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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 153 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Shouldn't she be at home looking after the kids, like a good conservative?

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 80 points 1 month ago (3 children)

She's trying to find another small-faced husband first.

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)

She already has a candidate.

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

I thought she just needed to get away from her small-faced children of the corn.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago

No, she's busy being on the Air Force Academy board...

A place where evangelical extremism has been a problem for literal decades and everyone just pretends isn't a big deal.

Her not talking to a couple hundred highschoolers is nothing compared to the real damage she's doing when she's not pretending to be a couch.

[–] GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If she's parenting her children at home, who's out there grifting on her behalf?

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago

She's a single mum just trying to make ends meet.

[–] homes@piefed.world 70 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

ok, so the headline makes it sound like a bit more than what it was, but:

A Phoenix-area high school pulled the plug on a planned on-campus appearance by Erika Kirk after a wave of student and parent complaints forced administrators to reconsider hosting the Turning Point USA chief during school hours, according to a new report.

Pinnacle High School principal Jeremy Richards sent families a notice Thursday announcing the event would be relocated off school grounds and pushed to after the final bell, saying the visit had the potential to create serious problems for the school day, The Daily Beast reported Friday.

still, glad to hear that some people at the school had the sense to stop this crazy bullshit before it started

Students were blunt about their objections.

"It’s a little crazy because I would never have expected someone like her to show up at a high school," one senior said. Another told local news the ideology she promotes had no place in a classroom setting and that the school could find far more appropriate guest speakers.

“I think the topics that she talks about are too extremist for a school. I think there are better representatives we can have,” said Francisco Sanchez, also a senior.

[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 53 points 1 month ago (9 children)

I'm very proud of these kids.

The kids are alright. And they rock.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

They might be illiterate but at least they aren't down with fascism.

[–] homes@piefed.world 13 points 1 month ago

Yeah, the article basically says, “the parents also had problems” without really elaborating too much lol

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[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 14 points 1 month ago

hosting the Turning Point USA chief during school hours

I find it horrifying that this is even an option. I don't think political parties/organizations should be allowed to recruit in schools at all. Let alone America's Hitler Jugend.

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[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 62 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Dear Erika Kirk,

Your late husband was a scourge on the world and he died a death too clean for his own good. We'd say it's disgusting you're using your husband's death as a platform to spread more misinformation and hate, but we suppose it's fitting that his memory is besmirched by your fucking lunacy. We wish you all the worst save perhaps your late husband's fate you pathetic pathetic excuse for a human being.

Sincerely,

Most of The United States Population

[–] EatMyPixelDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Correction: most of the world's population

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[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago

Everyone liked this.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 36 points 1 month ago
[–] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 32 points 1 month ago

-made me smile-

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Remember that this was even attempted next time we hear something about schools indoctrinating kids

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[–] LMurch@thelemmy.club 29 points 1 month ago (2 children)

High school? College kids too tough to debate?

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Republicans dare not debate in colleges.
Not since... the incident.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

She was meeting to much resistance, went down an education step in hope to find pliable minds to corrupt.

I bet in 6 months she'll be trying to perform at Elementary Schools... assuming shes allowed within 1500 feet of them given, you know, conservative grifters and their interests

[–] drdalek@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 month ago

What a cesspool this countries institutions institutions are becoming. I bet she is getting taxpayer dollars to do this talk too.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 19 points 1 month ago

Get lost you ghoulish, fundamentalist attention whore.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago (5 children)

What does she even talk about?

[–] limonfiesta@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago

I've actually been to her events and they're pretty good.

She talks about personal responsibility, American values, and that one time she conspired with Israel to assassinate her husband.

All things considered, not a bad way to spend an afternoon.

[–] MunkyNutts@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] goldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 7 points 1 month ago

She is on her world privacy tour.

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[–] baeb66@lemmy.today 17 points 1 month ago

College Republicans are insufferable losers. Can you imagine the kind of kids who show up for a high school level TPUSA event?

[–] Fontasia@feddit.nl 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Well if sleeping with the Vice President 48 hours after becoming a widow doesn't earn you a chance to speak at a high school I don't know what will 😕

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[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Is society better off now that Charlie Kirk is dead? It certainly seems to be healing.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 15 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Apparently all it takes to be a TPUSA Talking Head is being married to one. No other qualifications necessary.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Honestly, that's one more qualification than her predecessor.

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[–] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Oh she will be welcome in any high school in the South. I am glad I have retired teaching.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Tennessee even made it illegal to protest events like hers.

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sooo the dumb bitch failed at impressing adults so she moves to more impressionable minds and they won't have any of her nonsense?

Good on them kids.

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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

“So Timmy, what happened at school today”

“Well Dad, you know that guy that got shot in the neck? The guy from the internet videos with the blood flying out of his neck? Well his wife is coming to school to talk to us! I guess she’s getting death threats too so the cops were doing active shooter drills with machine guns and everything!”

[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Like I dont get it. If women like Kirk want women to be totally subservient to men, why don't they fuck off and live in Afghanistan?

[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

why don’t they fuck off and live in Afghanistan?

Or Iran

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[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

If only the headline were literally true. She was just blocked from speaking on campus.

[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Turning Point USA chief

Turning Point USA has chiefs? lol

[–] ForestWerewolf@providence.root.sx 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's pronounced toilet paper.

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[–] jtrek@startrek.website 10 points 1 month ago

Parents raised their own alarms, with several pointing to the political division Kirk's presence would inevitably import onto campus

Peeve: it's not the division that's the problem. It's the hate and lies.

[–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Incoming Charlie Kirk law in that state

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

That headline just barely captured the facts lol

Honestly though

[–] dizzle18@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’m starting to think having her husband assassinated wasn’t really worth it.

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[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who was responsible for naming that group? Didn’t they realize that the abbreviation would be interpreted as Toilet Paper USA?

How did they not see that coming?

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[–] one5low7@lemmy.org 7 points 1 month ago

I remember Al Gore came to my high school during his run at the presidency, it was such a pain in the ass.we had cops at every enterance for weeks

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