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Right-wing lawmakers pushed for a tribute to the U.S. conservative influencer who was shot dead.

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Thursday rejected a bid by right-wing factions to hold a minute of silence for slain U.S. conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.

The initiative was first proposed by Charlie Weimers, an MEP from the right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), as a symbolic measure “to declare that our right to freedom of speech cannot be extinguished,” according to an email chain with dozens of MEPs that was seen by POLITICO.

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[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They are pushing OTHER countries to hold vehicles WTF?!?!?!

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[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 14 points 1 week ago

Why would the EU Parliament give a crap about an American christofascist? Do you guys typically hold public prayers for Nazis?

[–] Lootboblin@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Probably the fastest and easiest ”no” in European Parliament history.

[–] RonniePickering@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Why would they?

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It should either not happen at all or become a worthy tradition. Who wouldn't like to mourn Shapiro, Tate, Peterson, Netanyahu, Trump, Vance etc passing if they take off in a timely fashion? It wouldn't hurt to have said moment of silence every week or so.

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago

No uproar. Fascists got told no by the majority.

They can always go have a viking funeral, or sacrifice a goat, or slice their arms while ululating, or whatever the hell those people do, just not in the European Parliament.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Christ, this motherfucker wasn't JFK.

Shit, he's not even RFK

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 week ago

Idontthinkiwill.jpg

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Oh this is brilliant!

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Most people in the real world outside of the internet didn't even know who this guy was until yesterday, especially outside the US. When I was talking to my roommate after it happened the first thing he said was "who's Charlie Kirk?"

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[–] IronpigsWizard@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Good on EU...

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago
[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

Turning Point and Turning Point UK are funded by the same group of people that they are.

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 9 points 1 week ago

Influencer = just some guy. If he was close to you, go have your own moment of silence.

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago
[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I never suspected that Charlie Kirk was deemed more important or valuable than all of those schoolchildren (past, present and future) that were killed by gun violence. I expect Solomon Grundy to cause some shit later today in this bizarro world.

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[–] Naevermix@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

yeah the fascist can go shove baseball bats covered in barbed wire and razors up their hairy arseholes

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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

The initiative was first proposed by Charlie Weimers, an MEP from the right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), as a symbolic measure “to declare that our right to freedom of speech cannot be extinguished,”

Well no, right to free speech isn't curbed here. The people are just reserving their right to kill off hypocritical dogwhistling would-be fascists.

[–] fittedsyllabi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

A moment of silence, please, for the idiocy of the Trump right.

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