cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/36023983

by Nehemiah Frank and Ezekiel J. Walker
Sep 11, 2025

He also attacked civil rights leaders and the laws that reshaped the nation. “Clarence Thomas was a far better black role model to celebrate than Martin Luther King. Period. End of story. This guy is not worthy of a national holiday,” Kirk said.

At Turning Point USA’s America Fest in 2023, he went further: “MLK was awful. … We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s.”

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    Kirk frequently cast doubt on the qualifications of Black professionals. “If I see a black pilot, I’m gonna be like, boy, I hope he’s qualified,” he once said.

    Holy shit

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    The guy that believed that gay people should be stoned to death. That the civil rights movement was “a huge mistake”. The guy who advocated men should physically attack transgender people and that all women should submit to their husbands… the guy who believed Americans should be able to whip immigrants? This guy is a piece of work from the stone age that has infected millions of people with his bullshit. He lived by the stupid and died by the stupid. Probably a false flag operation. I wonder what if any thoughts went through his mind in those 30 seconds.

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    By hosting far-right and white supremacist figures, Charlie Kirk helped normalize ideas once relegated to America’s political margins. Those choices blurred boundaries between mainstream conservatism and extremist ideologies. They offered legitimacy to voices attacking immigrants, Black communities, and LGBTQ people. His framing of affirmative action and Juneteenth fueled policy debates on education, civil rights, and diversity rollbacks.

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    Probably the best piece I’ve read in the last day on this.

    It’s easy to get caught up in the Toilet Paper USA logic memes format but the originals were often hella fuckin racist, and millions of people were influenced by them.