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drmeow

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9. Anyone who says

Reply to AStern (Original post)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 09:28 AM

Sep 2025

"Words are not violence," has never been verbally abused and/or bullied. Words absolutely can be violent - one of the definitions of violence is "Extreme or powerful emotion or expression."

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Vanity Fair: Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause [View all] AStern Sep 2025 OP

Not from me JustAnotherGen Sep 2025 #1

Excuse me. OldBaldy1701E Sep 2025 #2

All I did was read the headline BWdem4life Sep 2025 #10

If all you read was the headline . . . markpkessinger Sep 2025 #16

Kirk is a piece of racist garbage, and much of the MSM "redeemtion" of him is a disgrace. Hint, there are NOT lostincalifornia Sep 2025 #3

And the author, Ta Nehisi Coates, knows that as well or better than anyone . . . markpkessinger Sep 2025 #17

Great piece. Rec'd. The Nazi in The Blues Brothers (1980) summed this up underpants Sep 2025 #4

Far from redeemed EYESORE 9001 Sep 2025 #5

... Solly Mack Sep 2025 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Marcuse Sep 2025 #7

"...that he was pro-life, that he believed in public executions..." Wednesdays Sep 2025 #8

Anyone who says drmeow Sep 2025 #9

I've seen videos of him being reasonable during debates in front of others Mblaze Sep 2025 #11

Gag me with a spoon. Martin68 Sep 2025 #12

Very apt use of the phrase "Lost Cause" --- eppur_se_muova Sep 2025 #13

Charlie Kirk didn't debate people - he baited them with impossible to answer questions. Initech Sep 2025 #14

Lost cause? As long as djt is alive, there will be no other causes around, to compete w/ any and all djt causes. SWBTATTReg Sep 2025 #15

Excellent piece. I hadn't seen so much of TNC's writing around recently muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 #18