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New York sculptor spent $100,000 to make a Charlie Kirk statue no one wants to buy
(www.theguardian.com)
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I didn't like the guy okay. But honestly at this point some of the shit the right has done to him seems really disrespectful.
Like way beyond a leftist saying "charlie kirk was a racist, misogynistic grifter"
Like what they do is well beyond discussing traits.
It's almost like they taxidermy-ed him (or whatever the word is) to roll him around to sell cheap shit to people who never knew who he was until he died.
This statue. His wife's behavior. The "pregnancy" . TPU
It's all so deranged.
I don't agree with his profession but let's be a little honest. It was a grift. He likely didn't believe half the shit he said. But that's all he will ever be known for.
Kinda sad.
But also this "artist" sounds like a grifter themselves. Just thought they could do a cash grab.
"I wasn’t a fan of Charlie,” he said. “Like one thing that I couldn’t stand about him while he was alive [was] when he was talking about Palestine. [Kirk would say]: ‘Oh no, Palestine doesn’t exist.’ I thought: ‘Well, this guy must be out of his mind.’”
You really underestimate fascists, don't you?
Well I mean , that's how most people in my circle remember him.
The 30% of magas definitely think of him as prophet or something.
I think he was a harmful hatemongerer and I am glad he is dead.
But I agree about how off-putting it is for so many people to continue profiting off his death. They are scavengers milking a corpse for all they can. It's not about respecting the person he was, it's about shamelessly exploiting him for their own gain.
Yeah maybe "disrespectful" wasn't quite what I meant. Your description is more with how I was thinking.
The pure greed. Using a man's death for personal gain at that scale.