MAGA talks often about FAFO. It's their favorite thing to talk about, if you mess around you're going to get messed up. There is a thread here, from the "rivals" days called 'if you come at the king, you better not miss.' In the same way, I feel like this execution of Charlie Kirk is a great example of FAFO.
I'll start with a disclaimer: The fact that Charlie Kirk was executed is DEVESTATING, not ok, and his widowed wife and poor children are suffering in ways that we can't imagine. It's not ok. It should never have happened.
BUT:
- Charlie Kirk often said that Transgender people shouldn't at best and 'don't' at worst exist
- Charlie Kirk is on record saying that black people 'didn't have it that bad during slavery.'
- Charlie Kirk is on record for being a 'Christian Nationalist.'
- Charlie Kirk is on record arguing that the ramifications of defending the second ammendment is 'gun deaths.' It something you have to live with if you support it.
- Charlie Kirk is on record that marriage SHOULD be and ONLY is between a man and a woman.
- There are so many other examples of his reductive and hateful philosophy that I can't name here.
- Charlie Kirk is smart, eloquent, and argued his points with kindness and was open to debate
To the thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people in the United States, who view these points differently, this is oppressive to them. To the:
- interracial liberal couple adopting a black child
- the American couple that isn't Christian or adheres to another faith that wants to start a family/has a family
- the transgender male married to a white hetero female wanting to start a family
- the transgender community in general who just want to exist
- the black community whose ancestors were slaves
- the gay couple who adopted children
- the myriad of other, sane, healthy, non WASP americans just trying to make it
all felt like his rhetoric was incredibly offensive, oppressive, and hateful. No matter how kind he was, or eloquent, or smart, or open for debate. He was regressive in all of these red blooded American hearts and minds, and no matter how 'kind' he was in his rhetoric, it swayed 10's of thousands of minds, mostly white and young, to his rhetoric.
Does that make his assassination ok? Absolutely not. But does it make liberals/those left of center/democrats evil? full of violence? Demons? HELL NO.
Whoever did this was not of their right mind, regardless of their political leanings.
But in no way shape or form, did his values or rhetoric define or embody the majority of America. It embodied the MAGA rhetoric and narrative. He's not at fault for his execution, it should never have happened, but he sure FAFO because of his rhetoric.
I'll start with a disclaimer: The fact that Charlie Kirk was executed is DEVESTATING, not ok, and his widowed wife and poor children are suffering in ways that we can't imagine. It's not ok. It should never have happened.
BUT:
- Charlie Kirk often said that Transgender people shouldn't at best and 'don't' at worst exist
- Charlie Kirk is on record saying that black people 'didn't have it that bad during slavery.'
- Charlie Kirk is on record for being a 'Christian Nationalist.'
- Charlie Kirk is on record arguing that the ramifications of defending the second ammendment is 'gun deaths.' It something you have to live with if you support it.
- Charlie Kirk is on record that marriage SHOULD be and ONLY is between a man and a woman.
- There are so many other examples of his reductive and hateful philosophy that I can't name here.
- Charlie Kirk is smart, eloquent, and argued his points with kindness and was open to debate
To the thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people in the United States, who view these points differently, this is oppressive to them. To the:
- interracial liberal couple adopting a black child
- the American couple that isn't Christian or adheres to another faith that wants to start a family/has a family
- the transgender male married to a white hetero female wanting to start a family
- the transgender community in general who just want to exist
- the black community whose ancestors were slaves
- the gay couple who adopted children
- the myriad of other, sane, healthy, non WASP americans just trying to make it
all felt like his rhetoric was incredibly offensive, oppressive, and hateful. No matter how kind he was, or eloquent, or smart, or open for debate. He was regressive in all of these red blooded American hearts and minds, and no matter how 'kind' he was in his rhetoric, it swayed 10's of thousands of minds, mostly white and young, to his rhetoric.
Does that make his assassination ok? Absolutely not. But does it make liberals/those left of center/democrats evil? full of violence? Demons? HELL NO.
Whoever did this was not of their right mind, regardless of their political leanings.
But in no way shape or form, did his values or rhetoric define or embody the majority of America. It embodied the MAGA rhetoric and narrative. He's not at fault for his execution, it should never have happened, but he sure FAFO because of his rhetoric.