My mum spoke to me shortly after it was announced that he’d died and I kinda was like “okay, feel bad for this children who had to witness it, can’t say I can sympathise with him though he was hardly a saint himself” and my mum was like “he spoke out against the woke people” over and over
I told her he literally said little kids dying in school shootings is worth it so people can have guns. he said empathy doesn’t exist and he doesn’t have empathy for kids being killed. He ridiculed disabled people in his circles. That he advocated for the genocide in Gaza by supporting Israel’s actions.
Then she was like “no no no you got it all wrong he was giving a speech when someone asked him if more people die from gang shootings or school shootings, then he was shot” even though the thing I was talking about was from 2023. He’s a man in a position of power and authority and influence over others, it’s a bit different from “just having a different opinion”.
She ended up getting pissed off at me and blanking me after that but I don’t care. I guess me caring more about kids dying than guns makes me officially “woke” now but so be it. I’ll stand by the fact I can’t find anything redeemable about this man or any reason to sympathise with him
People can have different political views than you- even views you know are wrong and abhorrent- and still be good people. In fact, in today’s political and social media environment its remarkably easy to end up being radicalized one way or another. I know you’re not asking for advice but I think it’s worth expressing to your mom that you love her regardless of politics. You don’t have to agree with her views or even accept them, but I don’t think it’s worth damaging your relationship with her over a political disagreement.
“All those people on the right baying for the blood and/or subjugation of queer, trans, and non-white people are good folks if you just look past their vile and hateful rhetoric.”
Enlightened centrist bullshit.
Bullshit. You absolutely can quit your family if they are harmful to your wellbeing.
Kirk said that it’s good if people get shot. Kirk said that empathy is a bad thing.
Kirk can suck my fucking cock. No empathy for those who don’t have empathy.
That is NOT what Kirk said for the record, he said it was a bad thing but the lesser of two evils.