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Charlie Kirk's Turning Point promotes Christian 'blackshirts' in UK (www.thecanary.co)

submitted 1 week ago by hellfire103@lemmy.ca to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/50351339

The 'yankification' of British politics continues with Turning Point drawing attention to whatever the hell these people are supposed to be

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk -4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

oh woah, another day, another strawman. Why am I not surprised.

If you knew theology and terminology, you'd know that these are definitely not literal calls to violence. It's like calling the hymn "Jerusalem the Golden" zionist.

This comes across as a holiness group. The same source of the Salvation Army. They even say on their website they have no interest in politics.

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It seems like it's more inspired by the Salvation Army than blackshirts.

Instead of wasting your time on some hyperactive holiness Christians, why not focus your energy on actual dangerous groups like Reform UK????

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Why talk about the thugs of the SA when the Nazi Party itself exists!?!??????!

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The SA was a paramilitary that had a party - the Nazi Party.

What party does the King's Army - notably not a paramilitary - answer to?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Exactly.

Every morning, in schools across the world, children assemble in uniforms in an orderly fashion. Are you going to call them the SA as well?

Because that's literally the only thing here that they have in comparison with the SA- Assembling in large groups in uniforms.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I realize that if you could create an intellectually honest argument you wouldn't be a conservative but just lmao

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 5 days ago

The article posted is definitely not intellectually honest. It's dangerous speculation.