• miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Charlie’s only shot ar college was to debate new adults with a decade worth of adulthood less than he. He debated with a 10 handicap.

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      Charlie’s only shot at college

      Recent circumstances suggest he got one additional shot.

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        Came across a few posts saying he was a compelling debator.

        Saw the post of him debating on school lunches. At one point, in response to being asked if he supports free school lunches, he calls the student stupid and says there is not a single child starving in America.

        If this is what we consider compelling debate we’re cooked.

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          Yep. And that’s most of these right wing “debaters” do. They talk fast, with as much authority and confidence they can muster, try to make people feel stupid for not seeing the world the way they see it, and then moving on before they get called out for the bull shit they spew.

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          I’ve been seeing clips of Mehdi Hasan giving people a solid drubbing. Would’ve liked seeing him thrash Kirk as well.

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      He lived by the college campus and died by the college campus.

      Right wing grifters have seen great success directly targeting young people, from Ben Shapeepo and Jordan Peterson doing this along side Kirk for years through to people like Steve Bannon targeting WoW players, and the efforts recruiting from 4chan, and this is just what we know about.

      They are groomers and indoctrination agents, they are everything we need to fight in society, so let’s not let the current uproar and narrative crafting stop us from protesting and pushing back on these full-grown-ass men with millions of dollars “just hanging out” in our school campuses.

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          Her current appearance came from no mortal doctor’s hands, it’s pure evil oozing out and taking shape, her final form is going to be some Moai easter-island-looking monolith that villagers will have to sacrifice babies to every year to guarantee safety from the creeping mist that pours from her mouth-cavern every full moon.

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        she did, once upon a time. everything i’ve seen lately looks like the work of one specific bad plastic surgeon i wish they’d name so everyone knows not to go there

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            i want to say so but that’s just me being mean toward republicans. it also may be strategic. i have heard unsubstantiated rumors that a certain specific disfigured look gets you in krasnov’s good graces and inner circle.

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    Laura apparently wants her supporters to end up like Charlie Kirk.

    These arguments always remind me of this quote from The West Wing: “Education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don’t need little changes. We need gigantic revolutionary changes. Competition for the best teachers should be fierce. They should be getting six-figure salaries. Schools should be incredibly expensive for government and absolutely free of charge for its citizens, just like national defense. That’s my position.”

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      look whats happening to teachers right now: getting fired for quesitoning Charlie kirk, and then theres the disrespect from students and parents forcing them to leave education forever. The pay is just adding insult to injury. I occasionally go on the r/teacher sub, and almost every post is they cant handle school anymore.

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        How do you think I made it thru the first term.

        Try The Newsroom too if you haven’t yet seen it. Another Sorkin gem.

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          I remember Newsroom, and it was alright. Kind of mad they didn’t get to do a little more with it. Personally, I’ll probably watch Sports Night again, too.

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            Yeah, it was a pretty abrupt wrap up wasn’t it. It was there and then… gone. Be interesting to see how Sorkin handled the trump White House in that context but he’s probably been apoplectic through it all, also not sure how much he enjoys writing absurdist scenarios (even if they’re taken directly from real life)

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    Holy non sequitur. That argument might make some sense if he was an engineer or something. You don’t need any education to be a podcaster. Just start yapping.

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    ah, yes, a shining example

    don’t go to college, because if you don’t, you’ll definitely become a mouthpiece for fascists making millions of dollars until you’re publicly assassinated because somebody got sick of your hateful shit and stopped you from spreading it