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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

Trump posthumously awards Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom

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Trump posthumously awards Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago
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Trump hailed the Turning Point USA founder "a beloved leader who galvanized the next generation" and an "extraordinary champion."
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  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca
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    Everything about Kirk’s death is performative and self-serving. Even from his widow. And I hate saying that, but it’s true.

    All the way back to the first so-called “memorial” whose poster included 3-people, (Vance, Trump, and Kirk’s widow) and literally no photo of Kirk himself…on a poster for HIS goddamn memorial. We all know that turned into nothing more than a MAGA rally, and from there nothing has changed.

    • KelvarCherry@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      don’t hate saying that - it’s so abundantly absurd, and deserves to be called out. The whole video Erika took is self-centered and just plain weird. I can’t say it was a loveless marriage, but she certainly wasn’t grieving his death.

  • myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip
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    Welcome to America! Where a convicted felon, pedophile and reality tv “star” is president and we worship racist, bigoted podcasters.

    Just so much winning!

    • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Anything to draw the attention away from the Epstein files.

  • _stranger_@lemmy.world
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    I like both interpretations of posthumously in this sentence, but I like the other one better.

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    Does the medal look like a target?

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    “But some of his comments on gun violence, LGBTQ issues, race and more often drew criticism from liberals and others.”

    So understated lol

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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      “Some say killin’s too good for him.”

  • stinky@redlemmy.com
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    I guarantee the military will not support him in the event of an uprising. What a tonedeaf way to lead people you’ll need support from.

    • LowtierComputer@lemmy.world
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      I guarantee much of the military will.

      • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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        I’m would imagine that having all the generals and admirals in one place where they can talk directly to each other, and pissing them off with the reason you committed such an egregious breach of opsec isn’t the best move he could have made. I’m pretty sure that our military leaders just got all the opportunity they needed to completely undermine the administration at every turn.

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    Assholes of the earth.

  • Lemminary@lemmy.world
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    Freedumb

  • merdaverse@lemmy.zip
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    The real freedom is the one we got from CK’s nonsense

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst-Wessel-Lied

    Horst Wessel was a Nazi street fighter of no great distinction. He died in a brawl with some other thugs his landlady had hired.

    Because his death played into Party propaganda, he was posthumously raised to secular sainthood. The ballad of his death became a favorite Nazi marching song.

    • WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca
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      While you’re drawing parallels, remind everyone how to stop Nazis.

      • mvlad88@lemmy.world
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        *stomp

      • DagwoodIII@piefed.social
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        In WW2 all sorts of different people put aside their differences and united. They might have thought that Winston Churchill was a bastard, but he was the one that had the best chance of stopping Hitler.

        Getting behind the people who already had an organization was how they stopped the Nazis.

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          You might be leaving out one significant person and country in stopping the Nazis.

          it is the Russian Armies who have done the main work in tearing the guts out of the German army – Winston Churchill

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        Remind us 🙏 (tell me for the first time)

        • saimen@feddit.org
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          By killing them until their leader kills himself.

          (Not inciting violoence, just stating history facts)

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            Fair

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      He died in a brawl

      Unless I’m misremembering something, he was shot in the face when he opened his apartment door.

      late recall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Wessel Yeah, shot at his door.

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        He brawled with the shotgun shell, and lost.

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          So just like Carotid Artery Charlie, he lost the gun debate the hard way

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        deleted by creator

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      If the Germans get wind of this, those plagiarism charges will most certainly nail them to the cross.

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        Absolutely love this response! LOL

    • Gammelfisch@lemmy.world
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      The brown shirt loser was overdue on his rent payment and the landlord asked some locals to help him/her out. Well, the locals were communist party members and they really took it out on him.

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        Communist… landlord enforcers? 🙃

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          Are you suggesting that the Nazis’ characterisation of someone may have been exaggerated to serve their purposes?

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        That’s one way to serve an eviction…

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      I figured this whole thing had legs, like the Wessel story. Appears our attention span is too short to give a shit about a murdered fascist.

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    The freedom to be an asshole, specifically.

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    At this point the presidential medal of freedom is worth less then the paper crown you get at Burger King.

    • Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works
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      Arguably, you have more freedom at BK because you can have it your way.

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        Happy cake day!

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    He can wear it from his neck piercing.

  • PattyMcB@lemmy.world
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    Ehh… worthless award anymore after he bastardized it already

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    Will they also introduce a song about him, like Horst Wessel got?

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