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

submitted 4 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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[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I knew there were memes of him with a distorted face, but I still don’t know why. Apparently his views on some topics are fairly racist, sexist, homophobic, in general I think…

but I guess he did support free speech which apparently the people who really loved him do not.

I probably agree with the dude on one or two issues but I’m pretty sure he was just another grifter for the republicans. No one deserves to die on the internet like that I guess, he did say some people had to die for second amendment freedoms though I have no clue

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The distorted face memes were mocking the size of his face compared to the size of his head by exaggerating the difference. People didn’t like him because of the things he said. Also he abbreviated Turning Point USA to TPUSA, so people would call it Toilet Paper USA.