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False idol

Republicans are insane.

Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma introduced legislation this week that would require every public university in the state to construct “a Charlie Kirk Memorial Plaza”, with a statue of the assassinated Republican activist and a sign calling him a “modern civil rights leader”, or pay monthly fines.

The proposed legislation comes as conservatives pay tribute to the murdered activist and podcaster, whose life will be commemorated by the president at a service in Arizona on Sunday, by comparing him to martyred political and spiritual leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr and Saint Paul.

The Oklahoma bill, sponsored by state senators Shane Jett and Dana Prieto, specifies that the memorial site must be in “a prominent area” on the main campus of every institution of higher education in the state system, and must include “a statue of Charlie Kirk sitting at a table with an empty seat across from him” or one of Kirk and his wife holding their children. Designs for the statue must be approved by the legislature.

A rendering, created with artificial intelligence, of what the Charlie Kirk statue at New College of Florida could look like (yeah, Florida is considering the same thing)

Each plaza must also include “permanent signage commemorating Charlie Kirk’s courage and faith and explaining the significance of Charlie Kirk as a voice of a generation, modern civil rights leader, vocal Christian, martyr for truth and faith, and free speech advocate”.

I hope they make provisions for an adjacent vomitorium, because I’d need to use it.

The only truth is that proposed signage is that he was a vocal Christian. I think he was the perfect representative of the modern Christian. If only they could look into the mirror.

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Comments

  1. cheerfulcharlie says

    Tomorrow is the 23rd of September. Supposedly the day the Rapture is to occur according to the usual cranks. The little dears are going to be so disappointed.

  2. Reginald Selkirk says

    Charlie Kirk was not a hero.
    He never served in the military.
    He never worked as a first responder.
    He never held elective office.
    He never pulled a child from a burning building.

    All he did was promote fascism, and he made a lot of money for himself in doing it.
    Since I don’t like fascism, I do not consider that an especially goo thing.

  7. submoron says

    So who would you put in the other chair(s)? Jefferson or Lincoln clutching their heads in horror?

  12. notaandomposter says

    so the Oklahoma thought police wants to require that every public institution of higher learning has an idol to their new prophet? (why am I not surprised? same state where the Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters requiring “all Oklahoma schools … to incorporate the Bible, which includes the Ten Commandments, as an instructional support into the curriculum.”) This has to theatre, right? I mean one of those things politicians do to show how devout they are but aren’t meant to do anything with? like a “statement” ? Oklahoma: Ranked 50th out of 50 states in public education by WalletHub in 2025, a study that considered factors such as test scores, graduation rates, and school safety, and this legislative body is going to put efforts towards this? and tell universities to spend money erecting political idols when funds need to be spent on improving safety and education and probably on books? it is the PERFECT illustration of WHY OK’s higher ed system sucks (the folks funding it think THIS is a priority, and think coercion is the best way to promote their agenda) – I cannot wait until this guy is forgotten just like [insert forgotten person here]

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