I’m not eulogizing Kirk at all. The guy got famous by spreading hate and lies. I’m not denying that he had a negative influence, nor am i saying that we have to tolerate this.
But being a hateful lying asshole doesn’t mean that a person needs to be just that (they can be a loving father at the same time, for example), nor that they don’t have the potential for change.
In addition i am convinced that violence will lead to more violence. I’m not saying that we shouldn’t speak up and fight against fascism. But by escalating the situation through violence we are justifying their view of the left as bad people.
For both of these reasons i am not celebrating this murder, but i condemn it.
You don’t make progress by eulogizing someone who spent their life justifying violence against marginalized people.
His family can confront the hours of evidence he was a piece of shit and the families of the victims whose killers were motivated by his lies.
I’m not eulogizing Kirk at all. The guy got famous by spreading hate and lies. I’m not denying that he had a negative influence, nor am i saying that we have to tolerate this.
But being a hateful lying asshole doesn’t mean that a person needs to be just that (they can be a loving father at the same time, for example), nor that they don’t have the potential for change.
In addition i am convinced that violence will lead to more violence. I’m not saying that we shouldn’t speak up and fight against fascism. But by escalating the situation through violence we are justifying their view of the left as bad people.
For both of these reasons i am not celebrating this murder, but i condemn it.