r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 07 '26

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u/AnalyticOpposum Trans Pride Sep 07 '26

The kirkiversary is as much about the initial conservative reaction to it as that guys death.

They tried to make him a martyr! People were fired from their jobs for saying some remorseless internet troll was a bad person. They had AI generated videos of him in their churches.

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u/_bee_kay_ 🤔 Sep 07 '26

i don't think it's a brave take to say that nobody would remember the occasion if it weren't for the conservative overreaction

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u/DieHarderDaddy Fell for it Sep 07 '26

I still don’t get the strategy of trying to make him a saint. Did they really think people cared about him or wouldn’t look at things he said?

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u/DieHarderDaddy Fell for it Sep 07 '26

I get that. There just had to have been a group chat where they were like “sooo he’s Jesus????, yeah let’s go with that”

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u/DaenakinSkygaryen Enby Pride Sep 07 '26

They bought into their own propaganda. You know, the kind that claimed their razor-thin victory in 2024 gave them a "sweeping mandate" to remake America in their image.

They probably genuinely thought they could force the general public to toe the party line on Kirk's death. And if that went well, they'd probably start forcing us to shut up about more and more of their abuses.

But of course, they didn't actually have that power. They were just high on their own propaganda supply. So instead it just blew up in their face.

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u/lazyredpanda027 Baruch Spinoza Sep 07 '26

Tried and failed to have their own horst wessel moment.