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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)

On the face of it, I don't have an issue with saying this, as his family weren't the ones preaching hate. But choosing to single out this particular person's family rather than all the other recent shooting victims is a bad look.

[–] PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Everyone grieves differently, but his wife literally turned around and used his corpse for Instagram content before he was even in the ground! Add it to the list of videos I wish I hadn’t watched this week

[–] Alpha71@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Plus that wonderful speech she gave about how her husbands death was a rallying cry to the right to take care of the libs, so, like fuck her too.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

It's pretty much a given that anyone who would marry him must be an awful person.

[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's cause Charlie Kirk was rich and famous; those kids and any other faceless poor has no value or meaning to these folks even though the only reason these fucks are rich and famous is because of the fucking faceless poor. I hate it here.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Partially, but it's also related to the fascism our country is under now. Prominent non-government people who are on the government's "side" are treated as if they actually are part of the government, because the corruption means they essentially are.

[–] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

You have to remember also he is not American, and Charlie wasn’t hugely known outside of the US, and his death has received massive coverage