Right-wing lawmakers pushed for a tribute to the U.S. conservative influencer who was shot dead.
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Thursday rejected a bid by right-wing factions to hold a minute of silence for slain U.S. conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.
The initiative was first proposed by Charlie Weimers, an MEP from the right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), as a symbolic measure “to declare that our right to freedom of speech cannot be extinguished,” according to an email chain with dozens of MEPs that was seen by POLITICO.
Why would they? He’s a frickin podcaster, not some virtuous political figure gunned down doing their duty to the public. He was paid to be at an event to promote himself and his agenda.
Cuz christo fascism is a global scourg-I mean cance-I mean… uhhhh movement. Yea, That.
Global bowel movement, more like.
2000 year case of constipation.
He was a lot more than a podcaster, he was a well-funded hatemonger leading the neoconfederate christofascist wing of MAGA.
That doesn’t make the point any more salient. He’s a nobody hate mongerer, not an elected political figure. Why would any government anywhere give a shit about him?
Oh noes. Anyway, I found the bugger that fell from my nose yesterday.
@MicroWave why would the EU want to hold a minute of silence for an enemy of everything it stood for? Seems a bit odd.
I think they would for Orbán out of courtesy. But an American influencer who’s also against its principles? Only the Patriot faction.
“Patriot”
The air quotes are really important here. Thanks for stressing that.
Because the EU has a lot of fascist chuds in it who stand for what fuckface stood for.
The US is speedrunning christofacism. But we aren’t the only ones with a major infection.
Complicates my exit strategy. 😐
The only viable exit strategy at this point is either manning the guns, or reloading for the gunners.
Vivé Luigi!
No mention of the kids killing in that school shooting.
These people can go fuck themselves.
You don’t even have to be specific, I just inherently 'reckon there was a school shooting somewhere in the last two weeks in the US.
Pretty sure they’re referring to the school shooting that happened on the same day.
https://apnews.com/article/colorado-high-school-shooting-3f4fc4338247a661874060e06cb16f43
I literally was not aware of said shooting, usually watching political drama around free speech and encryption, but man, that really figures.
The outrage is the point. Don’t give them the satisfaction.
Based and anti-redpilled.
he is just an influencer on a foreign country, not an EU elected official or high ranked member
Not even an elected member from a foreign government (like the Minnesota democrats who were shot a couple of months ago)
Lol
Why the fuck would EU Parliament give a shit about an American YouTuber?
Yeah, the GOP keeps trying to make this asshole into something more than he’s not. He wasn’t even part of ANY government service. Like, this clown wasn’t even a local parks and rec employee of a small town.
the GOp need something to unify the disarra-yed supporters of magats. THE MSM will just sweep this under the rug like they did with RUSH, ONCE THE NEWS cycle blows over, they did nothing of noteworthy to benefit society so they will just disappear as soon as people reorient themselves with epstein again.
He’s not just a YouTuber, he’s a Republican Mega-Bundler. One of the richest country’s premier bagmen has been slain. How can you be so callous? It’s not like he’s a Palestinian or a Minnesota Congressperson or a Colorado school kid, here. He’s important!
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And then they have the gall to say they have thick skin and that liberals are the snowflakes. They have contempt for reality.
They cause an uproar anytime they don’t get what they want. Like toddlers having a tantrum. It’s part of a very calculated strategy, and the sad part is, it seems to work.
I’m still trying to decide how much is that, and how much they just like outraging. Gets the blood pumping, y’know.
Kirk certainly knows what it’s like when the blood’s pumping.
Not for long.
Maybe we need to do the same for anthing caving in to fascists, and write it off as “weak” when they do so. Fascists detest being called weak.
I work for a major casino in Nevada. During the last campaign, we hosted both Tim Walz and Donald Trump. When Walz was here, his supporters were absolutely pleasant to have over. Polite, mature, etc. Then the Trump Campaign had their event, their supporters made it a point to go around the casino acting like immature high school kids that just attended a pep rally. It was like they were going out of their way to disrupt operations of a business that actually welcomed them in. It really exemplifies the type of absolute trash filling that portion of the American population.
As Thomas Mann put it referring tothe late 1930s, they tried dicatorship of the proletariat. Now it’s dictatorship of the scum of the earth.
If the EU Parliament had to have a minute of silence for every shitty American killed by a gun, they’d never have time for anything else.
the us has like hundreds of gun deaths every day
4 mass shootings this past Sunday; and 4 isn’t even a ‘record’ day by half.
Which 4? I’m not doubting just checking sources as I hadn’t heard about them.
And very few of them are on record advocating for how we should not have empathy for gun victims. The right wingers whining for compassion here are dishonouring his legacy.
As an American, I laughed out loud at this one. They sure wouldn’t!
as a symbolic measure “to declare that our right to freedom of speech cannot be extinguished,”
Let’s celebrate our freedom of speech (which isn’t even a thing in the EU) by forcing everyone to be quiet!
which isn’t even a thing in the EU
Of course it is. Just not like in the US.
No, EU has freedom of expression…
Which is why it’s “not like in the US” because it’s a different thing…
We can tell that, because the fucking words are different.
https://fra.europa.eu/en/eu-charter/article/11-freedom-expression-and-information
The exercise of these freedoms, since it carries with it duties and responsibilities, may be subject to such formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society, in the interests of national security, territorial integrity or public safety, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, for the protection of the reputation or rights of others, for preventing the disclosure of information received in confidence, or for maintaining the authority and impartiality of the judiciary."
Kirk advocated for violence constantly, most of what he said wouldn’t have been legal in Europe
You’re conflating the philosophical concept of freedom of speech with the first amendment of USA’s constitution.
He said they have “freedom of speech”.
I pointed out they have “freedom of expression” and that the vast amount of shit Kirk said doesn’t meet the more rigid standards of the EU’s laws…
And you think I’m conflating things?!
I’m literally clarifying, the person conflating is the one using two legal terms from different countries interchangably.
This isn’t a philosophical debate, it’s literally what all of these words mean…
You could have at least accused me of being pedantic, at least that would have been using words correctly
Freedom of speech is not a legal term outside of USA. It’s a concept.
I’m sorry I can’t explain this in a way you’re capable of understanding, you will have to ask someone else for any further help with this or any other topic.
European here.
I don’t give a fuck about dead Nazis.
I prefer my Nazis dead
Good. Absolute shit state of affairs that so many people in this country think this ratshit motherfucker deserves to be eulogized.
I was out on my bike ride yesterday and one of the places I stop is next to a flagpole. The fucking flag was at half-mast for this asshole, just preposterous.
I’m downright celebrating.
Now if only uh…ALL OF THEM could die of lung rot, I’d be satisfied.
I do.
A fuck of approval that is!
Why not? They’re the good kind.
That is true.
We thank you for that.
So I’m an American. I’m not understanding when this moment of silence was supposed to happen. Usually an event or a game we care about, this might happen for someone truly influential. I was out of the know so I went to learn.
What the MEP(whatever tf they are) was asking, is that the European Parliament take a minute of silence during their Plenary.
A plenary session or plenum is a session of a conference or deliberative assembly in which all parties or members are present. Such a session may include a broad range of content, from keynotes to panel discussions, and is not necessarily related to a specific style of presentation or deliberation.
Would US congress or senate take a moment of silence for a social influencer on either side of the spectrum for any other nation?
That is a rhetorical question. Nice try, but this is only “news” on social media where nobody would have known or cared about it if someone didn’t post about it.
Our own government won’t even do it. Football season is starting fresh and they didn’t do it. Why the fuck would another nation give a shit???
it was already done at an NFL game. i think? it was already done in Congress, where (if memory serves), right-wingers didn’t feel a moment of silence went far enough and demanded a spoken prayer.
edit - to clarify, done specifically for the newly dead influencer, whose name i don’t care to type atm.
There’s not even an uproar, that’s Russian fiction.
Good on the EU Parliament
Who is this guy Kirk and why would EU Parlament hold a minute of silence? Seriosly, he is just another gun violence victim in US, not EU problem. Not even US problem, every idiot can have a gun so “you ask for it”.
In a week or two, hopefully just some dead fucking nothing-knower nobody.
