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Anonymous 5d

Well tbf one was a famous political figure while the other was not. Don’t get me wrong I do think there is actual racism and that say if thomas sowell was shot (a popular black economist of sorts on the right) that they would not care, but the examples given don’t advance the point well

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Anonymous 5d

Charlie Kirk was not a political figure though! Just a conservative activist. Had the races have been reversed I don’t think the same treatment would have been applied

Anonymous 5d

It’s because Charlie Kirk is a public figure and therefore his assassination was high-profile. If a black public figure was killed and a random white person was also killed, you’d see a huge discrepancy in media attention

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Anonymous 5d

why make everything about race…

Anonymous 5d

black ppl need to understand that not everything is abt them being oppressed 🫩

Anonymous 5d

So where’s the BLM protest for this black guy….oh wait…

Anonymous 4d

OnI was killed in a line of duty and get a ceremony for passing in a line of work he chose with inherent risk and is undoubtedly a hero. The other was wrongfully killed for having an opinion. Both are tragic but do we really need to do this and compare apples to apples?

Anonymous 4d

One of them was assasinated violently infront of his 3 year old little girl that was covered in blood after and his wife and, not to downplay the officers role because we need police officers, but she was doing her duty, the pledge she took to defend her people!

Anonymous 4d

Just downvoted this

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Anonymous

#1 5d

Yeah I also agree with the point but this is an awful comparison

Anonymous

#1 5d

isn't that kinda the point? the right gives a fuck ton of time, energy, money and clout to hateful pundits but not a moment of respect even for one of the "blue lives" they politicized endlessly to undermine blm. i think the point is that they only make white people famous enough to get headlines when they die; never a blacks person even if it would fit their narrative

Anonymous

#3 5d

But I mean I don’t think the difference in their fame was due to race. Charlie Kirk uploaded his videos online and had a huge following because he was a public figure. Wheras David Rose was a cop which is a position with much less public exposure and therefor he was less well known. But either way David Rose’s death is no less meaningful than Kirks just less public

Anonymous

#2 5d

i don't think it was either; when i said "the right" i meant political figures

Anonymous

OP 5d

The cop’s death wasn’t posted for the whole world to see. It’s still terrible but Charlie was also friends with the president. It’s more about who you know tbh which is still corrupt

Anonymous

#5 5d

Because everything is

Anonymous

#1 5d

Thomas Sowell isn’t as famous as Charlie Kirk in today’s world but if he was assassinated at a public event, there would be a ton of outcry from the right

Anonymous

#8 5d

You would also see a massive discrepancy in right wing media attention depending on if the public figure were black or white

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Anonymous

#8 5d

I severely doubt it, and sowell is pretty popular in the elite circles of the Republican Party. Same goes for if Candace Owens was shot tbh. The racial tribalism on the right runs much deeper than you think

Anonymous

#1 5d

Definitely not if they were a conservative figure. The discrepancy in media attention I’ve seen on the right is more based on political views than race, and both left and right wing media defer more attention to high profile people regardless of race. Because high profile people get more traffic and views and therefore more profit

Anonymous

#8 5d

Hopefully we never find out if that’s true, but based on what I’ve observed I highly doubt it would provoke nearly as much care

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Anonymous

#1 5d

Thomas Sowell is popular among older right-wingers and right-wingers interested in very laissez-faire economics. Candace Owens has definitely become less popular with the old guard Republican/older/neocon types but has remained very popular among younger and more Alex Jones like right-wingers

Anonymous

#8 5d

And this is due to Candace Owens’ shift into anti-Israel, Russian-apologist, anti US global leadership view similar to that of Tucker Carlson.

Anonymous

#8 5d

Candace Owens has gone into the “9/11 was an inside job, Al-Qaeda never attacked us” bs that guys like Alex Jones have been saying for years and Tucker Carlson has stepped into those waters but hasn’t dived head first in, yet.

Anonymous

#8 5d

And for the record, both deserve justice and their killers should be punished to the fullest extent of the law

Anonymous

#8 5d

Yeah ofc, anyone who cares about justice would agree. I think that even though I fully know Charlie Kirk was a steaming pile of garbage morally and do not miss the guy. You can hate a person and still think murder is wrong

Anonymous

#1 4d

But he wasn’t a political figure just a right wing activist

Anonymous

OP 4d

Just because he wasn’t a politician doesn’t mean he wasn’t a political figure. MLK wasn’t a politician, but he was a political figure