This is not a moment for dishonesty. Contrary to the hurried efforts of some Democratic leaders to eulogize Charlie Kirk, we don’t need to pretend the far-right activist engaged in earnest politics “across ideology, through spirited debate” as California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a post on X paying tribute to Kirk.
Kirk, the founder of the far-right movement Turning Points USA, was committed to organizing America’s white young men, from college campus to college campus and beyond, into a politics of revanchist, resentment-fueled, patriarchal white nationalism.
At the time of writing, the person responsible for shooting Kirk has not been apprehended or identified. That didn’t stop Trump from delivering an official address unequivocally blaming the “radical left” for Kirk’s death in the broadest terms possible.
The Trump administration is a weaponization machine; it will transform all manner of things into an ideological arsenal to use against its opposition. Anti-genocide activism is antisemitism; immigrant workers are “the worst” criminals; addressing white supremacy is discrimination; war crimes are peace — all of these fascistic transmutations have become grimly common in the last eight months.
Oh fuck your idiotic words you shove in my mouth. I hate the Internet and I’m starting to realize this platform is just as full of morons as reddit. On here though, the smug self satisfaction and self righteousness is somehow higher. All you have told me is that you aren’t a good person but think you are.
Hey bud, you started it. Can’t take it? Don’t comment. IMO, you’re trash. But my opinion is worth about as much as your opinion.
Go back to Reddit if you can’t handle people with salty opinions.
Yes I’m trash because I don’t wish for death. If anyone belongs on reddit, it’s idiots like you
But you DO wish for it. Doing nothing is letting fascism take hold. How long do you think until they start killing those detainees who aren’t worth the price to deport? You’re pretty self righteous to think that because you don’t ask for death means you’re not complicit.