acargitz@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 2 days agoU of T professor placed on leave after commenting on Charlie Kirk's shooting deathwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down11
arrow-up1130arrow-down1external-linkU of T professor placed on leave after commenting on Charlie Kirk's shooting deathwww.cbc.caacargitz@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 2 days agomessage-square29linkfedilink
minus-squarekhar21@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoMaybe that’s because we’re Canadian? I already knew about turning point USA, it’s huge and apparently a huge reason Trump got so much more of the young vote this time.
minus-squarekbal@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoI did eventually find out who he was thanks to Justin Ling’s write-up which is pretty good: https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/who-was-charlie-kirk-anyway Quite a story, but even so the earth-shaking implications of his death seem to me much exaggerated by many.
Maybe that’s because we’re Canadian? I already knew about turning point USA, it’s huge and apparently a huge reason Trump got so much more of the young vote this time.
I did eventually find out who he was thanks to Justin Ling’s write-up which is pretty good: https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/who-was-charlie-kirk-anyway
Quite a story, but even so the earth-shaking implications of his death seem to me much exaggerated by many.