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Someone please πŸ™ make a remix.

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[–] Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world 158 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The comments are unhinged. "Cut off funding to the EU!"

How utterly and hilariously disconnected from reality.

[–] Unpeeled3828@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

That's the Forbes Breaking News channel. That is a serious insane channel that probably attracts a lot of insane people.

[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 121 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Why would the EU, a completely separate sovereign group of nations, mourn for some American christofascist? I'd be supremely disappointed in them if they did.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Instead of wondering why Kirk matters, we should be asking who put this notion forward. Kirk must have inspired some love from christo-fascists in Europe. Maybe we should be looking at them.

[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 113 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

WTF did he contribute to Europe to even consider this?

He (indirectly) contributed that Europe will possibly have another war after 80 years of peace.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 31 points 3 weeks ago

Other than making nazism globally mainstream again?

[–] LePoisson@lemmy.world 40 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I took a look at the transcript, and surprisingly it did a good job spitting out the German (I think?). Ran it through google translate because I don't speak the language.

Anyways, the woman speaking is saying that the request for a moment of silence was already rejected by the President so that's why she keeps going.

Dude was trying to ignore the ruling that was already issued on his request and go outside of the procedural rules.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah this is the one thing pissing me off about how I'm seeing it summarized on the Other Site and elsewhere. There's a lot of outlets making it look like there was scheduled to be a minute of silence, but a bunch of obnoxious disrespectful leftists kept talking during it.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago

Christ YouTube is such a sewer. Its like the commenters all have channels now.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It cannot be overstated how pathetic YouTube commenters are.

[–] Naich@lemmings.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have no idea what this reference is

[–] Naich@lemmings.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The many comments under that video that say "noted EU... Noted". I don't know about you, but I'm scared.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] Serpent@feddit.uk 5 points 3 weeks ago

Noted TrickDacey... Noted

[–] Korne127@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

The reference is that many, as you say, pathetic YouTube commenters write pathetic stuff like "noted EU… noted" in an attempt to say how mad they are and that this will have bad consequences. Because you ridiculed such commenters, @Naich@lemmings.world referenced it but using your nickname instead of EU.

[–] BetaDoggo_@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago

There are a lot of suspiciously similar comments on that video

[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I farted loudly for around 40 seconds (with occasional pauses) while reading about his death on lemmy; does that count?

Respects paid.

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Gods. That level of bloating sounds really uncomfortable. Are you alright?

[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, the intestinal flora had some unusual reaction to something I ate yesterday, I suppose.

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 5 points 3 weeks ago

Hope you’ll recover swiftly.

[–] DioramaOfShit@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Unfortunately no ot doesn't count but still very impressive.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago

Kirk in and of himself doesn't justify any of the attention that this is getting.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Holy fuck the people in the comments are literally mentally deficient.

[–] don@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago

I have seen a few heroes clap back really well at the republican degenerates, but you’re not lying. Irreparably mentally fucked. Deport β€˜em to North Korea.

[–] Slotos@feddit.nl 11 points 3 weeks ago

One of the comments claims he’s a victim of hate crime like George Floyd, because there were β€žanti-fascist engravings on bullets”.

Stop the Earth, I’m disembarking!

[–] Unpeeled3828@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/us/eu-parliament-charlie-kirk-moment-of-silence.html

Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary called Mr. Kirk β€œa true defender of faith and freedom.”

The Europe of Sovereign Nations Group, a far-right political group, moved to nominate Mr. Kirk for the Sakharov Prize, a tribute for human rights work.

Europe is so fucked.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You do know that Hungary is NOT Europe?

It's a country in Europe run by a Putin supported dictator

Also, as you can see in the headline, or am suggested it and Europe said "No"

There are a lot of problems going on in Europe, this ain't one of them

[–] Unpeeled3828@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Not Europe? So Patriots for Europe is not an European political alliance that in many ways tries to mirror MAGA? You say Putin personally I see Trumps America, The Heritage Foundation as a bigger threat

Well Hungary is fucked, and the Sovereign Nations Group is a bullshit populist right wing group that has <4% of the vote ... I'd say we're still all right, but you know how it is. Gotta vote against the Nazis

[–] Ron@zegheteens.nl 5 points 3 weeks ago

He is the one who said that empathy is for the weak.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Why does it always look like someone photoshopped his face to 50% size?

Aw man, it's just an administrative no. They can still request one.