Karen Attiah: “The Washington Post Fired Me”
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Former Washington Post opinion columnist Karen Attiah this morning on Bluesky: “I’ve been fired from the Washington Po

She made only one direct reference to Kirk, quoting his own words:

“Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person’s slot”. - Charlie Kirk

  • quacky@lemmy.world
    351·
    13 hours ago

    Condolences to Karen for the BS firing. On the topic of “shit charlie says”, here’s his wikiquote entry. (https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charlie_Kirk) I love going on wikiquote because it acts as a summary of texts & thinkers that I don’t have the time to read. I say this because normally wikiquote is full of very aspirational quotes, but Charlie’s is very abysmal AND it’s recent too! These aren’t old quotes. These are from as early as this year. His anti-feminist quote (“Reject feminism. Submit to your husband, Taylor. You’re not in charge.”) was uttered in 2025. His anti-black and anti-civil rights comments were made last year in 2024. ("I’m sorry, if I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like, “Boy, I hope he’s qualified.” January 2024.)

    • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 hours ago

      Also,

      Kirk said, “If we would have said that Joy Reid and Michelle Obama and Sheila Jackson Lee and Ketanji Brown Jackson were affirmative action picks, we would have been called racists. Now they’re coming out and they’re saying it for us. They’re coming out and they’re saying, ‘I’m only here because of affirmative action.’ We know. You do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously. You had to go steal a white person’s slot to go be taken somewhat seriously.”