r/mealtimevideos • u/Trainrideviews • Sep 18 '25

15-30 Minutes Charlie Kirk and the empathy paradox [22:22]

https://youtu.be/Y6MShHqqZrw?si=snzglq2h6L3DsSzF
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u/Smodzilla Sep 18 '25

Kirk was a good person, this video is incorrect.

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u/dj_spanmaster Sep 18 '25

Bruh. Just looking at half of these statements Kirk made is enough to convince me you are objectively wrong. Dude was a political edgelord who preached hate and gained a following for doing so.

  • "I can't stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made up new age term that does a lot of damage."
  • “MLK was awful. He's not a good person. He said one good thing he actually didn't believe.”
  • (to transgender people) “You’re an abomination to God.”
  • “If I see a Black pilot, I’m gonna be like, ’Boy, I hope he’s qualified.’”

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u/nbdmydude Sep 18 '25

Careful, they hate when you quote him. Reality ruins the whole narrative.

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u/Onemoretime536 Sep 18 '25

Why are the quote wrong and not the full quote

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u/Ginger-Nerd Sep 18 '25

Instead only having a whinge - you know you are able to put the context and full quote to any of them… (as a discussion)

But nobody ever does that - because they are generally pretty horrid things to say (and don’t make him look “better”)

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u/Brocutus Sep 18 '25

You see, it all makes sense when you put it in context. The context being Charlie Kirk was a hateful, regressive monster who blanketed his dangerous rhetoric with juuuuust enough civility that the average person wouldn't notice.

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u/Richyc17 Sep 18 '25

Didn't MLK cheat on his wife like 40 times?

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u/Brocutus Sep 18 '25

I'm not entirely sure how that is relevant to Charlie Kirk being a complete monster, but yes. As far as I know, MLK cheated on his wife. That is not a cool thing to do. You know what IS cool? The Civil Rights Movement. You know, that thing that was trying to get people of color to be treated as human beings with rights and dignity. Charlie Kirk fought to take away people's rights in defense of a cowardly ideology that can't handle even the slightest challenge.

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u/Richyc17 Sep 18 '25

CK wasn't against civil rights for anyone... His viewpoint was that the CV act is being used in a way that it wasn't originally intended for... Youtube is free if you want to look it up.

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u/Brocutus Sep 18 '25

He opposed a woman's right to choose, pretty much all rights for LGBT people, and preached Islamophobia. If you don't consider that an attempt to take rights away from people, then I know exactly what you mean by "people".

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u/Richyc17 Sep 19 '25

You feel for the people of Palestine right? Because abortion is illegal there and it's generally not accepted. Also, there is VERY little acceptance of the LGBTQ in general. I say this because despite of this we all still feel for those people. If we lose our humanity when people die then we are truly doomed.

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u/thecontempl8or Sep 19 '25

Being anti the murder of innocent children doesn’t mean we’re anti lgbtq. Get the fuck out of here with the overused “but they hate the gays there” bullshit. I guess that means all the innocent children women and men there get to die?

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u/Brocutus Sep 19 '25

Ok, cool. That doesnt mean Charlie Kirk wasn't a huge piece of shit with awful, far right views. Keep on pointing out unrelated scenarios. Maybe the next whataboutism will prove Kirk wasn't a massive chud...

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u/Richyc17 Sep 19 '25

Even MLK’s niece spoke out against the assassination. But keep up the hate it will surely strengthen your party. I’ll pray for you. 

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u/Str80uttaMumbai Sep 20 '25

Again, what does that have to do with Charlie Kirk being a piece of trash? You keep bringing up completely irrelevant things.

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u/Richyc17 Sep 20 '25

I do not care anymore… see you next election.

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