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Karl's avatar

This keeps flopping around in the back of my head - were Charlie Kirk's bigoted statements on gender and race his true beliefs - or were they provocations in service of a political objective? In the performative MAGA world, can anyone really know?

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Colleen Kochivar-Baker's avatar

Kirk reminds me to some extent of JD Vance, he voiced opinions based on whatever worked for his future plans for power and money.

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Steve Beckwith's avatar

Pure grift

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bitchybitchybitchy's avatar

A man who belittled accomplished Black women, a man who denigrated MLK,Jr., who espoused the great replacement theory? Charlie Kirk had a track record of bigotry.

Words matter. He said those words.

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Steve Beckwith's avatar

Oh Absolutely. Bigot is as bigot does. People make too much of intent. Actually though, intent to cheat people with bigotry may be worse than bigotry. I guess it's a distinction without a difference.

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Robert Jaffee's avatar

One thing he did say on his podcast which speaks volumes about the man, was after Nancy PelosiтАЩs husband was left with head trauma after his attack:

тАЬWhat Patriot is going to bail this man (perpetrator) out of jail?тАЭ

Need I say more?тАж:)

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