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/7 So I question the proposition that just because Charlie Kirk didn't go around killing people, but went around belittling and demeaning and dehumanizing them instead, that he's inherently admirable. Would I be a hero if I said I will debate ANYONE about whether black people are human? No.
September 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
/7 So I question the proposition that just because Charlie Kirk didn't go around killing people, but went around belittling and demeaning and dehumanizing them instead, that he's inherently admirable. Would I be a hero if I said I will debate ANYONE about whether black people are human? No.
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Losing my goddamned mind.
We can condemn political violence without valorizing a destructive, hateful bigot.
We can condemn political violence without valorizing a destructive, hateful bigot.
September 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Losing my goddamned mind.
We can condemn political violence without valorizing a destructive, hateful bigot.
We can condemn political violence without valorizing a destructive, hateful bigot.
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The orgy of liberal pundits tripping over each other to praise Charlie Kirk—when he caused so much violence to the lives of Black and LGBTQ people (including me specifically)—is telling about why the Dems can’t build an antifascist coalition.
September 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The orgy of liberal pundits tripping over each other to praise Charlie Kirk—when he caused so much violence to the lives of Black and LGBTQ people (including me specifically)—is telling about why the Dems can’t build an antifascist coalition.
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Just looked up out of curiosity and turns out I was on Charlie Kirk’s Professor Watchlist. Am I supposed to mourn the person who spent the last six years trying to end my academic career? He wouldn’t mourn my death: he tried to accelerate my death! www.professorwatchlist.org/professor/st...
Dr. Steven Thrasher - Professor Watchlist
Dr. Steven Thrasher is an Assistant Professor of Journalism and the Daniel H. Renberg Chair of Social Justice in Reporting at Northwestern University. His university biography details his role as havi
www.professorwatchlist.org
September 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Just looked up out of curiosity and turns out I was on Charlie Kirk’s Professor Watchlist. Am I supposed to mourn the person who spent the last six years trying to end my academic career? He wouldn’t mourn my death: he tried to accelerate my death! www.professorwatchlist.org/professor/st...
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True political violence is always awful. But let’s be clear, Kirk is no hero. He make a profitable career of spreading hate, lies, and conspiracies.
September 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
True political violence is always awful. But let’s be clear, Kirk is no hero. He make a profitable career of spreading hate, lies, and conspiracies.
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I'm really having trouble processing the relative silence from Barack Obama about a colleague who he'd hosted at the White House, the Minnesota State House Speaker, being assassinated, but rushing to get out a weepy statement about Charlie fucking Kirk.
September 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I'm really having trouble processing the relative silence from Barack Obama about a colleague who he'd hosted at the White House, the Minnesota State House Speaker, being assassinated, but rushing to get out a weepy statement about Charlie fucking Kirk.
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MAGA 3 days ago: Chicago is about to find out the meaning of WAR
MAGA today: the left needs to stop condoning violence
MAGA today: the left needs to stop condoning violence
September 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
MAGA 3 days ago: Chicago is about to find out the meaning of WAR
MAGA today: the left needs to stop condoning violence
MAGA today: the left needs to stop condoning violence
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This is quite possibly the most sanitized, white-washed hagiography of Charlie Kirk.
You can and should condemn his murder AND accurately describe his life devoted to hate, division and bigotry. It's all there. He didn't hide it.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
You can and should condemn his murder AND accurately describe his life devoted to hate, division and bigotry. It's all there. He didn't hide it.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Charlie Kirk, fiery voice in conservative politics, killed at 31
Charlie Kirk, 31, built one of the most influential organizations on the right, turning viral debate moments into fuel for Turning Point’s rapid growth.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This is quite possibly the most sanitized, white-washed hagiography of Charlie Kirk.
You can and should condemn his murder AND accurately describe his life devoted to hate, division and bigotry. It's all there. He didn't hide it.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
You can and should condemn his murder AND accurately describe his life devoted to hate, division and bigotry. It's all there. He didn't hide it.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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TBH, I find this really insulting, especially in light of them not being lowered for Minnesota.
The flags at the White House have been lowered to half-staff.
September 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
TBH, I find this really insulting, especially in light of them not being lowered for Minnesota.
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Holy fascist madness.
This is pretty fucked up in lots of ways.
September 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Holy fascist madness.
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We all can and should condemn political violence but doing a moment of silence is a very specific kind of choice given who he was
September 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
We all can and should condemn political violence but doing a moment of silence is a very specific kind of choice given who he was
The Yankees suck
September 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The Yankees suck
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It’s because Republicans and Republicans alone drive coverage
It is weird that the assassination of essentially a celebrity influencer is a bigger deal than the shooting of two top state legislators + their spouses
September 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
It’s because Republicans and Republicans alone drive coverage
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Obviously, there's bigger news happening right now, but Senate Republicans just voted against releasing the Epstein files. Every Democrat voted to release them. Susan Collins was the deciding vote to protect Trump and others named in the files.
September 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Obviously, there's bigger news happening right now, but Senate Republicans just voted against releasing the Epstein files. Every Democrat voted to release them. Susan Collins was the deciding vote to protect Trump and others named in the files.
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David Rose was a Black Marine veteran with 2 children and a third on the way. He was shot and killed as a police officer responding to the attack on the CDC by an anti vaxxer lone gunman. This was what he got for his service & sacrifice: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
September 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
David Rose was a Black Marine veteran with 2 children and a third on the way. He was shot and killed as a police officer responding to the attack on the CDC by an anti vaxxer lone gunman. This was what he got for his service & sacrifice: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Wish the news outlets and baseball teams (lol???) rushing to eulogize a D-tier right wing mouthpiece would include some of their favorite inspirational quotes from the guy. Should be easy, right? Show me that soaring rhetoric and big thinking worthy of such veneration
September 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Wish the news outlets and baseball teams (lol???) rushing to eulogize a D-tier right wing mouthpiece would include some of their favorite inspirational quotes from the guy. Should be easy, right? Show me that soaring rhetoric and big thinking worthy of such veneration
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For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country…
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
September 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country…
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
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On the same day that Charlie Kirk was murdered, at least 3 teens, including the shooter, are reported to be in critical condition following a school shooting in Evergreen, Colorado. The only difference is that we've become numb to gun violence aimed at our children. coloradosun.com/2025/09/10/e...
3 teens, including suspected shooter, in critical condition after shooting at Evergreen High School
A fourth minor was also transported to a hospital, a spokesperson with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said
coloradosun.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
On the same day that Charlie Kirk was murdered, at least 3 teens, including the shooter, are reported to be in critical condition following a school shooting in Evergreen, Colorado. The only difference is that we've become numb to gun violence aimed at our children. coloradosun.com/2025/09/10/e...
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They've completely memory-holed the assassination and attempted assassination of two Dem legislators in Minnesota less than three months ago.
Jesse Watters goes full bloodlust in response to Charlie Kirk's death: "Whether we want to accept it or not, they are at war with us. And what are we going to do about it? How much political violence are we going to tolerate? ... This is a turning point. And we know which direction we are going."
September 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
They've completely memory-holed the assassination and attempted assassination of two Dem legislators in Minnesota less than three months ago.
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September 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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from r/boston
if you see any of these vans on the road, they deserve whatever full blown masshole behavior they are asking for
if you see any of these vans on the road, they deserve whatever full blown masshole behavior they are asking for
September 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
from r/boston
if you see any of these vans on the road, they deserve whatever full blown masshole behavior they are asking for
if you see any of these vans on the road, they deserve whatever full blown masshole behavior they are asking for
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I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself
This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
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