The House and Senate will hold moments of silence. A few will get up and speak.

Will it be mentioned on TV? Maybe in passing. Indigenous People's Day will get more attention. There will be a few clashes between the old and new name for the holiday. Trump will write an executive order forcing the name "Columbus Day" forever enshrined or something.

There will be more drama by then. There always is with this regime.

[Marthe48]

10. I already decided to mourn the death of free speech

It is a greater loss.

[ancianita]

13. Then you're already obeying in advance.

On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder, Rule #1: "Do not obey in advance."

To claim free speech is dead is irrational.

Giving up and giving in is not what Democrats do.

[Marthe48]

17. At least in the case of saying anything crappy about a demagogue

or demagogue jr, kirk day is a good day to fly a flag upside down or protest in any other way against the criminals who want to kill the country, this week being trying to squelch criticism of dear leader or his fan boy.

I've spent the week posting comments on my other social media about the importance of free speech, separation of church and state, and other ideals that set America aside from other countries. I'll keep doing what I can to turn the tide.

I'm not obeying in advance, just saying something briefly instead of writing a book.

[ancianita]

28. I think I understand.

You're channeling your feelings (and reactions) into action.

That's fortitude, using your Will to fight on in the face of darkness. Good for you.

I'm sorry if I misunderstood. Maybe I still do, but thanks for more context than I knew when I posted my previous response.

[dalton99a]

11. Just bury the dead troll and get it over with

[Dr. T]

18. I want to know where his dead, decaying carcas is planted.

Eat $20's worth of McDonald's food, wait four hours, then make a pilgrimage to the cursed site and let nature take its course.

[milestogo]

12. We should not participate in the economy that day.

[Ping Tung]

14. It should be observed as.....

[littlemissmartypants]

24. I wholeheartedly agree. ...

Although it is difficult to do, for fear of appearing complacent or a collaborator, the thing that may agitate them the most is if we ignore their machinations entirely or at the very least act like their hero worship is no big deal.

In other words... spit in their general direction, flick them off like a bug and move on unbothered.

[GenThePerservering]

15. Have a massive march

where all the signs have Charlie Kuck quotes and people play kazoos.

[appmanga]

16. I'll be remembering that he was a bigot...

...and no amount of gaslighting and whitewashing can change that.

[Bev54]

19. Won't be giving him a second thought

[AverageOldGuy]

20. So -- WTF are we supposed to do?

Men and women dress in black? Women wear black hats with black veils? Drape our homes and businesses in black?

For myself, I think I'll dig out one of my "NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL" T-shirts and wear it.

[canetoad]

21. Guy Fawkes has a memorial day

Fifth of November. He is burned in effigy all over Britain.

[paleotn]

22. Depends on what you're celebrating.

[Joinfortmill]

23. Truth.

[ms liberty]

25. We should have a huge march for gun reform and dare those m****rf*****s to whine about it

Yea, Maga. Let's talk about gun violence in Amurika, you snowflakes.

[jmbar2]

26. Eulogy

Charlie Kirk is more annoying dead than when he was alive.