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marmar

(80,072 posts)
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 10:27 AM Sep 2025

I was driving down I-75 in suburban Detroit today, and on one of those big electronic billboards.......


...... a Charlie Kirk memorial ad popped up, presumably paid for by some RW organization.

I rarely hear his name when I'm out and about. MSM and social media would lead you to believe his death is the only thing people are talking about.

And again, he, and no one else, deserves what happened to him, but this has reached the nausea stage.




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I was driving down I-75 in suburban Detroit today, and on one of those big electronic billboards....... (Original Post) marmar Sep 2025 OP
Good point. I've known he existed for years because I work on a college campus and he started that professor watch list Iris Sep 2025 #1
While you're at it NJCher Sep 2025 #2
Combo Beavis and Butthead Iris Sep 2025 #3
I had to look that up NJCher Sep 2025 #5
I feel like I should apologize for ! Iris Sep 2025 #7
Kirk pushed the envelope, and got sealed in a casket by MAGA-ism. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Sep 2025 #4
The Detroit Free Press ran a full-page tribute, his photo taking up the whole page. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2025 #6

Iris

(16,890 posts)
1. Good point. I've known he existed for years because I work on a college campus and he started that professor watch list
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 10:35 AM
Sep 2025

Which was mostly only known by people he targeted

However, I know I realized he was "hot" again in the manosphere a few weeks ago because I spent some time googling to find out what was wrong with his teeth.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,726 posts)
6. The Detroit Free Press ran a full-page tribute, his photo taking up the whole page.
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 02:27 PM
Sep 2025

Someone, I assume "Turning Point Inc", paid a lot of money if they're renting billboard space and newspaper pages across the country.

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