Political Weirdos

You know, I never heard about Charlie Kirk before he got shot. But afterwards, there was all manner of people telling me he was a nazi. Giving me all these quotes of things that he said, and how awful they were. But every time I chased one up, it was a lie. Or at best, it was taking what he said out of context to make it look far worse than it actually was.

Saying "Charlie Kirk was a nazi" is just a popular thing to say. But it sure seems like its a hard thing to prove.

Examples of this would be:

"Charlie Kirk said the civil rights was a mistake and that black people shouldnt have gain equality!"

Not true. What he did say was that he didnt like the wording of the law, because it allowed abuses later. He was very careful to say that black people SHOULD have equal rights.

"Charlie Kirk said that black people should have their credentials checked for things like flying planes!!!"

Not true. What he said was that he felt that people were being hired in too many areas based on skin colour and gender, instead of merit. And that because of this, it caused him to doubt the suitability of people hired for jobs who were black. This was a dig at hiring practices rather than saying black people shouldnt or couldnt do high talent jobs.

Charlie Kirk said a lot of dumb shit over the years, so I have no idea why the internet decided it wanted to make some things he said sound worse by taking them out of context. But here we are.

The truth is that Charlie Kirk was a right wing populist. He advocated for limited government and individual liberty, which is inconsistent with the idea of being a nazi. He also never said that immigrants should be put to death. He was nationalistic, rather than xenophobic, and was against multiculturism rather than the extermination of other cultures. Another distinction that moves him away from "nazi". No matter how you look at it, he was a right wing populist, not a fascist(The internets new favourite word).

Telling the truth about him, doesnt make him a good guy. But lying about him, sure fucking makes it look like youre trying to make him look like a bad guy. Let the truth speak for itself, and stop trying to force the narrative. Im 100% sure people will still arrive at the same conclusion about the man when presented with the truth alone.