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“Erika Kirk will continue his legacy, and will be a fearless advocate for the most elite airpower force in the history of the world whose warriors keep our nation safe, strong and free.”

Do you think Erika Kirk could even describe to you how airplanes fly with a basic grade school explanation?

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[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago

Implying that a woman has obtained a position of power by performing a sex act is misogynist. Implying that Erika Kirk obtained her new position by performing a sex act distracts from the actual facts: she's using her husband's death and influence to obtain power. I appreciate the nuance you're trying to bring to the conversation, but you're sort of falling into the trap the original commenter laid - you're letting yourself get distracted from the fact that Erika Kirk is terrible because she's an evil human being, not because she's a woman who may or may not perform sex acts.