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unblock

(55,599 posts)
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 10:29 AM 17 hrs ago

the real reason republicans are upset about kirk's death -- he was one of their key propagandists

they're not overly bothered by gun deaths; they consistently refuse to do anything but offer thoughts and prayers for innocent children dying routinely now in school shootings.

they're not overly bothered by violence against political figured; they've often called for it, threatened it, mused about it, or celebrated it, even in the case of paul pelosi, who isn't even himself a political figure, just married to one.


what bothers them is the damage to their propaganda network. they now have to figure out how to fix it, how to lure young voters down the path of bigotry, racism, sexism, and overall evil.

kirk was apparently quite effective at that. *that* is the loss they mourn.

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the real reason republicans are upset about kirk's death -- he was one of their key propagandists (Original Post) unblock 17 hrs ago OP
Most Democratic politicians denounce shooting but when congresswoman Minnesota shot not a word from one republican Eliot Rosewater 17 hrs ago #1
FactCheck disputes this claim. Gimpyknee 14 hrs ago #10
Exactly, he was a key Nazi cog in their sick machine. Blues Heron 17 hrs ago #2
Kirk is a dime a dozen. Like Rush, he will be Johonny 17 hrs ago #3
about a quarter-century ago, mrs. unblock and i had a discussion on this point unblock 17 hrs ago #4
It was all going to be a show to crack down on the opposition Johnny2X2X 17 hrs ago #5
Exactly. He was one of their hate groomers and that's the loss. Nixie 17 hrs ago #6
Nail on the head Hey Joe 16 hrs ago #7
Shouldn't Laura Loomer & Nick Fuentes be charged with Kirk's murder? Blue Full Moon 14 hrs ago #8
He was lobbying for... lame54 14 hrs ago #9
He gets young people to vote MAGA IronLionZion 14 hrs ago #11
Maybe I_UndergroundPanther 10 hrs ago #12
Kind of... Ollie Garkie 10 hrs ago #13

Eliot Rosewater

(33,939 posts)
1. Most Democratic politicians denounce shooting but when congresswoman Minnesota shot not a word from one republican
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 10:33 AM
17 hrs ago

This country is completely broken, there’s not a single patriotic member of MAGA, and very few in the Republican Party at this point.

Johonny

(24,582 posts)
3. Kirk is a dime a dozen. Like Rush, he will be
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 10:41 AM
17 hrs ago

Replaced. It's not that he had no skills, but his skills aren't that hard to find.

A lot of people willing to say awful things and lie for cash. Lots.

unblock

(55,599 posts)
4. about a quarter-century ago, mrs. unblock and i had a discussion on this point
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 10:52 AM
17 hrs ago

i claimed that there was so little logic and thought in republican "thinking" at that time that it would be far easier for a democrat to pretend to be a republican than for a republican to pretend to be a democrat. the latter requires facts, analysis, balancing of competing objectives and views, etc., while the former simply requires parroting back a few attack points and catch-phrases.

so she put me to the test.

she had dinner scheduled with a former boss, big-time republican in texas, and wanted to introduce her then-fiance, and thought it would be great if he thought she had found a good-old republican to marry.

correctly assuming we would never see him again, i said sure, and yeah, all i had to do was laugh at his biased jokes and throw in a few anti-kerry cracks, whatever the lies the media was pushing at the time, and dinner went great, he clearly felt right at home with a "like-minded" republican.

i defy any republican to convince me they're a democrat. i don't think they can fake it like that. it's simply too much work. life is complicated, and governing is hard. their side simply insist that their simple views are right, and they ignore reality because they can't handle the truth.








Johnny2X2X

(23,367 posts)
5. It was all going to be a show to crack down on the opposition
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 10:54 AM
17 hrs ago

That's why they got into such a frenzy.

Only problem is the killer apparently isn't a lefty, so it will die down now.

lame54

(38,363 posts)
9. He was lobbying for...
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 01:24 PM
14 hrs ago

Trump's official Minister of Propaganda went the takeover is complete

IronLionZion

(49,868 posts)
11. He gets young people to vote MAGA
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 01:34 PM
14 hrs ago

that's why he spends a lot of his time on college campuses and reaching young white males through his podcast and social media. People like him are a growth driver for the GOP among an important demographic.

Ollie Garkie

(307 posts)
13. Kind of...
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 06:02 PM
10 hrs ago

But they already have dozens of these fucks out there, they'll crank another out of their lab soon enough.

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