Kirk didn’t want to “have people talk with each other across political divides”. He wanted to push a scary, extreme right opinion into young people minds. He knew he was good at debating and taking his opponents apart, and like other rightwing folks (e.g. Peterson) he used that to spread his personal gospel. If he would have been the saint that he is now being made into, he would have brought right and left together in discussion panels and acted as a neutral moderator. To speak the truth; luckily enough he is mostly forgotten already, he was just a small note in history.
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notsosure@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 4d
Kirk didn’t want to “have people talk with each other across political divides”. He wanted to push a scary, extreme right opinion into young people minds. He knew he was good at debating and taking his opponents apart, and like other rightwing folks (e.g. Peterson) he used that to spread his personal gospel. If he would have been the saint that he is now being made into, he would have brought right and left together in discussion panels and acted as a neutral moderator. To speak the truth; luckily enough he is mostly forgotten already, he was just a small note in history.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 4d
Someone needs to place a strategic burn mark in that maze.
retype@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 4d
That's Charlie Kirk? I thought it was Cotton Hill. 😂