52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago“THIS IS WAR”: Some right-wing figures call for retribution following Kirk killingwww.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1352arrow-down114
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minus-squareEmpathicVagrant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·5 days ago2/4 of the people I talked to yesterday had no idea who he was, so not as big to folks who don’t end up seeing the full stage.
minus-squarehector@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 days agoI only knew of him as some right wing edgelord troll type until a month ago or so. Never saw him speak.
minus-square52fighters@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoGiven that the reaction from media on the left also shows a very different reaction Kirk vs. Hortman, I think your estimation of the difference between the two is not reflective of what’ll be the final reaction to these two events.
2/4 of the people I talked to yesterday had no idea who he was, so not as big to folks who don’t end up seeing the full stage.
I only knew of him as some right wing edgelord troll type until a month ago or so. Never saw him speak.
Given that the reaction from media on the left also shows a very different reaction Kirk vs. Hortman, I think your estimation of the difference between the two is not reflective of what’ll be the final reaction to these two events.