Right-wing lawmakers pushed for a tribute to the U.S. conservative influencer who was shot dead.

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Thursday rejected a bid by right-wing factions to hold a minute of silence for slain U.S. conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.

The initiative was first proposed by Charlie Weimers, an MEP from the right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), as a symbolic measure “to declare that our right to freedom of speech cannot be extinguished,” according to an email chain with dozens of MEPs that was seen by POLITICO.

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[–] 127 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Why should they hold a moment of silence? Kirk wasn't a US official.

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  • [–] 119 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Did they hold a moment of silence when that minnesota dem senator was killed? Honestly curious if there is even precedent for them doing it even for a politician.

    I'm sure they don't hold a moment of silence every time someone in the US dies of gun violence, since they would never be able to speak...

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  • [–] 78 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Exactly... Kirk was literally indoctrinating children into a hateful, murderous ideology. All of this praise is sickening.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago

    Find the praise, find the sickos.

    Only a dead Nazi is a good Nazi.
    And that is more than just a slogan.
    In my mind it stems from the realization that those who don't honour the social contract forfeit any protection granted by it.
    Take it or leave it, but don't cherry-pick.
    If you hate on people and want them dead, well, guess what other people may think of your right to live?

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    he wasn't elected, he wasn't important, and after he was killed, most search traffic was asking who the fuck he was. Now he's being formed into a martyr for the Nazis.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Wait, really? Nobody knew him? I guess it makes sense: everyone knows the song but nobody knows the singer. Only in this case it's not a song, it's propaganda and indoctrination. Like how if Christopher Rufo kicked the bucket, few would know he literally invented the CRT scare.

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