The death of Charlie Kirk has big time underlined the political divide in the US. What I found most fascinating was that when video of what Kirk stood for was shown on social media it was immediately criticized by the right in an attempt to whitewash his image.
Was not what Charlie Kirk preached worthy to be cleariy shown as part of his legacy? After all this was available on his YouTube channel and shown on numerous debates. This would be confusing if human nature was not so clearly transparent.
Trumpism is about giving people license to collectively hate which Kirk subscribed to. Therefore in spite of his regrettable death you don't get to sanitize the message posthumously and make him a hero for sowing division.
The Trump regime wanted to use this assassination as leverage but when your shooter turns out to be a radicalized youth with Republican roots it doesn't play well. Still, you can lie because a big chunk of the population is ostensibly clueless.
The transgender partner cooperated and knew nothing of the scheme but that doesn't matter to the people trying to spin this story.
That the EU parliament rightfully refused a moment of silence for Kirk shows how they know it would mean tacit acceptance of the brand of intolerance he was selling.
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