• Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    What has Charlie Kirk actually accomplished, though? Besides spreading hatred and bigotry, that is?

    He’s like the anti-MLK. Everything he stood for is the worst that conservatism has to offer.

    • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      I’ll be honest, outside of Reddit/Lemmy I know exactly nothing about him. I just always assumed he was yet another far-right extremist podcaster. Like Andrew Tate, but allowed to be in the US. Side note, it took me forever to figure out who Andrew Tate was, because I think people thought I was trolling when I asked “who is this dork?”.

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        17 hours ago

        Incredibly replaceable, alt-right influencer, Your matt wahs your shapiro honeslty they all blend together for me.

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        I mean, yes though. He was a huge influence on the reason the US is the way it is now and a big reason why so many young men think the way they do and elected the people they did.

        He accomplished a pretty huge amount of shit. Just not good shit.

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          I’ve heard some say “it’s better for someone to get into politics and disagree with me than to be apathetic”

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            19 hours ago

            On shit like tax burden and foreign policy not on who counts as a human being.

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                18 hours ago

                By letting horrible bigots have power, by not having actual protections against bad-faith actors, by tolerating hateful rhetoric despite the obvious cost to society.