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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow many people were at the Charlie Kirk "memorial"?
A few weeks ago, I knew very little about Mr Kirk. But, it appears he was a strong voice in the Christian Nationalist movement?
His wife asked for forgiveness for her husband's murderer. Trump said he hated them. Judging from the applause, more of the crowd agreed with Donald Trump.
More importantly, what does this movement mean to the Democratic Party? Can there be millions of Republicans following this person and we are oblivious to it?
What was his appeal?

OLDMDDEM
(2,764 posts)yorkster
(3,404 posts)The whole thing, the sanctification, the massive "remembrance " made me feel like we are a nation divided against itself.
And I barely saw any of it.
OLDMDDEM
(2,764 posts)global1
(26,223 posts)How did they amass 95,000 people to attend this venue in Arizona?
Where these people bussed in? Did they come from all over the U.S. or were these people just in the vicinity of this venue?
I'm blown away by the numbers. Especially cause before he was killed - I really never heard of this guy.
All of a sudden he's become the martyr of the MAGA movement.
OLDMDDEM
(2,764 posts)the people behind him, it was always the same people in different dress at each event.
Emile
(37,838 posts)Johonny
(24,783 posts)But to a different generation and on a different media. The message of white male suffering and the solution of white male idealism is exactly the same. It appeals to uneducated white males that used to be middle class but have been left behind by the very economy their parents spent their life voting for and they're about to do the same.
Not just this.
His pitch was directly on college campuses, so a significant amount of "miseducated" should be included.
Johonny
(24,783 posts)Was done not to gain massive college followings, but to create online marketing to show how college made you stupid, wasn't worth it, turn guys into pussy etc . . .
This was in support of the anti-education message targeted at people that are anti-education.
Lovie777
(20,488 posts)He was a vile human being, and what I picked up from the funeral the whole lot of them are despicable and destroying the true meaning of Christianity.
"Vile" covers it
thomski64
(757 posts).. because he was a putrid racist piece of shit. Just like they are..
milestogo
(21,882 posts)Gum Logger
(235 posts)Nasty bunch of social darwinsts. Got to hand it to them. They are intense
mr715
(2,023 posts)He goes on college campuses and makes fools out of freshman philosophers. Real bold, alpha male behavior.
Same mold as Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, and Steven Crowder. Gross human. No real appeal.
But he can have the cadence and syntax of a smart person, and so dumb people think he is smart.
leftstreet
(37,382 posts)Just the wife
No parents, friends, childhood mates, etc
Wiz Imp
(7,530 posts)leftstreet
(37,382 posts)hoping to legitimize it as a memorial, rather than a rally
Maeve
(43,308 posts)The huge claims of 100-200,000 include views on various media
Wiz Imp
(7,530 posts)MAGA are inflating the numbers (though even 73,000 is a disgustingly high number)
LuckyCharms
(20,679 posts)maxrandb
(16,865 posts)Earth, Wind & Fire performed at the California Jam festival on April 6, 1974, at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California. They were part of a lineup that also included acts like Deep Purple, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, the Eagles, Black Oak Arkansas, Rare Earth, Seals & Croft and Black Sabbath, drawing an audience of over 250,000 people.