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[–] Bonescape@hexbear.net 1 points 3 hours ago

best thing theguardian has written in a long shot, i love this article it has shown me the way to the kirkified subreddit, which has some golden content

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It's so funny to me that the media tried to portray him as someone who young people loved when in reality he had the same vibes as Kelvin from The Righteous Gemstones.

[–] space_comrade@hexbear.net 2 points 3 hours ago

Kelvin is way more likeable than Kirk tbh.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 14 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Dude was a joke forever and went out like one. Chuds tried to give him a post mortem legacy but it doesnt seem to be sticking.

[–] Self_Sealing_Stem_Bolt@hexbear.net 6 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Its so funny that the canadian parliament tried to give him a standing ovation lmao

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 5 points 6 hours ago

The chud parties in the European Parliament tried to give him a minute of silence too peltier-laugh

[–] red_giant@hexbear.net 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

tbh that would be a shift to the left for them since Kirk didn’t kill any Polish or Jewish people

[–] dkr567@hexbear.net 19 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

The only thing about Charlie Kirk that I observed is that I can never see his face as normal after seeing all the tiny face photoshopped ones.

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 34 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

this clown was always a meme, getting got didn't change anything

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 19 points 14 hours ago

Getting got made him more famous, but nothing else

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 21 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

I still can't tell him and crowder apart. I keep thinking he is the "change my mind" guy but he is really just the big head small face guy.

[–] DogThatWentGorp@hexbear.net 34 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

It does warm my heart seeing how this bozo getting shot has been functionally memorialized over the last year by clowning on him even harder.

If he didn't get shot specifically in the neck while saying the dumbest shit ever I don't think it would've gone this far. It almost makes you think the universe has a sense of justice.

[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 19 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Also his colleagues and wife immediately cashing in

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 19 points 15 hours ago

He didn't get shot by a literal IRL the-deserter in the mouth so it's not entirely "made for Hexbear" tier perfect, but it is close.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 26 points 16 hours ago

Does it mention how he's ALWAYS been a meme? I remember the old subreddit dunking on his sorry ass during Trump 1.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

No he was not cringe , he was a dangerous propagandist and cult leader

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 14 points 10 hours ago

It's not mutually exclusive and, to avoid a double ping:

He definitely was successful in brainwashing people. I don't want to minimize dangerous people like him

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.

[–] SmokinStalin@hexbear.net 16 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

He definitely was successful in brainwashing people. I don't want to minimize dangerous people like him

[–] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 11 points 12 hours ago

He was absolutely cringe. Just because his rhetoric was dangerous doesn't mean it wasn't also cringe.

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Tyler Robinson already minimized him (allegedly)