New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
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An adjunct who had taught successfully for 20 years in an academic program I used to direct was fired for his response to a student, not his own and not in the classroom, who initiated a discussion of Kirk’s murder. So at least 601.
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“If I see a black pilot, I’m going to be like, I hope he’s qualified.” “Happening all the time in urban America, prowling blacks go around for fun to go target white people, that’s a fact.” “Reject feminism. Submit to your husband, Taylor. You’re not in charge.”
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Indiana AG was doxxing people on social media telling people where they worked and told them to call their employers.
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We had one employee who made comments on a private Facebook profile. One of her family members or “friends” sent copies of the post to our workplace and demanded that we fire the employee and threatened the company if we did not fire her. This world is dark, man.
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Why did liberal cancel culture do this?
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Charlie Kirk got what he sought. Infamy. Fuck him, Fuck Trump.
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Kirk’s widow’s college roommate is Lindsey Halligan. She is a White House insider, who was tasked to be on the Comet etc. prosecutions, and enough of an insider to be in the President;s box at the Us Open, with Bondi, son-in-law Kushner and Granddaughter. Many thought she was Melania in pics.
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Fuck Charlie Kirk
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Who?
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Locally, we lost a fire fighter because he wasn't respectful of Kirk www.wtol.com/article/news...
Toledo fire lieutenant fired after investigation into social media post about Charlie Kirk
The lieutenant was found guilty of three administrative charges for his post, which connected the conservative influencer's beliefs to his fatal shooting.
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What I see is an object lesson in the devastation of allowing lies and hate to dominate/control our thoughts. There is a WHOLE LOT of COLLATERAL DAMAGE for all concerned from MTG, to McConnell, Mike Johnson, emigrants, etc.. What rises from the ashes is what matters. Opportunity awaits.
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And all as a cover for the fact that Trump had Kirk killed.
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Charlie Kirk wasn’t a good dude, but I condemn his assassination for three reasons.
- Murder is immoral (duh)
- Kirk’s death it doesn’t actually solve any problems.
- It would have hurt Kirk a lot more to see his ambitions thwarted while he was alive.
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"Things happen"
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Add me to the list captain 😮💨
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cracks knuckles
Time to sue the shit out of someone.
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Is Elon gonna pay their legal fees, or nah?
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The absurdity of our timeline no longer shocks me. It's sad to be an American now.
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I don't support what happened to Charlie Kirk, however Charlie Kirk supported what happened to Charlie Kirk...
So let's punish anyone who actually quoted Charlie Kirk...
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Charlie Kirk was a pathetic loser filled with racist hate and selfish greed, he is not missed.
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For a guy who claimed he was defending free speech, that's a terrible failure as a legacy.
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If anyone asks your thoughts about Charlie Kirk, it is now OK to say: “You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen.”
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And now it’s like, “Charlie who?”
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He called Martin Luther King Jr an awful person. He trashed Simone BIles for pulling out of the Olympics for mental health reasons. Can't stand his smarmy stupid ugly face. Anyhow he died doing what he loved...hating on other people.
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Your daily reminder that Kirk was a hateful racist bigot and kinda dumb
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Counting or not counting gang violence?
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It's not a conservative political party, it's an extremist death cult.
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One guy’s neck implodes
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And they say that they are "free speech absolutists". In reality, they are just absolutists.
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And if you widen the net to "attempted firings", it would probably be a book instead of a news article. For example: www.kold.com/2025/11/13/v...
Vail School District continues to face costume backlash
The outrage over Halloween T-shirts worn by Cienega High teachers continues, even after the original accusations were debunked.
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I know a teacher who was put on suspension in the wake of his murder for her anti-DT posts on social media. Not Kirk, DT. After review, her admin allowed her to come back. Very few of her coworkers have stood by her side, and kids parents were livid she was reinstated. It’s destroyed her work life.
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"You're mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial — A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about — Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen." - trump about his special guest torturing American resident & Washington post journo Jamal Khashoggi
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My daughter goes to a high school that has a TPUSA club. After he died members of the club made threats of violence to anyone who said anything about Kirk that they considered negative. The right wing is teaching kids how to be Nazis.
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Punished for telling the truth about a dead nazi.
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600 heroes as far as I'm concerned
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who’s charlie kirk?
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And everybody who tried to overthrow the gubbermint & the lawless lying insurrectionist repugnicunt lawyers got pardons. That ought to tell you something about the failed democratic republic as it slides precipitously into the dustbin of herstory.
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You can lose your job if you are not sufficiently respectful to Charlie Kirk, but it's also totally cool to host someone who ordered the killing of a journalist in the Oval Office.
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I know someone
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Punished for calling him what he loudly and proudly proclaimed himself to be for his entire adult life.
Once this party loses its next election it's time to rip it out, root and stem. If the right wants a political party it'll need to form one that's not traitorous.
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All for a racist price of shit grifter.
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Free speech. 🙄
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Hopefully they'll track the lawsuits, too.
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Meanwhile kids on tiktok are referring to oral sex as "giving kirk".
The govt can't force people to respect (or care) about him
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RIP free speech
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Free speech as long as it’s speech they agree with
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Who's Charlie Kirk?
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Charlie Kirk was not assassinated.
Charlie Kirk was murdered.
Charlie Kirk was not a public official covered by assassination statutes. There is no suggestion that the killer was motivated by a contract. Charlie Kirk lacked the public prominence to merit "assassination" in common usage.
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At the end of the day, he's still dead.
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A friend did get doxxed but his employer protected him. Or, more specifically his union protected him.
Uniting labor matters.
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His grave should be a national restroom.
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“Free speech absolutism”…but not if it offends the MAGAs. 🙄
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Clearly just a convenient excuse
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Charlie who?
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I would LOVE to know the names of the companies who saw fit to fire people over a bigot's death. Seems they don't want my money or business anymore.
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Charlie Kirk is looking up at us now saying: “nnnnnghhhuuuurggglllee”
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I am glad he is dead. Cancel that.
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A kindergarten assistant was fired for accurately quoting Kirk before his death was announced. "Vaughn, a 37-year-old Christian who has taken missionary trips to Guatemala, said her call for prayer was sincere" (Reuters).
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mannn these rubes are gonna force us at GUNPOINT to mourn trump when he dies
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Your daily reminder that Trump only protects/defends/supports/cares about people who pledge their allegiance to him.
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Wow, what a passionate response to this man's death. I'm sure that fervor has held up and they're still talking about him, like, every day, right?
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Mike Lee and others mocked Hortman's murder with partisan jabs and faced no consequences, but mourned Kirk's with solemn outrage. The whiplash says it all. Compassion only when it's on the GOP's own. The hypocrisy is unmistakable.
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How do you spell McCarthy era?
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Is assassination the correct word? What is your definition?
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And most of them didn’t even say something this bad.
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I suspect that this is laying the groundwork to stifle the champagne popping and people dancing in the street when … you know …
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Free speech for me but not for thee
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Charlie who?
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But it's OK for trump to say nasty things about Biden having stage 4 cancer🙄
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Another great reason for UBI
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Tell me this list includes Larry Bushart, who was jailed for over a month before charges were dropped.
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666 in total
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They all need to sue
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Keep posting Charlie memes. He and his freak fans deserve it.
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"Charlie Kirk? You mean the devil's butt-plug?"
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Do people not understand the term assassination? Stop this nonsense propaganda. He was murdered.
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I'm sure the assassination of Kirk (a civilian) & Melissa Hortman (Dem elect) were handled with equality & honored similarly by the current administration...
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Sounds like a lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about
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All over some racist POS?
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Can’t stress enough how much I hate this stupid fucking country and If i didn’t have to stay for my child, I would sell everything and move the fuck away to a country that gives a basic shit about humanity. Watching the Ken Burns doc on rev war and all that death and torture for this result. Ugh.
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All this for a man who wanted to subjugate anyone that didnt look or act like him: aka a Nazi.
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Absurd. Want to protect racist misogynists from other psychos? Gun control.
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I deep distaste for lawfare, but those folks need to sue.
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It's a dress rehearsal for Trump's inevitable demise. This was a shot across the bow that partying will not be tolerated, and there will be consequences for not acting mournful.
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First amendment be damned
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Update: Two of the Florida academics featured in our piece, Karen Leader and Rebel Cole, have been reinstated:
www.reuters.com/world/us/two...
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Each and every one of them deserves a LOT of money from the government.
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All for a total Richardhead.
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Who is Charlie Kirk?
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A wasted life. I would love to see the raggedy wife’s face when she finally realizes what she and that lil toothed racist did to them lil raggedy kids. Ahh…😎
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What a bunch of fucking snowflakes. I didn't like his views and thought he was a prick, but I wouldn't celebrate his death. A huge number of people did dislike him enough to celebrate it and I couldn't really give a fuck if they did. People certainly shouldn't lose their job over it.
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Kirk might destroy more in death than he ever succeeded in destroying in life
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Fuck Charlie Kirk !!!
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fuck Charlie Kirk
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Shocking that someone could lose their job over that awful person. No one advocates for him to have been murdered. What’s shocking is that he was given a medal & had flags lowered & is so revered. He said horrific things about people.
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Kirk was friendly fired and they got the media to fuck itself.
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can we make a list of the 600 employers who capitulated to Naziism and get THEM fired? Or other punishments, I'm not picky. How do we usually deal with traitors?
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Are you counting three firemen in New Orleans? including two women firemen.
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Is that the guy whose widow was trying to make herself cry at his televised, fire-work themed 'memorial'????
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This dude was not a government official, a war hero, a philanthropist, or even a public servant. He was just a guy who used dirty debate techniques to mow over his opponents, NOT interested in problem-solving or actual dialog. It should be illegal to fire people for commenting on Charlie WhoTF Kirk.
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Republicans complain about the cancellation of culture but cancel more people than anyone else.
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All those people over that little nothing piece of shit incel....crazy.
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#AMERICANFREESPEECHEIL !
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Cancel culture is a right wing thing
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Charlie Kirk was a piece of shit.
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All in honor of a YouTube nazi
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Fuck this dude right in the neck. He was a piece of shit spreading hate and hate came back and clipped him.
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Ah, the land of the free.
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Remeber the half million dollars the right funded to the racist lady who was yelling at the black kids in the playground? The Democrats should have dug into their lanyard fund to support these people.
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What maga has unleashed on our country….
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With alt text
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I got promotion
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who is charlie kirk?
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Who is charlie kirk i forgot already
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I guess freedom of speech and "fuck your feelings" don't apply here?
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Breaking news -- economists project unemployment rate rose by 1.2% after millions of workers summarily fired for their mean tweets about Charlie Kirk.
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We all need to keep in mind that the only thing that makes firing someone for speech illegal is if you work in the public sector. If you work in the private sector, it's not illegal to fire you for speech.
The 1st Amendment constrains the government. It does not constrain private employers.
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If you claim your life is dedicated to defending free speech, and this is what happens in your name as a direct result of your death, you're a terrible failure.
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Concerning Charlie Kirk:
Am I glad he's dead? Absolutely.
Do I think some people deserve to die for their political hate speech? Also yes.
Should we feel sorry for his family? No. fuck them, too.
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Meanwhile a Kirk "lieutenant" just plead guilty to election fraud. Fake signatures. State charges (AZ) To be sentenced Jan 6. How fitting.
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This is why some people in AZ don't approve of Turning Point USA. They haven't always been honest. He will be sentenced on Jan 6th.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...
Ex-GOP lawmaker in Arizona pleads guilty to charges for forging petition signatures
A former Republican lawmaker in Arizona pleaded guilty to criminal charges for forging signatures on nominating petitions during his 2024 campaign
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I didn't see the Red Scare podcasters protest, and that's why one of the motives I can't force myself to care about Nekrasova.
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Kirk was a racist hater, and so is his wife.
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Charlie who?
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The ironic thing is that Trump made fun of Charlie Kirk”s death and gets praised (from the right) for it if anything.
Trump: 'I hate my opponent'
YouTube video by CNN
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remember, it‘s only cancel culture if the left does it ❄️
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Some people are saying JD arranged the murder so that him and Erika could be together. I don't believe it. What do you think?
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They went right back to Trump in a hurry. They have nobody else to pass the baton. CK was their last great white hope
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Unless they threatened anyone else's life, they still have freedom of speech. Charlie Kirk sure did. He said a lot of hateful, misogynistic, and racist things on his podcasts.
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Remember the First Amendment. There is nothing more American.
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He was a pipsqueak elevated to national hero for as long as was needed to make liberals an easy punching bag.
Now it’s Charlie who??
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Go fund me for one of the professors mentioned in the article:
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"Thoughts and Prayers" is one of those "Mission Accomplished" phrases in that GOP fu¢kery has completely changed its meaning, so much so that the Radical Right itself now views the phrase as an insult.
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And how many got fired for dismissing/outright mocking Melissa Hortman's assassination?
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Completely and wholly Unconstitutional.
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Hopefully these people are able to bounce back. It looks like cancel culture will be part of Charlie Kirk's legacy along with being a Nazi shithead.
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All for correctly calling a POS gutter racist a POS gutter racist.
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The firings are outrageous, and some are unlawful, while others don't follow the letter of the employers' HR and social media policies. But review what has happened in these 10 weeks. MAGA has gone from "we got 'em, we're going to fuck them up now," to "it's over. Donald is becoming Brandon."
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Great reporting, story needs to be widely known.
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Every time I see Kirk's death reported as an assassination instead of a murder, I'm reminded of Chris Rock's lecture about the difference between the two means of dispatching people: www.reddit.com/r/StandUpCom...
From the StandUpComedy community on Reddit: Chris Rock on Assassinations (Bigger and Blacker 1999)
Explore this post and more from the StandUpComedy community
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The piece fails in mentioning what is arguably the most egregious violation in this government fueled viewpoint discrimination crackdown, the case of Larry Bushart Jr. being arrested and held in jail for over a month w/a two million dollar bail b/c of what he posted about Kirk on Facebook.
Man Jailed for Facebook Meme Is Freed in Tennessee
Larry Bushart Jr. spent more than a month in jail after a Tennessee sheriff ordered his arrest for a meme trolling a Charlie Kirk vigil.
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Is this considered a class, as in class action?
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Charlie Kirk died doing what he loved, promoting gun violence.
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The Charlie Kirk purge: Two months after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, a government-backed campaign has led to firings, suspensions, investigations and other action against more than 600 people. Republican officials have endorsed the punishments. #Hypocrisy
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No one should be punished for accurately describing who Charlie Kirk was.
Charlie Kirk never wanted to debate anyone. He only pretended to want to debate people, as a way to push his far-right extremist views (which in his mind were NEVER up for debate) into mainstream discussion.
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By the same exact people who screamed, "WE LOVED CHARLIE BECAUSE HE WAS FOR 100% FREE SPEECH!!!!"
Comedy writers couldn't make that up.
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Are we still talking about that guy? To paraphrase Trump on Epstein..
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In America, you will lose your job if you don't mourn the guy who said "children should die in schools so I can keep my unused gun collection"
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His widow and others are selling merch exploiting his murder, so profiting from his death is OK in MAGA world, but call out one of his bigoted remarks and lose your job.
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The good news is Kirk is still dead.
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"We need a massive purge of these evil psychos who want to kill us for having different political views."
Ha ha. Yeah we do.
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Charlie Kirk was not assassinated.
Nazis get eliminated.
A process of attrition.
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Check the history on his Google search. I bet you would find some sick stuff.
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600 LIVING persons. One assassinated dad.
Consider them lucky.
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I thought comedy was legal again 😔
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600 magnifies the pettiness. What a fucking world. All for like a week of optics.
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All al the MAGA forgot about Saint Kirk the Mouldering Douche after 5 min of being placed in the ground for the long dirt nap. and started figuring out ways to grab whatever money they could.
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These firings don't quell his screams from hell.
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Fascist icons are so deeply unpopular that the fascist hive is in a constant flutter to fabricate new ones. In their haste to act for action’s sake, they fail to consider that whoever they prop up today will forever be associated w/ their impending defeat. Where there is no hate, they have no power.
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Chucky was a god damn podcaster.
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Red Scare shit but instead for a loud mouthed fuckwit that caught hands
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One of my friends got fired over posts about this.
He’s doing full-time art now support him here bsky.app/profile/hime...
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Absolutely ridiculous.
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Kirk's lasting legacy will be a company in absolute turmoil with the very COO he wanted to fire 4 months before his death in charge, his wife making a fool of him daily, and all his underlings fighting each other for relevance and a piece of the pie he left behind.
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Really great reporting!!
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I hope those 600 or more people sue! Something about free speech??
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Compare this in just a few months to academia as tallied by @thefireorg.bsky.social
208 profs in 5 years with lower criteria including "reputational damage" (or, in other words, losing in the market place of ideas)
www.thefire.org/research-lea...
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While all rotten democratic senators, without a single exception, were commemorating his life. 🤮
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And yet now he's barely mentioned by anyone, because even while alive he was at best a useful idiot to them and aside from grifting off of him now they don't care.
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Fuentes and Loomer were bad mouthing Kirk big time just before the shooting.
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Kirk was hate. Just like Trump maga.
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Ridiculous....free speech is free speech....he practiced it.
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So disheartening. Loss of free speech. Loss of freedom of thought. Taking someone’s job for having an opinion contrary to Kirk’s is a stark example of the limits of freedom we experience under Trumps thumb. We can only expect worse as the regime continues its attacks.
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The man is dead, but his poisonous work carries on.
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That is a staggering number of job losses in defense of a complete piece of shit.
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Enough time has passed, we can insult (by quoting) Charlie Kirk again
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I think more republicans should follow Kirk's lead.
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And yet the president of the United States has openly endorsed the Saudi-sponsored murder of a journalist. Things happen, he said
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"Cancel culture" as a phrase should be replaced with its real-world manifestation, the "circle kirk".
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Donald Trump: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen."
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Meanwhile billionaires eagerly attend a dinner in honor of Khashoggi’s murderer.
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No tears shed at my job. In fact, the opposite. Fuck that guy.
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Abigail Jackson is a bald faced liar. He didn't "survive two assassination attempts". He hasn't even 'survived' one.
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It’s been two months but feels like 10 years ago.
