Kirk is being posthumously celebrated by much of the mainstream press as a noble sparring partner for center-left politicians and pundits. Meanwhile, the very real, very negative, and sometimes violent impacts of his rhetoric and his political projects are being glossed over or ignored entirely.
He was a horrible debater, and lost his temper any time he got corrected. But nobody is going to trash talk him after his assassination for fear of the wrath of Trump and MAGA.
I’m lucky I’m a gigantic former boxer(not pro or anything) and can’t get fired cause I own the business. So I’ve been calling every right wing nut that comes across my Facebook feed a pedo, and reposting a compilation video of Charlie’s hottest takes in the comments of every one of their replies.
I will trash talk him. The big headed fucker was a MAGAt politician that made a career of riding the wave of hateful and stupid politics that has been allowed to grow. Glad he is dead and sad the shooter was a one-off MAGA crazy because I was hoping for another hero like Luigi that would scare the fuck out of MAGA and billionaires.
*pundit. Not a politician.