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Did anyone else not even know who Charlie Kirk was!? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 6 days ago by AshCircuit@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Dude, I had never even HEARD of this guy's name prior to his death. What is going on here!? Why are people freaking out. Am I that out of touch?

Even my liberal wife was aware of who this guy was. Was anyone else like me?

I know who Ben Shapiro is. But Charlie Kirk!? This entire time both the left and the right either hates or adored this guy? What are you all surfing on your cell phones!?

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[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I'd heard his name but had no idea who he was.

I looked him up and was like "I gotta join in the pile-on"

Really, I'm here for the spectacle and it's too rich that this dude spouting gun nut nonsense took a shot to his neck. I don't care if he lived or died, I don't celebrate gun violence, I wish I lived in a different kind of society. But I don't, so I'm gonna laugh

And I'm laughing even harder when conservatives clutch their pearls and demand that feel bad. Choke on my indifference, you fucking phony chuds