Oklahoma Charlie Kirk college plazas must have a sign calling him a "modern civil rights leader" or pay monthly fines.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma introduced legislation this week that would require every public university in the state to construct “a Charlie Kirk Memorial Plaza”, with a statue of the assassinated Republican activist and a sign calling him a “modern civil rights leader”, or pay monthly fines.

The proposed legislation comes as conservatives pay tribute to the murdered activist and podcaster, whose life will be commemorated by the president at a service in Arizona on Sunday, by comparing him to martyred political and spiritual leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr and Saint Paul.

The Oklahoma bill, sponsored by state senators Shane Jett and Dana Prieto, specifies that the memorial site must be in “a prominent area” on the main campus of every institution of higher education in the state system, and must include “a statue of Charlie Kirk sitting at a table with an empty seat across from him” or one of Kirk and his wife holding their children. Designs for the statue must be approved by the legislature.

Each plaza must also include “permanent signage commemorating Charlie Kirk’s courage and faith and explaining the significance of Charlie Kirk as a voice of a generation, modern civil rights leader, vocal Christian, martyr for truth and faith, and free speech advocate”.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/20/oklahoma-republicans-charlie-kirk

After everyone from a Georgia representative to a deputy chief of the New York police department made the comparison with MLK, the slain civil rights leader’s son, Martin Luther King III, took time this week to reject it, noting that Kirk had accused prominent Black women of lacking “the brain processing power to be taken seriously”, while his father “was about bringing people together”.

[Ms. Toad]

1. Texas? The article is about Oklahoma. n/t

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

4. Thx..fixed

[J_William_Ryan]

2. "modern civil rights leader"

‘Civil rights’ for racists, bigots, and misogynists.

America has gone insane.

[Coventina]

5. insanity

stories like this make me want to eat the barrel.

[allegorical oracle]

6. IF OK goes much more rightwing, its residents soon will be required to wear

state-approved uniforms.

[Vinca]

7. A "modern civil rights leader" who was against civil rights. Go figure.

[JHB]

8. They need to legislate heroes into existence because all they have are villains.

[Crunchy Frog]

9. Well, there's another state I'll never set foot in again.

This all sounds very Stalin era Soviet.

[intheflow]

10. This is going to be challenged a million ways.

First of all, who’s going to pay for the new construction and statues? Who will design them? Who will decide if Kirk was a civil right icon? Then will come the legal challenges to signage requiring Kirk be called a martyr and civil rights leader, from atheists, liberal religious leaders, and POC.

[Johonny]

11. Im going to go on a limb and say, this wont end well

Hijinks likely

[newdeal2]

12. And each student must spend 1 hour a day in remembrance

Or else there will be consequences.

[TheBlackAdder]

19. They must prove servitude or else lose all grants, scholarships and state loans, and pay out-of-state tuition.

[milestogo]

13. "Civil Rights?"

What a load of horse shit. 💩💩💩💩💩

[Emile]

14. Republicans are Weak on Crime.

[Iris]

15. Here's a solution - don't have a CK plaza

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

21. "would require every public university in the state to construct "a Charlie Kirk Memorial Plaza",

would require every public university in the state to construct “a Charlie Kirk Memorial Plaza”,

[Iris]

22. What a ridiculous use of taxpayer dollars

[karynnj]

16. They need to review the 10 commandments

Particularly the one on other Gods or worshiping idols.

As to civil rights leaders, he elevated what has been and still is the most privileged group of people ... White, Christian men.

[Totally Tunsie]

17. "Bless me, Charlie, for I have sinned."

What a pile of horse manure.

[EnergizedLib]

23. Pound. Sand.