'We have a statue of MLK': GOP lawmakers push for Charlie Kirk monument in Capitol
'We have a statue of MLK': GOP lawmakers push for Charlie Kirk monument in Capitol
You have a statue of MLK because he deserved it.
You should not get a statue for Kirk for the same reason that there is no statue of Joseph Göbbels in Berlin.
Remember kids, fascists need a martyr & will happily make their own if needed.
This doesn't matter at all. Release the Epstein files.
In what universe is Charlie Kirk at all comparable to MLK?
Release the rest of the Epstein files. Release the Yahoo emails. Why is there a drawing of Epstein grooming children allegedly at Mar a Lago?
He isn't and everyone knows it. It's what used to be trolling except it has now become a core principle and they are a full two or three generations into believing their own bullshit. It's like that guy who loves banter until you hit him with a slapper and it's a "he's gonna fight you in the parking lot" kind of situation but he called security and told them threats had been made and the cops are getting involved but it's ok because a few days later he got stabbed 7 times in Lovejoy NY for talking shit in a pool game and all was right with the world.
Sorry I got lost on that one but you get the point.
Let's go down the list:
That's the list.
Someone probably equates the political nature and him being white to what happened to MLK Jr.
Yep, Martin Luther Mayonnaise.
Releasing the files was one of Charlie last wishes.
trump had him silenced.
In what universe is Charlie Kirk at all comparable to MLK?
They're both famous guys who were in the news for things they said.
Release the rest of the Epstein files.
Didn't we get a big data dump that journalists are actively sifting through? FFS, the UK ambassador to the US just got sacked yesterday over the latest news.
At least take a minute to chew and swallow before you ask for another bite.
They're both famous guys who were in the news for things they said.
Your history teachers failed you.
They’re both famous guys who were in the news for things they said.
Come on, dude, you that's dishonest. Were Gandhi and Hitler the same person?
I'm so happy to see Mandelson lose his job. He was a toxic, corrupt presence in Tony Blair's and Gordon Brown's governments too, and a general slimebag.
Mandelson was sacked because of the release of the birthday book by Epstein's estate, not by the government. The government did a "release" before that, but it looks like just a couple per cent was anything new. When people call for info to be released, they're probably most likely asking the government that's supposedly working for the people, not the paedo king's estate.
The assumption is perhaps that the estate has zero interest in releasing stuff damaging to themselves, while the government theoretically should be different.
Theoretically is the operative word here, at least for me. The government is staffed by the paedo king's associates, and they are never releasing anything. So there's never going to be anything released worth chewing and swallowing.
But it is entertaining to watch Trump not be in control of the narrative and squirm
We got a Google Drive dump of data after thousands of fbi agents spent months redacting trumps name
There is a big difference between. Most people who aren’t actively engaged in this type of discourse like you and I, or don’t pay meticulous attention to conservative media outlets, likely don’t know who Kirk is, let alone care.
MLK Jr. got historically important exposure on television with the broadcast of the March on Washington, D.C. This was one of the first civil rights events to be televised. When you have a new medium to disseminate news that for the first time gives you not just the voice but the image of the people involved, I think that has a huge impact. Prior to this, MLK Jr. was a highly respected religious leader.
Most people today, would probably have to seek out non-governmental sides of political discourse, to even know who Kirk is. I have no doubt your average conservative that watches Fox News has been exposed to Kirk, but they likely won’t recall any talking points. He wasn’t in an elected office. Today, that would probably be the only reason any lay person would listen to them.
Lol. I'll personally deface that shit.
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.
He had a dream that america becomes like in the handmaid's tale.
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?".
Incredibly replaceable, alt-right influencer, Your matt wahs your shapiro honeslty they all blend together for me.
Think of Rush Limbaugh but younger, more racist, and equally as dead.
To a point, yeah, but he was far more influential and sick than what used to be the average. Shapiro looks down right reasonable when compared to kirk, and kirk's outlet has managed to worm its way into schools. Like, officially.
Oh yeah. Totally normal to throw up a statue before the bodies cold.
Really working hard to distract from what the senate did yesterday being a shield for a pedophile
DC does need more public restrooms
Sure, DC could use more public bathrooms.
Kirk was more a Goebbels than an MLK, and more a Horst Wessel than a Goebbels. And even then, not one who was that good at sticking to the party line.
Kirk organised but did not attend the so-called “Stop the Steal” protests after Trump lost the 2020 election and helped coordinate buses for the 6 January 2021 rally led by Trump near the White House, where the outgoing Republican president urged the crowd to “fight, fight, fight” to overturn his defeat by Joe Biden.
Putting a monument for this turd in the capital he tried to overthrow is just perfectly republican. These people are going to milk this guys death for the next dozen years at least.
It's going to be relentless. Right now, some washed up pop-country knobhead is probably in the studio recording The Ballad of Charlie Kirk.
Conservative, not Republican. Wilson, a Democrat and tied with Jackson for worst president ever, though Trump is working towards that but I digress. Wilson is responsible for authoring Southern Revisionist History, the refounding of the KKK, and all those Confederate statues that we finally started tearing down.
Until the next one who has been preaching violence gets a taste of it.
They are REALLY fucking itching for their Horst Wessel.
Do it, I would love a place my dog can take a shit if I ever visit.
This is the martyr they wanted for whatever reason to finally roll out their next phase. He'll be used to lock up/kill anyone that says anything negative about the administration. They're treating this nazi like he was jesus fucking christ.
Umm, they were already kind of doing that
i hope if that ever goes up, some based dude with a sledge hammer goes to work.
I will only support this if its also a fountain.
Best I can do is a urinal
Go ahead, hold him higher. Ring that bell as loud as you can. Identify yourselves as sycophants and fascists. Tell us what we already know.
There was a republican politician who wanted to take back the word Nazi like how black people use the N word. We are at the point in society where calling someone a Nazi, or a fascist, is not the worst thing you can do. In fact, it encourages the bootlicker to double down on their rhetoric.
The US Republicans and moderates welcomed fascism. How convenient as it's at a time where mostly all WW2 vets have passed away. The irony of their grandchildren welcoming the same evil they fought against.
You’re referring to a Fox News anchor
also the fact that charlie himself was recently ranting about files too, so the timing is very suspicious. because kirk has huge influence over young college age incel-to-gop pipeline, hes a threat.
Wait did he? looks at kirks twitter well these posts weren't there when I last looked at that. (after his death.)
This dude had more unreliable narrator vibes than an Iain Banks Novel.
Hope his statue looks absolutely ridiculous. Like it's based off the edits of the man with an extra tiny face
Those are actually just pictures of him.
How is this not the Onion
Yeah go ahead. Put it with a plaque that says what will be his famous quote "I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year".
They want to add a gender neutral bathroom? I thought they hated those.
Hell yes, sow more distrust and anger. That's the way to unify the country 🤣😂
Worst administration ever.
D:
I mean sure but we knew that back in January of 2017
Shooting a statue in the neck in honour of his propaganda success.
Only if it includes a water feature at neck-level with some red lighting to re-create his finest moment.
I am assuming they put an excerpt from "I have a dream" for MLK. I wonder what they'll put for CK? The empathy one, the sacrifices must be made for guns one or his actual final words about "gang violence"?
"Glglugglgulguguguglllgguuu"
Wisest thing he ever said.
They just so desperately want to be important and yet their desperation is making the times very important but their actions completely unworthy of being praised.
So stupid.
A statue to pedo-protector Charlie Kirk, friend to pedos the world over, and beloved by all pedos?
DC really could use more public places to piss.
Would it not be better to have monuments to ideals instead of people, who can be flawed, idolized? ...asking for a friend
We have those too. Justice with her blindfold, scales, and sword as well as lady liberty with her woke poem claiming we want huddled masses yearning to be free. Hell, even our obsession with our founding documents fits in that category
They'll need to use an electron gun to carve the face on the regular sized head if they want to make the scale accurate.
New public toilet! Sweet
Thermite.
This is ok as long as they accurately reflect his big beautiful face.
lol no
How about a statue for all the kids murdered by your insane gun policy?