Right-wing lawmakers pushed for a tribute to the U.S. conservative influencer who was shot dead.
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Thursday rejected a bid by right-wing factions to hold a minute of silence for slain U.S. conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.
The initiative was first proposed by Charlie Weimers, an MEP from the right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), as a symbolic measure “to declare that our right to freedom of speech cannot be extinguished,” according to an email chain with dozens of MEPs that was seen by POLITICO.
Why the fuck would EU Parliament give a shit about an American YouTuber?
Yeah, the GOP keeps trying to make this asshole into something more than he’s not. He wasn’t even part of ANY government service. Like, this clown wasn’t even a local parks and rec employee of a small town.
the GOp need something to unify the disarra-yed supporters of magats. THE MSM will just sweep this under the rug like they did with RUSH, ONCE THE NEWS cycle blows over, they did nothing of noteworthy to benefit society so they will just disappear as soon as people reorient themselves with epstein again.
He’s not just a YouTuber, he’s a Republican Mega-Bundler. One of the richest country’s premier bagmen has been slain. How can you be so callous? It’s not like he’s a Palestinian or a Minnesota Congressperson or a Colorado school kid, here. He’s important!
If the EU Parliament had to have a minute of silence for every shitty American killed by a gun, they’d never have time for anything else.
As an American, I laughed out loud at this one. They sure wouldn’t!
the us has like hundreds of gun deaths every day
4 mass shootings this past Sunday; and 4 isn’t even a ‘record’ day by half.
Why should they hold a moment of silence? Kirk wasn’t a US official.
Did they hold a moment of silence when that minnesota dem senator was killed? Honestly curious if there is even precedent for them doing it even for a politician.
I’m sure they don’t hold a moment of silence every time someone in the US dies of gun violence, since they would never be able to speak…
European here.
I don’t give a fuck about dead Nazis.
I prefer my Nazis dead
Why not? They’re the good kind.
A minute of silence for every dead child in Gaza or nothing for no one.
“Why would anyone in Europe care?”
I think the point of it would be to signal to Trump that Europe is his vassal. Trump says it’s sad that this guy is dead, therefore Europe is sad. Doesn’t really matter who it is or what’s up. You’re just following the pledge of fealty.
So, I think it’s good that the EU decided they’re sovereign for now. This sort of thing is always an ongoing project.
As a reminder, we hanged people at Nuremberg for doing exactly what Charlie Kirk spent his whole career doing.
Oh no. Anyway release the Epstein files
While I agree, do you actually think it will change anything?
Nothing fundamentally. Might speed up the course we’re on but that about it.
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Because the EU has a lot of fascist chuds in it who stand for what fuckface stood for.
The US is speedrunning christofacism. But we aren’t the only ones with a major infection.
Complicates my exit strategy. 😐
That man is right they should hold a minute of silence for someone killed due to is freedom of speech and a minute of silence for everone being killed by an oppressor
Edit: two separate groups. A minute of silence for the actual people being oppressed by people that this guy supports
someone killed due to is freedom of speech
Is that why it happened? Sure about that?
Kind of like how the Iraqis “hate us for our freedoms”
Well I was implying that they could’ve told him sure whatever, but only if we also take a moment for every oppressed person like the Palestinians as an example.
Since right wing europeans would definitely not stand for that.
I guess I should’ve been clearer
How many minutes of silence would that cause per minute?
Or are you only interested in silence for popular Nazis?Oh yeah I reread my comment. I meant to be vague and say that we should hold one for everyone that oppressed not that he was oppressed. Two separate groups. Meant to hint that they should hold one for every Palestinian (and other like the uyghurs,rohigna, etc.)
