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Charlie Kirk shot at Utah Valley University
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Anonymous
The context in which he said it matters. He went on that rant after an air accident in which none of the pilots were black and the plane pilots were not responsible and had no way of avoiding the collision. So using an airline tragedy that had nothing to do with the hiring of airline pilots to attack black airline pilots is in fact really racist. |
Anonymous
Best post I have read on here in a long time. Trump used the same playbook to propel himself to the presidency. For many years he was close with the Democratic Party. He wanted to run for office, even mentioned it to the Clintons, but the Dems all thought of him as a clown. He seized on some conspiratorial stuff, like Obama's citizenship, and realized that he could ride right wing discontent to the White House. His only goal in the WH is to enrich himself. He cares nothing for our country and the American people. He's a textbook narcissist and constantly craves attention and adoration. As time goes on, he makes more and more outrageous statements and gets away with it. He's the most dangerous political figure in our nation's history. |
Anonymous
What is the context for his comments about the attack on Paul Pelosi? |
Anonymous
Interesting. What are the top 3 examples of this from both parties? |
Anonymous
| Where did this 22 professional Mossad assassin (as “experts” claimed get his training? |
Anonymous
And his comments were in response to a question. He is absolutely right about the danger of DEI lowering standards. |
Anonymous
Anonymous
Ok, can we finally stop the whining about identifying ICE agents for the purposes of accountability? |
Anonymous
And they get to secure themselves behind gates and private security after the violent fall out from this division. The rest of us don’t get that privilege |
Anonymous
I think that the wider point is that a great deal of his audience seems to be comprised of violent hypocritical lunatics. |
Anonymous
DP here - also the assertion that POC and women pilots get jobs as pilots with lower standards is a lie. A complete and total lie. They take the same tests. They are required to complete the same number of hours. They must achieve the same credentials. All that DEI initiatives do is ensure they aren’t overlooked because of their color / sex. Often they’re as good if not BETTER[u] than their white, male peers. This is the kind of junk that Kirk promoted. Junk and lies. Don’t wish him dead and appalled by political violence. It has no place anywhere. But Kirk did real harm to people by promoting this type of bigoted nonsense. |
Anonymous
Hmmm... I guess I can kind of relate in that when I see Trump's Cabinet, chosen for the color of their skin and their proponesity to say "Yes Sir!" and to flatter, I admit I worry about how the relaxed standards of hiring will affect our nation's future. |
Anonymous
+1 Here’s what Howard professor Stacey Patton had to say about this: “I am on Charlie Kirk’s hit list. His so-called ‘Professor Watchlist,’ run under the umbrella of Turning Point USA, is nothing more than a digital hit list for academics who dare to speak truth to power. I landed there in 2024 after writing commentary that inflamed the MAGA faithful. And once my name went up, the harassment machine roared to life. For weeks my inbox and voicemail were deluged. Mostly white men spat venom through the phone: ‘b****,’ ‘c***,’ ‘n****r.’ They threatened all manner of violence. They overwhelmed the university’s PR lines and the president’s office with calls demanding that I be fired. The flood was so relentless that the head of campus security reached out to offer me an escort, because they feared one of these keyboard soldiers might step out of his basement and come do me harm. And I am not unique. Kirk’s Watchlist has terrorized legions of professors across this country. Women, Black faculty, queer scholars, basically anyone who challenged white supremacy, gun culture, or Christian nationalism suddenly found themselves targets of coordinated abuse. Some received death threats. Some had their jobs threatened. Some left academia entirely. Kirk sent the loud message to us: speak the truth and we will unleash the mob! That is the culture of violence Charlie Kirk built. He normalized violence. He curated it, monetized it, and sicced it on anyone who dared to puncture his movement’s lies. And now, in the wake of his shooting, there’s all this national outpouring of mourning, moments of silence, yellow prayer hands, and tributes painting him as a civil debater. But the truth is that Kirk and his foot soldiers spent years terrorizing educators, trying to silence us with harassment and fear! And now the same violence he unleashed on others has come full circle. But what i find especially jarring is the dissonance in public mourning for a smug white man whose life work was actively hostile to certain groups,. Kirk spent years demonizing LGBTQ people, mocking gun survivors, spewing racism about Black folks, and pushing policies that literally shorten lives. It is so revolting to watch a bipartisan wave of grief sweep over this hateful racist as if he was a neutral community servant.” |
Anonymous
He was making much, much more. Impossible to know his real income and net worth because there are many ways to pad your pockets in that 501(c)(3) orbit plus he had access to private investment opportunities, crypto, etc. People would see him and other right wing influencers flying private jets and always staying at 5-star hotels. The Con. Inc. Zionist grift machine pays well. |
Anonymous
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