The mainstream media seems entirely uninterested in explaining Charlie Kirk's work.

Kirk is being posthumously celebrated by much of the mainstream press as a noble sparring partner for center-left politicians and pundits. Meanwhile, the very real, very negative, and sometimes violent impacts of his rhetoric and his political projects are being glossed over or ignored entirely.

  • CaptainBlinky@lemmy.myserv.one
    14·
    15 hours ago

    Fuck Charlie Kirk. Now is the time for him to be forgotten. Downvote any reference to him wherever you see it. He’s no martyr and he’s no hero, conservative or otherwise. He had lots of bad hot takes, was a terrible debater, and has a legacy of hatred and bigotry. Was his murder good or justified, Absofuckinglutely not. Should he be memorialized and revered? Even bigger no. It’s our job to make the algorithm make him go away. Don’t engage in posts about him and be sure to downvote or not engage at all. Charlie Kirk needs to not even be a footnote in a history book about conservative politics.

    The wikipedia entry about him in 20 years should be “Charlie Kirk’s political takes were so bad that he was murdered by one of his own.”

    • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todayEnglish
      2·
      11 hours ago

      The way they are sane washing this dude on NPR is wild too hear! They literally said “CK, known for being a skilled debater…” I felt sick. Like let me debate high schoolers and then call me skilled!