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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

I guess that’s what happens when you marry a Mossad honeypot

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 97 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

People who are proud public assholes are rarely sweet people in private. If ever. He truly found his ghoulish transactional soulmate.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago (3 children)

He was a piece shit, it's obvious he'd marry a piece of shit.

It's the same reason Malania is a straight up cunt.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Melania is a straight up cunt.

A poor way to describe the First Whore.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

"Who geeves a fuck about chreeestmas stuff?"

...the wife of the guy that claims we can all say "merry xmas" again, as if we ever were unable to....

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 4 points 2 days ago

I definitely don't disagree.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

I've always thought that policing Kirk's grief was gross. And the kind of thing that conservatives worry about. I'm comforted that so many here recognize gossip-slop politics.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 80 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can't a lady be happy about all the money she's going to make off his death?

Or the fact that she doesn't have to see him naked anymore?

[–] riskable@programming.dev 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Those both sound like solid reasons to let out an evil giggle.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] riskable@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

Quick! Someone throw a bucket of water on her!

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 52 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Ever notice how when the conspiracy nuts attack the right, they bring receipts, actual recordings, solid evidence. Then she goes for the left with like the absurd Macron conspiracy where her evidence is basically "this girl looks a bit like her brother... nevermind the fact that he's been in public many times since the claim started etc...

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 27 points 2 days ago

yeah, it's like there's actual tangible dirt on awful people acting awful or something

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's because it's easier to get dirt on people you're close to. Remember when Madison cawthorn wouldn't toe the party line and pictures of him in drag leaked within a week? I just assume they're always collecting dirt on each other so they can end their careers if someone crosses them.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

True but then it's still worth pointing out the sides disparity... IE democrats sure as hell have had people switch alligences. Within the media sector, half the groups associated with the young turks, went on to become right wing. (Jimmy Dore, Dave Reuben etc...) Politician wise, we've had quite a few flips from democrat to either independent or republican. Yet none of them leave with "Hey here's all the dirt I learned.

The point is I find it most telling that these conspiracy theorists, that are famous for grasping at the thinnest of straws when attacking the left, yet by attacking the right, they demonstrate that they do know what real evidence looks like. Basically to me that's a showing of the question of are they actually crazy, or are they grifters.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Judging from history it's projection.

"If my allies are this craven, just imagine what evil shit my enemies get up to!"

And I'd guess it's a mixture of true belief and grift, depending on who you ask.

Jimmy Dore, Dave Rubin

Ana kasparian for a few weeks too. Not that her reaction wasn't provoked, but damn that was wild.

Edit: specifically the backlash over the homeless thing. The "birthing person" one was her being tone deaf and reactionary as fuck.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 32 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Are we confident it isn’t AI?

I don’t ask this because I think it is. I ask this because audio is pretty damn easy to fake these days, and Candace Owens has no love for Erika Kirk.

Confirmation bias is really powerful, I just want to make sure we’re considering the source. But I am not an expert and would be thrilled by someone explaining how we know it’s real.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not to mention candace has really gone off the deep end. My hypothesis has been that since she's basically a shock jock like fuentes, she has to keep doing and saying crazier shit to stay in the public eye. After throwing her full support behind Kanye during his... Whatever that was, there's really no place to go except insane conspiracies like flat earth and ancient aliens.

Though honestly after seeing the "why isn't ice melting at 30 degrees" tweet, I'm not sure if she's still grifting or losing her tether to reality.

[–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 1 points 18 hours ago

Porque no los dos? Despite Biggie's commandments plenty of pushers get high on their own supply

[–] deacon@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

I think you’re right to be skeptical.

The drama is real, even if the audio isn’t.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 days ago

Agreed. And even if it isn’t AI, everyone reacts to bad news differently. I didn’t cry when my dad died for several days. It doesn’t seem real at first.

[–] triptrapper@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What's the story here exactly? That someone isn't supposed to laugh while they're grieving? How many days have to pass before they're allowed to giggle? That's not how grief works.

Haven't we all, at some point, had to put on a face even when we feel like shit? I know these people are terrible, but it's not because of this.

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Well if she heard a funny joke then it's fine.

If she just heard her husband died then I would question it.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 32 points 2 days ago

It's both hilarious and on brand that Charlie Kirk's wife was stupid enough to trust a woman whose entire career is being an antagonistic attention seeker.

She's well known for her book denying slavery and the holocaust.

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 27 points 2 days ago

Can’t spell Erika Kirk without 3 Ks

I guess her and Klandace are still fighting over who gets to be the worst

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is politics... Somehow

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

The political party in power is a cult. This relates to one of their top grifters.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Imma tell all the kids this is Erika Kirk

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Wow. All the bedbugs in my room died in 3 seconds of opening this image.

[–] notwhoyouthink@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

Tammy is another woman thrown into the gears of the evangelical machine. Pretty sure she privately wished her husband got Kirked out on more than one occasion.

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago
[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 8 points 2 days ago

Yeah! Also Erika Kirk!

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Anyone else fancy some popcorn?

[–] X@piefed.world 2 points 2 days ago

Grabbing some as we speak.

[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

If republicans could read…

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is...not worth my time. When a good friend of mine died tragically, I had to make jokes and laugh because it was everything I could do to stay sane.

I hate her and hope she dies or gets killed, but this isn't a "gotcha" to me.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

You're correct, she's not with anyone's time.
And I would be right there with you about the gotcha if the obvious grifting wasn't involved.

Yes, I have grieved. And yes, I used humour to counter it.
I have seen many people grieve, and many of those have used humour to get over things. But that humour was generally morbid humour, or something like that.

Never have I met a -decent- person who used their partners death (let alone a public murder) to gleefully grift and make money, and further themselves.
It's not as if she was poor beforehand and this money is new to her. And it's not as if they didn't have life insurances etc etc.

This wasn't a devoted wife using humour to get over her husband's murder. This was a ghoul laughing about money being made, talking about her future leadership of NaziPointUSA etc etc. She hardly mentions her husband The Human Fountain. This is a woman who saw an opportunity and went for it.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

That’s some good tea

[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

She's also a huge pain in the neck.

I'd be happy too, she doesn't have to put up with his shit anymore, gets to make all the decisions for her kids without the stigma of divorce, and she gets widow strange from confused/closeted Kirk fans

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Ericka al Ghul

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Erika: “my husband dead….PROFITS!”

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Are we even sure Cons can feel love...?

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They have no empathy. The cannot feel anothers pain. We are beset by failed humans. It may be genetic but that is no reason to not stop until they have all been identified and prevented from holding power over anyone in any capacity.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They have no empathy.

Do you?

We are beset by failed humans.

Such as those who otherize? Though I'm not a fan, either, this comment comes off as unreflective.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I do. I know I do. I have no compassion left for those that lack it though. None at all. It was beat out of me by my narcissist parents who scorned me for caring. Your response looks like classic DARVO. We are beset by failed humans. A failed human is not someone who is poor or disabled. Its not someone who has found their identity. Its those that gladly seek to harm others because they feel superior to them. That hate others for their charity and tolerance. They abuse that most of all, the tolerance of others. I will no longer tolerate them. They are to be exposed at any opportunity. They are not to be given what they will not give others.

The world is full of them. They amass money and power to try to fill that hole in their soul. They think empathy is a bad thing but in truth they fear it because people with it always get between them and their goal. They can't stand that others hesitate when they push for cruelty and evil. Yes evil is what they are. They should be identified at a young age so their abuse can be stopped. They will abuse because they cannot conceive of empathy. Its just word to them and they will do harm to others without ever once considering the effect their actions will have on others. I am hardly the first person to arrive at identifying this as the root cause of all human suffering.

[–] CaliforniaSober@lemmy.ca -2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

How the fuck can anyone get a quote out of that fucked up site? “The fucked up and fuck you DOT…whotesof India means you can fuck off.com???