• thericofactor@sh.itjust.works
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    18 days ago

    What strikes me is that suddenly reels in Facebook is flooded with Charlie Kirk debates. All of them where he is pretty decent, or debating people that can’t actually debate well at all. There was one with a queer person he traps into defining ‘queer’. The person couldn’t really answer.

    You can imagine the divisive comments, one group mourning him, saying we lost a genius philosopher and debater, the other hating on him, because of the hate he spread.

    The fact that the reels are pretty much all of him being relatively moderate, or against people that he can easily beat in a debate, the negative reactions towards Charlie will seem extra hateful to third parties that don’t actually know him or his more hateful side. The people criticizing him in the comments seem exaggerating , or way out of control.

    This is the exact tactic they used when he was alive. His videos all showed him when he was winning a debate, or giving a clever comeback. They never showed all the debates he lost when he debated someone articulate or more clever than himself.

    They say if you suppose you are of medium intelligence, that means that about 50% of people will be less intelligent than you. They are using these reels to manipulate the narrative of the majority of people. Nudging the collective minds of people towards a facist world view one reel at a time.

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        17 days ago

        The videos on his youtube channel are almost always full, uncut debates.

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      18 days ago

      Which makes me extra glad he is dead. Because he might have decided to get into politics and had a real shot at the presidency. Which would have been scary as hell. I even believe he could beat the hell out of Vance in a debate and would have won over the Maga crowd. Something Vance can’t do.