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[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 60 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Kirk repeatedly spread misinformation surrounding the death of George Floyd, who experts say died from an officer applying their knee to his neck. Instead, Kirk, who is not a medical examiner and did not examine Floyd's body, said his death was caused by "overdose."

Do we know for a fact that Charlie didn't die from an overdose?

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 34 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Sucked off one too many guns, maybe.

[–] stormeuh@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Of the rapid-onset variety I think

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 weeks ago

I said this a few days ago and we need to 100% gaslight the right.

  • It was AI. Blood doesn't spurt that way, especially for a hetero man
  • He was talking about gun control right before he got "shot"? Doesn't that seem suspicious to you?
  • Trump is having him guard the Epstein files. Once he releases them, Charlie will be able to talk about the woke Democrats.

Honestly, all of these things are plausible to be true, especially in the rights post-truth world. Alternative facts, if you will.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 47 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not saying it was a false flag. I'm saying that if we find out later on that it was a false flag, I will not be the least bit surprised.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 24 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I don't think it was a false flag.

  1. They were going to enact whatever they intended to anyway.

  2. I can't think of a person more deserving of being that target.

  3. He didn't wield any actual power.

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 20 points 2 weeks ago

I can't think of a person more deserving of being that target.

Literally all other Republicans?

He didn't wield any actual power.

That is the point, he was completely expendable.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 11 points 2 weeks ago

Fascists always needs to manufacture outrage to enact their plans because their plans are always bonkers nonsense that the majority of humans naturally oppose.

Kirk was generic and entirely expendable.

There's no strong evidence yet that it was a false flag, but it's reasonable to point out that's a possibility.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You really can't think of anyone else?

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

I maybe should have clarified to have died in this specific way.

[–] ATPA9@feddit.org 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Man, hitler was around 45 when he came to power. Trump is allmost old enough to be born when Hitler still was in power. Are they really builing their empire on an old ass dipshit with the runnerup having the charisma of an ingrown toenail?

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago

Incompetence. Luck. Etc.

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago

not much of a conspiracy dude but it makes so much sense especially given they somehow cant find the guy lol

[–] Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 weeks ago

I am not surprised that a person wishing death to so many people (lgptq+) gets shot..

You can’t just threaten to kill and not expect to be shot in a country with no real gun control…

[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago

Shh if you tell people they'll know!

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, the Reichstag is burning.

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's actually the second thing I thought: he was sacrificed at the demonic altar of American fascism. Our only hope ("our" meaning humanity as a whole), from my POV, is that America and Western Europe as a whole collapse internally so the rest of the world can rebuild knowing full well this morally relativistic, sociopathically selfish, hedonistic and consumerist half-baked set of ideas we call "Western culture" (which has reached it's logical conclusion in the US, ofc) is in opposition to the survival and eudaimonia of the human race. But I guess we really needed to get burned time and time again to understand fire is hot? 😔

[–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

He's currently living the high life on some far away luxury island ✝️🙏