• Conservative activist Charlie Kirk has died after being been shot at a campus event in Utah, says President Trump

  • Kirk - an influential ally of the president - was known for holding open-air debates on campuses across the country

  • “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,” writes Trump. “No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie”

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    2 days ago

    Certainly, they will be taking full advantage of the situation to strategically strip people of their rights and hurt anyone that doesn’t fit in their world order. This specific situation is going to unleash an even bigger wave of authoritarianism, and you won’t find me arguing otherwise.

    I suppose it was just a bit of an unexpected of a tone shift, going from a joking sarcastic comment to your reply that is dead serious about the actual consequences we’re staring at.