Kirk said, "When I see a black pilot, I think, gee, I hope that guy is qualified." He did not say, "gee, I wonder if that guy was hired because of his race". The assumption I am seeing, airlines would hire unqualified pilots simply to hit a racial quota. Kirk really wasn't that smart.
Wow, Google is your friend.
The company made policy that introduced quotas. To meet that they would have to lower standards. You should know this is the case, but you are just one of the sheep you do and think what you are told. If your handlers tell you someone is racist or fascist you jump all in with no research of your own.
Let’s take just one point and work through it. How was Kirk supporting racism? I think I remember him saying, “You’re more likely to be killed by a Black person than a white person.” That is statistically true—you’re about twice as likely to be killed by a Black person than a white person, especially if you're involved in crime like drugs. But I don’t see anything racist about that. He was just stating a fact.‘Tragedy is a powerful shaper of narratives. In the aftermath of the horrific assassination of MAGA champion Charlie Kirk, a husband and father of two, it was natural that his allies, including President Trump, lionized him as a patriot, free-speech advocate, and activist. And political opponents somberly denounced the terrible killing, as they should, with some hailing Kirk’s devotion to public debate. There’s a tendency in such a moment to look for the best in people or, at least, to not dwell on the negatives. That can be a good thing. Yet as Kirk is quickly canonized by Trump and his movement—on Thursday Trump announced he would bestow upon Kirk a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom—a full depiction of his impact on American politics is largely being sidestepped.
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Here’s the problem: Kirk built that movement with falsehoods. And his advocacy was laced with racist and bigoted statements. Recognizing this does not diminish the awfulness of this act of violence. Nor does it lessen our outrage or diminish our sympathy for his family, friends, and colleagues. Yet if this is an appropriate moment to assess Kirk and issue bold statements about his participation in America’s political life, there ought to be room for a true discussion.
Kirk, a right-wing provocateur who founded and led Turning Point USA, an organization of young conservatives, was a promoter of Trump’s destructive and baseless conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Two days before the January 6 riot, Kirk boasted in a tweet that Students for Trump and Turning Point Action were “Sending 80+ buses full of patriots to DC to fight for this president.”’
No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way
His assassination deserves full condemnation; his full impact should not be sidestepped.www.motherjones.com
Kirk’s lawless killing shouldn’t be used to conceal or whitewash the fact that he was a promoter of racism, bigotry, and hate; a conservative ideologue who was responsible for spreading all manner of rightwing disinformation, conspiracy theories, and lies contributing to current political division and acrimony.
Why would any Black pilot need preferential hiring? There's a shortage of pilots in this country—anyone who can demonstrate they are qualified should have no problem getting a job.
**** off with the indoctrination bullshit. Kirk was a Christian Nationalist. Hit the link. Kirk preached hate, bigotry, and division. He believed America was founded by white Christians, for white Christians. He believed blacks were inferior, that gay and trans people were an abomination before God. And oh yeah, if a few school children get killed by a crazed mass shooter it was a price he was willing to pay in order to continue to clutch to his precious guns. Ironic, I guess he died precisely how he wanted to.
Dude, I am going to need some documentation on that. I am not seeing it. Overwhelmingly, black people kill black people and white people kill white people. You can check out the FBI website, they classify murders by race of victim and race of perpetrator. You get back to me when you can document your claim.
If it's wrong, I will.
@C_ClaytonJones is a left wing jerkwad who has his head stuck so far up his ass he has to drive looking out his bellybutton.
So, when Kirk told that black girl she would be subject to that same racism, that was a reasonable assumption on the part of the racist?
Who depicted Charlie as a "religious leader"? Turning Point USA isn't a church.
The below only mentions fox without mentioning all the other sources in the Magaverse.
Saying as you spout a label. Here, I will go along. FOOL
That is SOP for American Vice Presidents.
You're going to have to take it up with those people.
