{"id":89914,"date":"2025-09-15T06:50:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=89914"},"modified":"2025-09-15T06:50:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:50:30","slug":"dumbest-kirk-takes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=89914","title":{"rendered":"Dumbest Kirk Takes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t pretend this is a comprehensive list.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think humanity can measure this level of stupidity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But I gotta try.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll save the worst for last.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">3 months ago, today, Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered by a Trump supporter. <br><br>They had kids, too. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e5tEBVHUCO\">pic.twitter.com\/e5tEBVHUCO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KaivanShroff\/status\/1967273611506614566?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, gosh, &#8220;Kalvan&#8221;, I think the difference might be that literally the entire state of Minnesota including the entire GOP closed ranks around the families&#8217; survivors, and the GOP repudiated everything to do with the guy when it turned out that even though he was nuts, he was a nut who spouted some right wing chanting points.  That, and the fact not a single <em>significant <\/em>person said &#8220;Well, political murder is <em>baaaaaaaad<\/em>, but when you jam down abortion mandates and kid-transing and gun control you gotta <em>expect <\/em>some blowback&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can you see the difference, &#8220;Kalvan&#8221;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don Lemon is on a mission to defame Charlie Kirk.<br><br>I really hope Erika sues him. Here he tells a woman, without evidence, that Charlie said horrible things about black people and women.<br><br>Lemon is just awful. He deserves to fail and be despised by all.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6JNurvaqkl\">pic.twitter.com\/6JNurvaqkl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Paul A. Szypula \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Bubblebathgirl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bubblebathgirl\/status\/1967391358534213782?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I keep asking progs who parrot this to tell me &#8211; what evil things did Kirk say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I&#8217;ve gotten a few back &#8211; every one of which was ripped completely out of context, context which is available out there.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rWJT3xvghy\">pic.twitter.com\/rWJT3xvghy<\/a><\/p>&mdash; George Conway \ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udd25 (@gtconway3d) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gtconway3d\/status\/1967081303859417206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t love the whole &#8220;get people fired&#8221; thing, personally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But forget for a moment that progs have been going after conservatives&#8217; jobs (also shooting them) for years. It&#8217;s not the government &#8220;censoring&#8221; people. And maybe, just maybe, &#8220;it&#8217;s good someone I disagree with died&#8221; is an &#8220;opinion&#8221; that deserves some opprobrium.<\/p>\n<p>And in the responses to that one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a high school teacher. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MQpsxSlsr5\">pic.twitter.com\/MQpsxSlsr5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Carpenter (@WoodCarpenter80) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WoodCarpenter80\/status\/1967219712779296917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Make you first shot count, Sparky.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I assume in his \u201cmessage to young women\u201d Charlie Kirk is talking about women like Miss Arizona 2012, Erika Frantzve, when he says woman should \u201cstop plastering their bodies over social media\u201d. I wonder if she submits to her husband, who is, err, Charlie Kirk. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3qf4lPFPMa\">https:\/\/t.co\/3qf4lPFPMa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tpn7ddh1fa\">pic.twitter.com\/tpn7ddh1fa<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Em Jay (@EmJay_Too) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmJay_Too\/status\/1946317344034206011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Is the point that &#8220;pageant winners are promiscuous?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the mangling of the whole doctrine of &#8220;submitting&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Well well well. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ErikaKirk?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ErikaKirk<\/a> needs to be indicted on conspiracy to commit murder. She has the absolute most to gain. In her speech \ufffc she claimed Charles did sacrifice his life for his wife, like Christ did the church. &#8230;&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WhoreOfBabylon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WhoreOfBabylon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zmRv6lkVGK\">pic.twitter.com\/zmRv6lkVGK<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \ud83e\ude77 (@NiaConsuela_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NiaConsuela_\/status\/1967263368039043215?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Is this a Richard Carlbom burner account?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, most of the above are dolts, rage farmers and Don Lemon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But these?  These (read the whole thread) are elected DFLers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Minnesota Democrats have liked, shared, or otherwise promoted some of the most disgusting rhetoric that can be imagined since the cold-blooded murder of Charlie Kirk. <br><br>\ud83e\uddf5We&#39;re posting and tagging them all. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mnleg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mnleg<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mitchell Williamson (@MWilliamsonMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MWilliamsonMN\/status\/1966278829741158561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure you scroll down to check out Ilhan Omar&#8217;s contribution, on Mehdi Hassan&#8217;s podcast.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Richard Carlbom, executive director of the MN DFL:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Charlie Kirk should be alive today. Political violence must not be tolerated. <br><br>The shooter didn\u2019t think Kirk was right-wing enough. The reference to groyper is linked to a rival right-wing ideologue. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dNQLjhx2tc\">https:\/\/t.co\/dNQLjhx2tc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Richard Carlbom (@richardcarlbom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/richardcarlbom\/status\/1966861424216731859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So &#8220;Hey, Fascist, Catch&#8221; was an ingenious hipfake.\u00a0 Got it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a depressing week for observing humanity.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t pretend this is a comprehensive list.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think humanity can measure this level of stupidity.\u00a0 But I gotta try.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll save the worst for last.\u00a0 Well, gosh, &#8220;Kalvan&#8221;, I think the difference might be that literally the entire state of Minnesota including the entire GOP closed ranks around the families&#8217; survivors, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,20,320,426],"tags":[482],"class_list":["post-89914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime-and-punishment","category-democrats","category-mndfl","category-orwell-overestimated-democrats","tag-charlie-kirk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89915,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89914\/revisions\/89915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}