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Dude, I had never even HEARD of this guy's name prior to his death. What is going on here!? Why are people freaking out. Am I that out of touch?

Even my liberal wife was aware of who this guy was. Was anyone else like me?

I know who Ben Shapiro is. But Charlie Kirk!? This entire time both the left and the right either hates or adored this guy? What are you all surfing on your cell phones!?

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[โ€“] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

He used to be one of those guys that breadtube dunked on a lot, but he wasn't as big as Shapiro or Crowder. People used to edit his face small, and make fun of him. He had a few million youtuber subscribers, but a few million less than the other big names on conservative youtube. For context, the largest communist channel on youtube is Second Thought with 1.8 million subscribers, he had more than double that.

[โ€“] gitgud@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Thank you for telling me about Second Thought!

Happy to be of help!

Second Thought even did at least one AMA on Lemmy, through Hexbear. JT's read words I've written, and he's written words in reply!