• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    It’s funny how, right after Kirk died, we got a slew of hagiographies from mainstream press that tried to present him as some kind of Socratic conservative intellectual.

    But the movement has gone so far of the rails that he’s now just annoying, incoherent slop content. “We Are Charlie Kirk” is practically a joke. His widow is full on Real Housewife reality TV fodder. Everyone behind his movement is just fighting each other tooth and nail for his money.

    It’s like he’s been murdered twice.

    • FerretyFever0@fedia.io
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      15 days ago

      “We are Charlie Kirk” was meant by the “creator” to be completely serious, but I’m not sure a single person besides Spalexma has ever viewed it that way. I’ve seen several edits, including Filipino Nightcore and “Agartha Hardstyle”, not a single person in the comments section has an ounce of respect for the man, obviously. The fact that “lowkirkenuinely” is a real word that people are using (obviously has no real meaning), shows that almost nobody respects him or his legacy of bigotry. His death is seen as meaningless, his life is seen as meaningless, he is seen as meaningless. In many ways, he’s already been nearly forgotten.