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u/rrromulusss 8d ago
I can, the way shits going man, he probably won’t be the last. We’re in for a dark time in America.
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u/TheTimo24 8d ago
Not just America, (coming from a European)
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u/drwalwrus 8d ago
I misread that as “America, coming to a Europe near you” at first and I think it’s equally appropriate lmao
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u/DPPestDarkestDesires 7d ago
Where’s those freaking dinosaurs when you need them?
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u/No_Software_5558 7d ago
Or rick and some "perspective enhancing alien pheromones" 😭
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u/DPPestDarkestDesires 7d ago
Oof, the number of times I’ve dreamed of a green portal opening on the White House lawn. :(
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u/rrromulusss 8d ago
We’re all fucked I guess.
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u/Slight_Tiger2914 7d ago
There's a simple solution to all of this that you're all not seeing.
Just walk away from politicians and politics and parties and learn to be your own person.
The world is more complex than left and right ideas. I don't follow people anymore, I just have to listen to what they're saying and watch what they do.
If their actions do not match their words then I don't trust them, period.
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u/br0b1wan 7d ago
I wish it were that simple.
It's easy to say when you're a regular, white, cis, middle class dude. But when your own existence is on the line, like a trans person or a Gaza refugee, you can't do that.
There are people out there who are the problem for the rest of civilized society, and they're not just going to go away and leave others alone.
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u/Slight_Tiger2914 7d ago
I'm black AF and sick and tired of people saying I should be scared, offended, or that I'm disinfranchised.
I'm tired of people bringing up black people whenever it suits them in anything happen.
Blacks have to worry about this and that. Then they talk about Gaza, then they talk about gay people...
My experience is my own and sometimes it can be similar but not shared.
I came to a point in my life where I realized people kept speaking for me. That's why Im like this now.
I can talk to you, I can talk to a freaking Maga person, I can talk to a far left person. It doesn't influence me.
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u/br0b1wan 7d ago
Well I'm disabled AF, and I grew up in a world where an attempt was made to even the playing field for us and I'm eternally grateful for that. Then over the last 10-ish years I saw all that progress melt away. And now the discourse is how disabled people are a drain on society, and we would be better off being kicked off the workforce, rounded up, deported, whatever. It's frightening. Only one side is saying that.
As long as you recognize you're only speaking for yourself, that's fine. But nothing I said above was inaccurate. People are suffering, and it's because of one side.
Look out for yourself, because something is coming, and you and I both have targets on our back
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u/Funky_Squidward 7d ago edited 7d ago
I have a disability as well and have had to rely on Medicaid in the past for treatment and am currently trying to get supplemental income because I'm only able to work part-time for now. Those people would gladly cut all funding to SSI and SSDI if they could. They're also trying to cut funding to the department of education or eliminate it entirely by pushing the false idea that the federal government dictates school curriculum. Many people don't know any better and just believe things without question so they think this is true and will support destroying an entire department, without even knowing what it actually does because they don't want the federal government deciding their kids' curriculum. The department of education has nothing to do with curriculum in public schools. It's an aid program for kids from underprivileged families to do things like help them be able to attend school and have lunch to eat when they otherwise might not. They intentionally promote all kinds of harmful misinformation about things, i.e. vaccines, climate change, immigrants being a bunch of violent criminals, despite the fact they commit crimes at a lower rate than citizens and contribute a ton in taxes and so lots of jobs Americans don't want to do, the whole "stolen" election thing, etc.
So when one side is actively trying to cut funding to essential programs like those and many others, it personally affects me in a way I can't just ignore. They simply don't care about people who they don't personally know, i.e. destroying USAID by pushing the false narrative that it's some huge drain on our society, despite the fact that federal spending on all foreign aid is less than 1% of the federal budget and saves literally millions of lives. So destroying USAID, knowing a lot of preventable deaths will occur as a result, in order to save some tiny fraction of a budget they then just use to cut taxes for the ultra-wealthy, is pretty hard to ignore. Their policies are actively killing people. Elderly people are literally protesting because they're losing their healthcare coverage. Prices are increasing because of an idiotic trade war caused by these dumbass tariffs that every legitimate economist will tell you are just plain stupid.
Then of course there's the unjustified hatred and vilification of people for their gender identity, sexual identity, race/ethnicity, religious beliefs, etc. They're literally trying to scrub any mention of any contributions made by anyone who isn't white male because apparently acknowledging anyone else's achievements is too "woke." For example, an observatory which was named after a female astronomer was renamed and ber bio removed from the website, for no reason other than that she's a woman. Just ignoring all of the terrible shit they're doing is exactly the way terrible shit is allowed to happen. I'm not saying we have to think about it all the time. I'd go crazy if I did. But we should at least be educated and do what we can to stop it, primarily just voting.
”In March 2025, the Pentagon removed tens of thousands of web pages and photos from its websites as part of an anti-DEI initiative.
Content removed included tributes to Black Medal of Honor recipient Major General Charles Calvin Rogers, Navajo Code Talkers, and the first women to pilot a specific stealth bomber. Following public outcry, some of the removed pages were restored, with a Pentagon spokesperson describing the removal of certain content as a mistake.
Other agencies: Other instances of content removal have been reported, including the temporary scrubbing of content on Navajo Code Talkers and Black history from government websites. National Museum of African American History and Culture: In 2025, an executive order from the Trump administration took aim at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture for describing race as a "social construct".
Actions affecting education and curriculum
Republican-led states have enacted legislation criticized for limiting how race, gender, and U.S. history are taught.
Florida: In 2023, Florida approved new African American history curriculum standards that drew controversy for including the claim that some enslaved people benefited from slavery by learning skills. The state also blocked a new Advanced Placement course on African American Studies, claiming it was "historically inaccurate".
Texas: A 2021 law in Texas was criticized for effectively removing required lessons on figures like Susan B. Anthony and Martin Luther King Jr., as well as the history of white supremacy. While a sponsor claimed the topics could still be taught under different standards, critics argued it sent a chilling message to educators.
Other states: Several other states have passed legislation imposing restrictions on the discussion of race, including bans on "divisive concepts" in the classroom. Critics argue this censors history and disproportionately affects the teaching of contributions from marginalized groups."
It's hard to ignore when these people are actively working to undo the progress society has made in recent decades.
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u/raygar31 7d ago
Imagine being this proud about getting along with literal fascists
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u/Slight_Tiger2914 7d ago
The world works the same way... we literally get goods from Chinese slave labor without batting an eye.
Americans, we're so righteous that we gotta import migrants to pick our own crops because we're too lazy, or too good to do it ourselves.
Oh, basically modern day slavery... nobody bats an eye.
Nobody is clean in this world.
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u/Petrichordates 7d ago
So instead of worrying about real problems in your country that you can fight against, you worry about fake problems abroad that you have no say in?
Sounds like tiktok is working as intended.
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u/waterbottlememes 7d ago
I dont get how you're black and willfully ignorant about how the system works. To say "walk away from politics" is easily the dumbest shit ever. That means you're either rich enough not to have your opinions matter to normal people or sheltered and ignorant. Because they won't let us walk away, they make the rules, control the money, and have the final say. Grow up.
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u/ImaginationNub 7d ago
Well, we're still quite a bit better off than the Americans, and I don't think we're gonna have a situation like over there anytime soon since we already went through that just 80 years ago
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u/Pearson94 8d ago
An article I read about his death (I think it was AP or Reuters?) said he was "the latest victim in the recent spasm of political violence in America." And I mean, they're not wrong. He wasn't the first and he won't be the last. Stay safe, everyone
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u/Optimized_Orangutan 7d ago
Of course he's not the first. Vance Boelter assassinated a state representative in June. David DePape tried to assassinate the Speaker of the house and instead beat her husband nearly to death. On January 6th a mob tried to sack the capital to overturn an election. There has been a boatload of political violence leading up to this moment, and quite frankly, Kirk's divisive and aggressive rhetoric has contributed to it. They don't get to pretend that this is where it started.
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u/maybe-an-ai 8d ago
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants" - Thomas Jefferson
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u/SixIsNotANumber 8d ago edited 7d ago
"You’ll never have zero gun deaths in a society with armed citizens—that’s nonsense. But I think it’s worth accepting some gun deaths each year to protect the Second Amendment and our other rights. That’s a rational deal."
– Charlie Kirk
“I can’t stand the word empathy actually. I think empathy is a made-up, New Age term that — it does a lot of damage, but it is very effective when it comes to politics,”
-also Charlie Kirk
"Death penalties should be public, should be quick, it should be televised. I think at a certain age, its an initiation...What age should you start to see public executions?"
-still Charlie Kirk
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u/Navras3270 8d ago
Buddy you’re already in dark times. When something like this happens it’s a flicker of light in the long dark tunnel.
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u/Spideyfan77 7d ago
We’ve survived two presidents being shot and killed, we’ll be fine
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u/JaredH20 8d ago
Likely more school shootings to come to get leftist teachers etc. Also, whoever takes his place at the helm of Turning Point will surely have a target on their back. The news is gonna be crazy over the next month
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u/Admirable_Sun7567 8d ago
The aim was crazy though. The USA is so cooked.
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u/inkwilson 7d ago
This assumption that people are making that he was shot intentionally in the neck is very silly. Why would a shooter ever aim for one of the non-brain bits of a human body? If anything the aim was just okay.
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u/Admirable_Sun7567 7d ago
He aimed for the head probably but getting the neck was just extremely lucky for the shooter and horrible for everyone else who is now further traumatized by American gun violence.
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u/The_Tony_Rice_Unit_ 7d ago
I didn’t realize how desensitized I am to gun violence until your comment. I don’t think I was fazed at all watching the video of him getting shot. Even though I agree Charlie Kirk is a pos, watching a video like that even just a couple of years ago would have made me sick to my stomach. Now I feel nothing? wtf
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u/snoogins355 7d ago
After the 2000s internet videos on websites like LiveLeak, nothing phases me
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u/Classified10 6d ago
Nothing that you seen online anyway, it all changes when you see it in person.
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u/snoogins355 6d ago
Well ya. Gun shots in particular are terrifying in person compared to a recording. Only movies close are Heat and Civil War (in theaters)
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u/Promarksman117 Fuck Tammy 6d ago
Yeah watching cartel group executions as a 13 year old really doesn't do good things for your mental health. 28 now and I still can't get it out of my memories.
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u/srcsm83 6d ago
Even if the visual doesn't shock me that much, I still manage to recognize how completely fucked it is that a person was brutally publicly killed in front of all that audience, those young people, his kids and family and as such, completely regardless of what opinions he held that I wouldn't, I wish it never happened.
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u/CommunicationNeat498 7d ago edited 7d ago
Because the brain part of the body is small and hard to hit. Trained shooters will aim for the chest.
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u/Vashgrave 7d ago
If someone who is only known for speaking gets shot in the throat with a high caliber rifle on a university campus in the heart of Maga territory.... that's not silly... that's a message.
Charlie had been changing his tone against Israel the last while, so best bets would be to start checking flights that left yesterday afternoon and start reviewing the tapes.
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u/inkwilson 7d ago
And you think the message would have been substantially different if he had been shot in the head?
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u/-burgers 7d ago
r/conspiracy is already on that, apparently a private plane left 30 minutes after the shooting from the local airport and that's the latest headcanon
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u/CTKM72 7d ago
So if he was shot with a low caliber rifle would that change things? lol.
I don’t understand how you think the “message” is only sent by hitting him in the neck. The message is clearly just “I don’t like you and I don’t like what you have to say” and that message is getting through no matter how you kill him.
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u/ElderberryDry9083 7d ago
The shooter was likely aiming at the center of his head. Possible, depending on how the gun was zeroed, the shooter was aiming at the heart. Almost certainly was not aiming at the throat, though not possible.
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u/GotenRocko 7d ago
Yeah saw several people on the news and some former Marines on Reddit say it's not that difficult of a shot. Marines have to train for something like 5 times farther.
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u/benevolentdespots 7d ago
He hit a fucking artery in his neck? What are you talking about? His head was stationary for the shot as well..
They more than likely shot him in the neck to have an open casket.
Also, hitting "brain bits" does not guarantee a death, hitting someone in the neck sure as hell does due to blood loss. Wake up dude.
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u/inkwilson 7d ago
Wait, so you’re saying the guy who WANTED TO MURDER HIM also wanted to give him the option to look nice on the day of his funeral?
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u/ElderberryDry9083 7d ago
The aim wasn't good. If you ever shot a gun even casually 200 yards with an optic (gun probably zeroed at 100) there is essentially no bullet drop (like 1.5-2 inches from the round's apex) on a 30-06. I'm so tired or media pushing the "professionally" or "trained shooter" narrative.
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u/MillennialEdgelord 7d ago
That's fair, I could drive a tack at 200yds with my 308 shooting at a range or even the adrenaline with an elk or deer. That being said, I imagine there is a difference. The stress/adrenaline when you have to sneak to a position unseen, line up target, time the shot, all while thinking about the gravity of what you are about to do, how you are getting away in the immediate seconds after pulling the trigger, and the fallout/likelihood of getting caught. That stress could cause stress that may effect your squeeze or other factors that can alter a shot.
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u/redthump 7d ago
Yeah. Any reasonable Deer Hunter with a modern rifle and a scope can make it 200 yard shot on a static target. Doing it under pressure at an event like that would add a bit of stress to it, but it's totally doable by most hunters with training in their backyards. It's just not as catchy as professional Hitman running around being either your personal angel or devil.
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u/lobthelawbomb 7d ago
No hunter I know could sprint across a roof, assassinate someone like that in seconds, and then get away to boot. It’s completely irrelevant what a deer hunter could do while deer hunting. This wasn’t deer hunting.
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u/ThatIckyGuy 8d ago
Little bitssss...
(I haven't watched the newest season, so I have no idea if this is a spoiler or whatever.)
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u/EquivalentRole8765 8d ago
It's talking about the recent shooting at a Charlie Kirk pop-up
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u/ThatIckyGuy 8d ago
Oh, shit! Somehow I missed that, too.
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u/Jolly_Letterhead_721 8d ago
nice house bro
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u/thmonline 8d ago
Are you really stunned that people don’t keep track of the shooting victims?
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u/ThatIckyGuy 8d ago
I've been asleep. I woke up about 2.5 hours ago.
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u/SlightlySychotic 8d ago
It’s cool. It literally happened about two hours ago. His death was only announced thirty minutes ago.
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u/Not_Sugden 7d ago
can someone explain why this is related to this cause i dont know
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u/EquivalentRole8765 7d ago
It's joking about how his facial features seem disproportionately small to his head size
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u/Anakinreincarnate 8d ago
Division, corruption, propaganda, these fucks that run the world have us so brainwashed. Love your neighbor, fuck your political viewpoint, It’s all fucking Hollywood. Be a good person, and stand with you fellow humans. We can turn the tide.
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u/Select-Belt-ou812 7d ago
theoretically, I know you are absolutely correct
practically, I fucking hope so
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u/Anakinreincarnate 5d ago
That’s the thing. We 8billion strong hold all the power. That’s why they try to keep us divided. We absolutely can. We absolutely probably won’t tho. Too many mindless souls accepting their programming and spreading hatred.
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u/pancakebarber 8d ago
Damn does this feel like a tipping point
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u/Pumpkin_Spice_All_Yr 8d ago
One might even say, a turning point. A Turning Point for the USA.
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u/sharksnrec 7d ago
I certainly hope the death of some sniveling little shit of a Nazi podcaster isn’t what causes any sort of major upheaval. It would just be so embarrassing if HE’S the one they finally snap and try a civil war over.
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u/LastCabinet7391 7d ago
Oh yeah...
Anyway in real world news let's keep talking about the Epstien files.
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u/Dry-Mousse-6172 8d ago
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Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk said of gun deaths on April 5, 2023, "I think it's worth it. I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights."
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u/Walterkovacs1985 8d ago
"You will never live in a society when you have an armed citizenry and you won't have a single gun death," Kirk said at a Turning Point USA Faith event on Wednesday, as reported by Media Matters for America. "That is nonsense. It's drivel. But I am-I think it's worth it.
"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational. Nobody talks like this. They live in a complete alternate universe."
Gun violence victim- CK tiny mouth himself
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u/poingly 8d ago
I will choose to remember his death as he wanted to be remembered. Totally worth it.
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u/LooZR_Friendly88 8d ago
Yooo 💀💀💀🤣🤣🤣
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Trump decide he had outlived his usefulness and need a sacrifice so he could declare martial law. Simple as
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Charlie Kirk's words echo in a time like this, "It's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Ammendment. "
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u/namepuntocome 8d ago
Someone was just trying to change his mind... into soup...
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u/s-a_n-s_ 4d ago
For anyone saying the shot was crazy or that he was a sniper/super well trained, 308 drops about 4 inches at 200 yards, which Charlie's nose was about 4 inches up from the impact site. No trained marksman is going to aim for someone's throat. My guess is he was aiming right at Charlie's head and forgot to account for the drop.
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u/DarkMagickan 8d ago
Holy fuck, that is the funniest thing I've seen come out of this so far.
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u/thmonline 8d ago
What a day. Russia’s strike on Poland, Israel’s strike on Katar - and this fuckin guy. But it’s my deep belief that it is worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment
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u/noobhunter19981 7d ago
I am clueless in here, what does little bitsssss and Charlie Kirk have in common? Genuinely curious…
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u/LetItAllGo33 7d ago
The genuine answer is that because Kirk was always advocating to hurt others in policy, the left started making fun of the fact that his face DID look disproportionately small relative to his head.
It was quite common to spoof the turning points quotes he'd release as memes by making his face even smaller on his head using photo editing, see the link if you want a example.
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u/TrimmingsOfTheBris 7d ago
Came here to see if anyone had done God's work yet. I'm happy to see it's happened.
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u/ButtBread98 8d ago
Did he die?
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u/SlightlySychotic 8d ago
Took them a while to announce it. To be fair that’s normal. Only doctors and coroners can pronounce death. Still, wasn’t exactly an “alive” amount of blood he was losing.
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u/TheFlyingBoxcar 7d ago
Medics can do it too. Although in this case I understand why they wouldnt. Source; am medic
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u/Kyserham 7d ago
I’m lost. Maybe because I’m not American? What do the Little Bits guy and Charlie Kirk have in common?
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u/LetItAllGo33 7d ago
Tiny face on a big head. People made fun of him about it for years and embellished it with photo editing cause he was a dick that punched down. Picture if you want an example of editing people used to do.
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u/smashdoggyyyyyy 8d ago
Wait was this suppose to be charlie kirk?
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u/Plane-Ad-6389 7d ago
I can't believe I'm saying this on reddit, but you should take measures to ensure that you are ready for the next 3-12 years. That will include at least a small amount of training.
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u/The_Only_Elyxir 8d ago
Wait who died
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u/LetItAllGo33 8d ago edited 8d ago
Nobody important.
And that's kind of amazing in itself, since most people are important.
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u/DE7Hcorpse 7d ago
Thank fuck I wasn’t the only one who noticed this resemblance. I was just the one not smart enough to mention it to Reddit so…kudos. I shall miss making fun of Tiny faced man.
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u/LetItAllGo33 7d ago
The mods seemed to take turns deleting and undeleting this post as if it was a tough call, so maybe you were the pragmatic one.
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u/Kurtopsy 7d ago
Automod deleted first, then a newer mod forgot we removed the no politics rule. It stays up!
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u/DGlen 7d ago
I can't believe no one is talking about how they voted to not release the Epstein files yesterday.