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jaxxon20

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5. Horsst Wessel

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:11 AM

18 hrs ago

You are forgetting Horst Wessel. The similarities are there. Wessel was a right wing activist who was murdered and the Nazis made him a martyr to their cause. Some RWNJs are already calling for Kirk to lay in state in the US Capitol and statues to him on every college campus.

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How Magats Are Weaponizing Kirk's Killing [View all] gab13by13 22 hrs ago OP

Kirk is the first nazi bastard to be made a saint and hero. Irish_Dem 21 hrs ago #1

Horsst Wessel jaxxon20 18 hrs ago #5

And the media is assisting them: Matthew Dowd Chasstev365 21 hrs ago #2

Dowd is just the tip of the iceberg. gab13by13 21 hrs ago #3

Well, now we know the shooter was the son of an LEO Fiendish Thingy 20 hrs ago #4