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Charlie Kirk hates homosexuals so much that the Right Wing Inversion Principle means he must be gay too. He started a movement that acts like a support group to help keep him scared and in the closet.
Doesn't he get haircuts tho? He's basically going to hell anyway.
I had no idea sky daddy didn't like haircuts. But, you know what, I'm relieved. Now I know I'm going to hell, uncertainty be gone. And.. and, I can go sporting a fresh trim.
His face also gets smaller every time I see him
I really don't like comments like this. They imply that queer people are the cause of homophobia.
I don't read it as that... To me it looks like being afraid of leaving the closet causes homophobia
This is the same principle as small penis men buying large trucks... They are doubling down on the homophobia display to over compensate for their homosexuality
But haven't you noticed that every loudmouth homophobe gets called secretly queer?
I think it's because they so often are ... It's becoming a stereotype now
I think they so often are claimed to be. How many actually are? Have there been some? Yes. Do we actually know how many? Even a rough estimate?
Homophobia is the reason some queer people self hate so goddamn much they lash out at all queer people while the original homophobes cheer it on. Also, some people are just awful, terrible monsters regardless of their sexuality.
Sure, there are self-hating people of all sorts of marginalized groups, but queer people are the only ones who get regularly talked about as if the people who oppress them are also queer.
You don't hear about Muslims being oppressed by secret Muslims.
I cannot provide evidence for this, obviously, but it would seem to me that most bigots are bigots because they're bigoted, not because they're secretly the thing they're bigoted against.
Religion isn't something intrinsic about a person. If you hate the fact that you're a Muslim, you can opt out.
You cannot opt out being queer.
They imply that queer people are the cause of homophobia.
I don't think it would be accurate to call someone like Ted Haggard or Marcus Bachmann or Jerry Falwell Jr "queer", as they are deeply closeted and conformist presenting. That said, I do see the consequences of prior iterations of conversion therapy produce a group of incredibly violent and sadistic "ex" gay men.
So I might say that violence against queer people has a cyclical effect and perpetuates homophobia, in the same way that violence against women perpetuates misogyny and violence against pocs perpetuate racism. Some of the people who have had their personalities systematically reshaped through physical and psychological abuse inherit the job of abusing the next generation. They are held up as symbols of the system's success and granted special privilege on the condition they continue the cycle of violence on behalf of the originators of the system.
But when you get behind the Ted Haggards and Marcus Bachmans and Falwell Jrs, you'll routinely find patriarchs fixated on their genetic legacy, who see queer children as a threat to their continued line. The real root of this problem is the fixation on race science and genetic bloodlines. The extremely high opinion that Ronald Reagan or Dick Cheney or Mitt Romney or Donald Trump have of themselves and the desperate need they have for large families that will propagate their own genes leads to this ideological revulsion towards children who won't also have large families.
Its the blue blooded aristocrat's need for racial purity that leads to homophobia. Brutalized ex-gay converts are simply their deputies, in the endless war on their own children and grandchildren in pursuit of even more offspring.
Jesus - "He who is free of sin cast the first stone"
Republicans - "Is lying a sin?"
Jesus - "Yes!"
Republicans - "FAKE NEWS!!! JESUS IS A COMMUNIST TERRORIST!!!"
“He was a hero because he was crucified. I like people who weren't crucified.”
They’ve replaced “thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor” with “the ends shall justify thy means”
Weird how they pull that shit out of the bible but never:
“Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God."
Or this one:
And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
They pull that all the time, when they're talking about the excessive taxes that innocent small business owners are forced to dodge.
Because, the kingdom of god isn't here. So fuck those poors. /s
I will never get tired of posting this anytime I see his tiny face
International treaties make posting the slider obligatory to online discussions where Kirk comes up.
Thank you for your duty.
He looks normal at 108%
Put it to 92%, look away for a minute then look back and have a good chuckle.
There used to be a quiz where'd you'd guess if his face was bigger or smaller than "normal", but it looks like it got deleted
Lol I've seen this before but never realized there was sound with it. Is that a new feature?
Fuck Charlie Kirk. Massive piece of shit.
It's so cute when they dress up in their Trump cosplay suits.
Why does anyone think he doesn't agree?
Whaddaya mean? Can't you see the upside-down flag??
The upside-downitude makes it EXTRA GAY
Because he doesn't care about religion, he’s just using them to get what he wants.
Love your neighbor as yourself?
Not that Jesus!
This one:
Man, Supply-Side Jesus got rode hard and put away wet
The trick is to self-loathe, and then you're justified in spitting on everybody!!
/s
Ugh, he was falling off so he's saying some crazy shit for attention. Also the stage sharing was 2021 which was probably the last time he was relevant.