Republican lawmakers called for a statue of slain MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk to be installed in the U.S. Capitol following his murder.In a draft letter to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) blamed "hateful rhetoric from the left" for the killing."To honor this legacy, we ca...
    • garbagebagel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I mean, yes though. He was a huge influence on the reason the US is the way it is now and a big reason why so many young men think the way they do and elected the people they did.

      He accomplished a pretty huge amount of shit. Just not good shit.

      • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
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        2 days ago

        I’ve heard some say “it’s better for someone to get into politics and disagree with me than to be apathetic”

        • Soggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          On shit like tax burden and foreign policy not on who counts as a human being.

            • Soggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              2 days ago

              By letting horrible bigots have power, by not having actual protections against bad-faith actors, by tolerating hateful rhetoric despite the obvious cost to society.

            • shani66@ani.socialEnglish
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              1 day ago

              We never finished the job. The civil war? We didn’t finish the reconstruction, we let those bigots keep their power. The Nazis? We hired those monsters.