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He promoted the “Great Replacement Theory” (a “fact” as he characterized it) which is plainly a violent-radicalizing notion, with a long violent-radicalizing history and recent examples of violence done in its name.

He promoted 2020 election denial conspiracies. Moves to mess with due process for voting, or to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power (say, promoting coup attempts) are some of the gravest threats to peace possible in a democracy, as far as speech goes. Lying about such, is right up there.

[edit] sources easily searchable if you have the topics, letting people pick their own works better if search turns them up pretty easily, that way there’s no worry that I’m choosing clips out of context or something.

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> sources easily searchable if you have the topics,

So, you made a claim. I asked you for an example of a material that you based your claim on, and instead of backing up your claim you are sending me to find a source that will prove it?

> letting people pick their own works better if search turns them up pretty easily, that way there’s no worry that I’m choosing clips out of context or something.

What is the source material, a video, or a text, that you based your claims on? Is there a chance that you actually never saw the source material yourself?

Actually all I did originally was note that it’s pretty easy to find primary sources in this case. If you don’t care, though, then don’t.

Hm. I tried to google for "things that prove yepitwas' claims about Charlie Kirk", but nothing came up.

I assume you never seen anything like that yourself, but rather read a tweet or two that claim that it happened, and you go off of it.

It would have taken you a lot less time to type “Charlie Kirk great replacement theory fact” into a search box and find his own words than to post on here over and over pretending both to give a shit and like you don’t know how to use a search engine.

> It would have taken you a lot less time to type “Charlie Kirk great replacement theory fact” into a search box

It shows me a bunch of links to various websites. So, which one was the one that you've read/watched to inform your opinion?

Kirk’s own words, you ass. His own actual words. Which you’d have found by now if you weren’t a troll.

You have to click on the links and read, HTH.

> You have to click on the links and read, HTH.

You see, I can find some link and read them, but then I may come back and challenge you on what you've said. However, since I've read a different source (not the one you've read/watched), then we are going to find ourselves in a situation where we arguing about different things. To avoid this, people typically cite their references. So, you are not willing to do so, which makes me believe that you never actually read/watched a source material yourself, and best case scenario it was a tweet.

I have no idea why you resort to name-calling, it does not look good on you.

Dude(tte) you’re on HN in 2025 and pretended not to understand how to google. Assuming trolling and that it was pretending is the generous reading of that.

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