Charlie Kirk: “There's a difference between liberals and leftists. It's a very big difference. A liberal is someone I will disagree with and we'll have a wonderful time. We'll go out to dinner and we'll consider each other friends. A liberal will have the conversation, and they'll say we might not agree on this, but I still treat you with respect and I really like you as a person. A leftist will try to shut you up before you even open your mouth. A leftist is rooted in intolerance.”
@FindXSnowflakes@GuntherEagleman Find a quote from him which shows he is racist. You will not. You can’t just call people racist because you disagree. That game is over!!!
I never paid much attention to Charlie Kirk, he seemed very America focused & I am not American, & I find the "OWNED! DESTROYED!" type video titles really off-putting. I'd completely missed that he interviewed Kara Dansky & Richie Herron, a radical feminist & a gay man I admire.
Now, since his murder, I see lots of people saying he was racist, homophobic, a misogynist, & a fascist...but these seem to be people who never knew him personally, sometimes sharing tiny clips with no context.
When I look around I see:
Black people saying he treated them well, is this what a racist does?
Same sex attracted people saying he treated them well, is this what a homophobe does?
Women, with various political beliefs, saying he treated them well, is this what a misogynist does?
Am I supposed to believe that all of this was acting? A ruse? A clever masterplan, hiding his true evil bigoted face, & all these people have fallen for it?
Because that seems not only far-fetched & paranoid but rather condescending, infantilising, an act of removing agency from people of the marginalised groups you fetishise because they do not agree with you...one might say racist, homophobic, & misogynistic.
The other thing I see are videos of Charlie Kirk himself, again & again saying we have to talk to each other, respectfully, despite our differences, otherwise we foster a culture which will lead to violence...is this what a fascist does?
Because I do not think so, I think the fascists are the ones who kill their political opponents to stop them having a voice.