Ever since he shed this mortal coil, I’ve been looking for one source for a lot of the worst stuff Kirk said. I think Coates does that really well here. It’s mostly a compendium of some of the worst stuff that isn’t getting attention in the media, even the media that’s critical of him (which seems to be focusing on what he said about guns). And he sources all of the quotes. Coates isn’t going full Peter Daou but it feels like he is radicalizing before our eyes.

Sending this to someone in my life who was only vaguely familiar with Kirk but since he got shot has become a bit obsessed with him. They told me “the media is taking what he said out of context” and that they “didn’t agree with everything he said but a lot of what he said made sense”.

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[–] erik@hexbear.net 17 points 4 days ago

Him going in on Ezra Klein, who I remember being a friend of his at some point, is pretty satisfying in particular.

[–] CharlieTheOctopus@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

As far as libs go, hes pretty alright

Also, consider hitting that person in your life with a WWE power-bomb

[–] aeshna_cyanea@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Imo his politics improved a lot after his experience in 2023 of traveling to israel

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ta-nehisi-coates-new-book-message-israel-palestine-complicated.html