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‘His legacy is cringe’: how Charlie Kirk became a meme among the young – even his supporters
(www.theguardian.com)
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No he was not cringe , he was a dangerous propagandist and cult leader
It's not mutually exclusive and, to avoid a double ping:
This overwhelmingly is not what his job actually was. His job was pretending to get youth support so his mostly older audience felt better about themselves. He was a slopagandist whose job was to preach to the choir, which is harmful but for a different reason
Incidentally, brainwashing isn't real and one person doesn't have the power to enculturate you unless you are locked in their basement or something.
You say that like he wasnt just like every other conservative loser. American media in general is dangerous propaganda and cult thinking. He wasnt special. Cringe fits just fine.
He definitely was successful in brainwashing people. I don't want to minimize dangerous people like him
He was absolutely cringe. Just because his rhetoric was dangerous doesn't mean it wasn't also cringe.
Tyler Robinson already minimized him (allegedly)