I'll reiterate my opposition to this or any other political assassination, but the lionization of Charlie Kirk over the past 24 hours is laughable. He was no hero. He was a hateful loudmouth who insisted on having the last word.
Of leading black women, he once said they had only succeeded because of affirmative action. "You do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously. You had to go steal a white person's slot to go be taken somewhat seriously."
He said America "made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s." Martin Luther King Jr. "was awful. He was not a good person."
When he saw Black people in an important job, he said, he would cringe. "If I see a black pilot, I'm going to be like, boy, I hope he's qualified!"
Charlie Kirk said, "We need armed militias to prevent the diminishing and decreasing of white demographics."
He called LGBTQ "a social contagion."
On empathy, Kirk said, "I can't stand empathy. I think empathy is a made-up New Age term, and it does a lot of damage."
But yeah, he was a great American. So let's give him sainthood.
I know there are a dozen new scandals and incitements a day involving this administration, but the words of these two fascists seem to be on a whole different level.
This might well prove to be the red line that will turn public opinion against this so-called president. Whether this rethinking makes a substantive difference in how Trump proceeds has yet to be determined. But as someone said upthread, it might be a good time to patronize the outdoor sporting goods section of your local retailer.