• einlander@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I don’t know about y’all, but I know for sure who shot Kirk. It was the old man that lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C… He is constantly using violent rhetoric and threatening anyone not white. He’s scaring the neighbors. That’s the guy that did it.

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      2 months ago

      Kirk probably wouldn’t be dead right now if Trump wasn’t elected, I fully believe that in some way or another

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      2 months ago

      You know, I was actually like “Kirk who?” for a second.

      May we all move on to “Kirk who?” that quickly.

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        I’m still not fully sure who he was. 3 days ago, I’d never heard the name.

        Now suddenly the GOP are treating this as some holy figure bound to create conspiracy theories. Which will be parroted on Fox News, which means by 2pm, parroted by Trump himself.

        …and other than being a GOP podcaster, I still have no idea who he was.

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          You aren’t his audience. He was almost exclusively speaking to young men, and was very successful in recruiting and indoctrinating young conservatives. He is a major reason that Trump had such large support among young men.

          He had taken Rush Limbaugh’s place as MAGAs top recruiter/indoctrinator, and they thought he’d go for decades. Now they have to groom someone new, again.

          If it was an outsider, it shows some strong, long-term strategic thinking. He heloed prevent DECADES of conservative damage.

          On the other hand, he’s been calling for release of the Epstein Files, and with his audience reach, he could do serious damage to Trump. Perhaps the MAGAs figured he’d served his purpose, helped get Trump reelected, and since there aren’t going to be any more elections, his purpose has been served, and his notoriety can be exploited in a different way - as a martyr.

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            2 months ago

            He helped prevent DECADES of conservative damage.

            Meh, right-wing talking heads like him are a dime a dozen. The real power is in the media that feature them.

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          2 months ago

          I’m still not fully sure who he was. 3 days ago, I’d never heard the name.

          I knew there was some guy who was being parodied for his tiny face, but that was it.

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      2 months ago

      I heard for the Kirk shooting they were looking for a lunatic on a roof and I saw a video of some one fitting that exact description on the roof of the address you provided. The FBI should be looking into this.