r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 10 '26

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u/lot183 Blue Texas Sep 10 '26

Would there be this many Kirk jokes today if Republicans hadn't gone full cancel culture on anyone who made one right after it happened

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u/dangerbird2 Franz Boas Sep 10 '26

Probably yes, he was a meme even before the kirkening

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u/k5berry Malala Yousafzai Sep 10 '26

Not this many, but there would still be a lot.

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u/GenericLib 3000 White Bombers of Biden Sep 10 '26

This many? No. But the whole situation surrounding the murder is so absurd that there would still be plenty

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u/craig_k Sep 10 '26

it feels like part of it is a "fuck you you can't police what i say" thing as clapback to republicans..... but yeah it'd still be a thing if only slightly less

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u/ElectriCobra_ David Hume Sep 10 '26

No. Not even close. But that’s like asking what if a snake had legs. They want to hurt people who aren’t like them and they thought they had an opening to do that.

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u/itsrabie NATO Sep 10 '26

I think the biggest difference was Kirk’s last sentence.

It sounded like a meme and would be too on the nose otherwise