Comment on Charlie Kirk in his own words.

• Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Im not American, and I can see the difference between “paying a price for a greater good/convenience” and “Fuck them kids!”.

  God given right to have guns is a crazy statement. I certainly hope youre not thinking that Im defending the man? Im only holding him to account for his actual words, not the heavily edited ragebait that being passed around social media. What he actually said was enough.

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  • monotremata@lemmy.ca ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You keep calling it “rage bait” to quote him, but I think that’s missing a big aspect of this. The man was very intentionally phrasing these things in ways that he knew would upset people who didn’t agree with him. There’s a whole culture around that on the far right, where you’re supposed to say things that would enrage “the left” because that’s how people know you’re “based” and not “woke.” And obviously he’s not worried about people being offended because anyone who would be offended isn’t his target audience, while people who are his target audience will get a dopamine hit from hearing him offend those other people. It’s win-win for him. So with the thing about the pilots, he knows full well that the standards are the same, but he also knows that his audience are going to be sympathetic to the idea of being uncomfortable around black people, so the facts be damned, he’s gonna pretend that’s a rational argument against DEI.

    So I don’t think it’s the clip videos that are the “rage bait” here. I think that’s part and parcel of the whole Charlie Kirk idiom.

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    • Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Its all ragebait, mate. Left, right, doesnt matter. Media, both social and mainstream, wants your engagement. And there no better way to do that than rage. The brown man who just got off the boat and raped a young girl, the blue haired landwhale who said “all men are rapists by design!”, Charlie Kirk said black people suck, etc etc etc etc. Its all ragebait, all the time. Anything to keep you engaged, and them making money off of you.

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  • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    He is literally saying he thinks a few deaths a year are worth it. Not to mention we have a school shooting every 3 weeks in the country. And if he were asked about the one that happened the day he was killed, do you suppose he’d use his platform to demand better gun safety laws?

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    • Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yes, its worth a few deaths to have the ability to defend yourselves against a shit government. What about that isnt fucking clear?

      Gun safety laws are why I DONT AGREE WITH HIM!!! Im not arguing his point, I dont agree with him. Im saying that what he said want “Fuck them kids!”, which is what all of you are saying he said.

      I know you want the worthless uparrows, but for fucks sake.

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