Kirk was definitionally a fascist.
As for what the shooter is, I’m sure time will tell. I don’t see a need to jump to conclusions on that yet.
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Manmoth@lemmy.ml 1 week agoI’m challenging the certainty of this entire site. My personal opinion is that he is a broken product of a nihilistic culture. I also think that he hated Charlie because he thought Charlie hated gays even though he was a big tent conservative that was inclusive for all. What people don’t understand is that Kirk WAS the moderate conservative.
deaf_fish@midwest.social 1 week ago
deaf_fish@midwest.social 1 week ago
Kirk was definitionally a fascist.
As for what the shooter is, I’m sure time will tell. I don’t see a need to jump to conclusions on that yet.
Manmoth@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
deaf_fish@midwest.social 1 week ago
That is kinda a strange way to counter my point that he is definitionally a fascist. Are you saying that if enough people are fascist then the none of them are?
I am saying that the rhetoric that Kirk used fits the definition of fascist rhetoric. If everyone in the world meets that definition, then everyone in the world is fascist. That’s how definitions work.
Manmoth@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
You are saying the term ‘fascist’ as if it’s definitionally agreed upon and then implying that the entire right is fascist. If that’s the case then you would, definitionally, be the extremist because you think that normal people being normal is fascist. Half the country voted for Trump. Kirk believed in a constitutional republic and Presidential elections. He was also, due to being a Christian, positionally anti-LGBT but not antagonistic to them. This position is hardly something new. He welcomed them into his movement and has plenty of gay fans. He held classically right wing positions which some may find objectionable but nonetheless cling fervently to a liberal world order. Fascism is inherently anti-liberal.