Money was vacuumed from the gullible, of course it was there.
“You could get shot here, too! Just book the full package!”
On the other hand, let’s celebrate the fact that Charlie Kirk has not sputtered anything racist in the last months. It’s a new record for him!
Well thats not morbid at all
Maga is so god damn weird. Its exhausting
I read this 3 times as Magic is so good damn weird before my morning brain clicked
I have a similar problem when people refer to MTG
That said I wish someone would drop Royal Assassin on Trump
It’s a death cult. Makes sense for them to have a shrine to death.
Is this meant to be a recreation of that specific scene? Or was it just meant to be a recreation of his normal setup when doing these?
Well given that specific scene occurred in his normal setup it’s the same thing?
Like the car JFK was sitting in when he was assassinated is not just a normal car after that event.
OK, but if they considered his set up to be iconic during his life, then it’s not fair to say that they should never be able to reference it again just because some terrorist murdered him in it.
I certainly hate this dude, but I think there’s a big difference between saying “take your photo at a recreation of his assassination” and “we’re reclaiming this symbol as a celebration of his life”.
I just feel that things and places are tainted by horrific events that are associated with them, even if there’s a much more vanilla history.
As an example, the park at Bondi Beach in Australia where there was recently a terrorist massacre. It will always be the place where that happened, not the place where 10s of thousands of picnics were had.
Yes you can say that Kirk’s tent is a celebration of his life and his passion, but lots of people will find that to be in poor taste.
Everything about these people is creepy and weird. Before this guy died, I didn’t know who he was, but if I had I would have thought that making a living going to universities and manipulating people into signing up to this ideology was creepy and weird. His wife weirds me out too.
I get it. I just think that if it happened to somebody I liked, I would want to preserve the positivity of their life. Treating the iconic scene as a permanent tragedy is letting the terrorists win.
Can’t say for certain… it’s almost like there’s … there’s these things. A bunch of them, just underneath the headline. Words and sentences in a smaller yet similar font which appear to be related to that very headline. They might even explain the situation in further detail…
Idk tho… I can’t read, so I can’t say for certain if these things are indeed related. You’d better ask chat GPT for an article summary, just to be sure.
Love the snark. The thing Lemmy needs the most is less engagement. So keep up your bullshit!
Second, I read the article, and nowhere did it mention if it was intentional. Which was the question. So maybe you need a lesson in reading comprehension.
I’m on the side where quality of comments > quantity of comments, but I do see how big data numbers via mindless engagement could have a similar kind of value. No relevancy to the article, however. I digress.
The first paragraph has the information you seek. If missed, fear not! It is mentioned at least one other time in the article (hint: look for the interview with the event staff). Good luck, and Godspeed! o7
At no point in the first paragraph does it say it is intentionally supposed to be a recreation of his death scene. It is mentioned throughout the article that the author and MS Now reporter that that’s what it is.
Now, where I am most dumbfounded by your comment is the fact that THERE IS NO INTERVIEW WITH THE STAFF. Did you misinterpret a report by a MS Now reporter as an interview with event staff?
I can’t believe you’re the one giving me shit. You gotta do more than look at the words. Comprehension is important too.
Christ, they really are a death cult
That’s as crass as using a cross to symbolize Christ.
Oh shit…
I feel like people who support this type of politics are emotionally blunted and stunted. They’ll use his death as a tool of martyrdom for their movement, which this is a prime example of, but I don’t really feel like anyone loved him or mourned him in any genuine sense. I think it’s because they don’t really have any attachment to anyone in a real sense. I’m not saying that other people of other beliefs don’t use grief as a performative tool either, but I feel like most of the problem with conservatives at the root of it all is blunted emotions.
The four-day event, called “America Fest”
More like Whitoid Fest where not only the fundies come in but also closet Nazis and Kluxers.
Did they also sell the “Freedom” shirt he was wearing while being shot?
Real missed merch opportunity if they didn’t. Would have been disrespectful to his memory if they didn’t cash in.
With the blood stains added, of course
I feel like Charlie Kirk should be nominated for a Darwin award. Dude literally campaigned for guns, said it was Ok that some people die from gun violence and then got shot while sitting under a tent labelled “prove me wrong”.
It didn’t prove him wrong, it just made him one of the “some people.”
he had children
EDIT: which means he cannot get the Darwin award. this is not defending him.
I mean, maybe. Depends on when JD got his couch nob in there.
I’m a parent too, and that’s exactly why I am glad his disgusting voice was silenced in the most public and ironic way possible.
Sorry for ambiguity, I meant this in the context of Darwin award
Ah yeah good edit, I wasn’t even considering that you could have meant it that way.
I decided to go look up the rules in order to contribute something more useful to this discussion, and it turns out that the mere presence of offspring does not disqualify one from the award!
Given their reasoning, I think Kirk would qualify. And given that his whole brand was about spreading stupid dangerous ideas to everybody’s kids including his own, and then he died in a spectacularly ironic and public way, I think he should actually win one!
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Darwin award is for people who make themselves unable to reproduce.
I need to edit the comment in order not to sound like I’m defending him.
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no problem, I didn’t think enough before posting
Everyone always screws that up. The Darwin award doesn’t just mean the person died from their own stupidity, it means they did the world a favor and removed themselves from the gene pool before passing on their genes. By that note, people who are unable to reproduce also cannot be eligible for the award.
I always wondered who would take selfies at Auschwitz and now I know.
Auschwitz was the scene of despicable horrors, though. not really the same thing
People do it though. Walk around taking peace sign selfies and posing on the tracks. Ridiculously disrespectful and tacky as fuck.
I see what you did there. Don’t disagree.
Daymn. I’m going to start selling selfie sticks outside Auschwitz
“And Charlie Kirk would have been sitting right here when he was shot in the fucking neck.”
“I’ll tell you that you’re not allowed to celebrate his death, while I go over to this tent and celebrate his death”.
Reminder: they harassed math teachers for wearing a shirt with blood near the neck for Halloween. It wasn’t even about Charlie Kirk.
If anyone left of TPUSA did this MAGA would be screeching.
This is grotesque, I couldn’t imagine thinking this is normal or okay. These people are so detached from reality.
they’re creating a new religion before our very eyes. best to get versed in discussing theologies because that’s the propaganda language they speak and how we’ll deprogram enough of them to survive this
