Thursday, September 18, 2025

Krugman: Exploiting Male Rage

Paul Krugman: Charlie Kirk's audience consisted to a large extent of resentful young white men who felt that modern society wasn't delivering the status that they deserved. -- Given MAGA's brazen attempts to exploit Kirk's murder to suppress freedom of expression, I'm sure someone will call what I just said hate speech.

Posted by retort at 03:08 PM | 11 COMMENTS | permalink

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Trump getting elected after bragging about sexual assault made people feel they had to do something against sexual assault.

So they wore pink pussy hats and came up with the MEETOO movement.

But that movement overreached and became - men are evil and should be considered guilty until proven innocent, and they should step aside and let women lead.

If you're a 18 year old male voting for the first time, who are you going to vote for - the side that tells your time has passed and you're a rapist unless you can prove otherwise? Or the side that ISNT saying that?

I said at the time that meetoo was going to drive dumb young men to vote republican. I hate being right all the time.

#1 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-09-18 03:33 PM

Given MAGA's brazen attempts to exploit Kirk's murder to suppress freedom of expression, I'm sure someone will call what I just said hate speech.

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That shalt not take the Orange God's name in vain.

This is really the new standard, isn't it?

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-09-18 03:39 PM

The story of humanity... angry... horny men... every story ever told.

Men need to get over themselves.

#3 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-09-18 04:06 PM

"resentful young white men"

I'm sure there are some in Kirk's following that accurately describes.

But do you know who it describes perfectly?

the guy who shot him. A drop out

Let's not misunderstand this statement from Krugman to suggest Kirk recruited Skin heads.

He spent a lot of time on college campuses talking to the brighter minds of their age group.

#4 | Posted by eberly at 2025-09-18 04:07 PM

I said at the time that meetoo was going to drive dumb young men to vote [for an admitted sexual predator].
#1 | Posted by SpeakSoftly

Fixed that for you!

#5 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-09-18 04:09 PM

Exploiting FUCKING RETARDED IMBECILE rage.

BRING IT FUCKING ON, ASSHOLES.

SCORCHED EARTH, NO SURVIVORS

#6 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-09-18 04:11 PM

But do you know who it describes perfectly?
the guy who shot him.

Without ONE IOTA of proof, BEVERLY THE LAME parrots all the bullshit talking points.

YOU'RE A FUCKING CLOWN.

#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-09-18 04:12 PM

#4 | Posted by eberly

Kirk was the dropout. The shooter was a third-year student at a technical college. And Kirk did have "debates" with college students on their campuses. Except he also deceptively edited the videos of said debates to suit his grifting agenda.

#8 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-09-18 04:13 PM

Kirk was a promoter of The Great Replacement Conspiracy; that immigrants were let in to replace white men... which is why ICE now rounds people up off the streets based on their skin color.

And why Trumpists are so happy to have him as a Martyr to their cause.

#9 | Posted by Corky at 2025-09-18 04:18 PM

"Except he also deceptively edited the videos of said debates to suit his grifting agenda."

Kirk was good at taking a small minority of the more extreme lefties and capturing their comments in videos and used them to convince his followers those people are the face of their opposition and pretend there are no moderate sane voices in the democratic party.

It keeps people on the right exactly where they want them. Dismissive, distant, uninformed, and wholly untrusting of the left.

#10 | Posted by eberly at 2025-09-18 04:26 PM

Men need to get over themselves.

#3 | Posted by RightisTrite

That attitude is the reason trump is president. Keep it going if you want to never regain power.

#11 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-09-18 04:53 PM

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