nothing of consequence happened because of it.

I'm talking about Huey Long. The "Chicken in Every Pot" and "Every Man is a King" guy.

He was popular in the media and in politics. "Share the Wealth".

FDR was justly concerned about Long's influence and competition politically. Long was bigger than Louisana.

On September 8, 1935, Long was in the State Capitol in Baton Rouge for a special session of the Louisiana legislature, pushing through a number of bills including a measure to gerrymander opponent Judge Benjamin Pavy out of his job. Pavy's son-in-law shot him dead in 1935. An estimated 200,000 mourners flocked to Baton Rouge to pay their respects.

After Long's assassination, nationally, his Share Our Wealth societies dwindled following the re-election of President Franklin Roosevelt.

I can't see how Charlie Kirk's assassination has more resonance than Long's. Because of social media? Better messaging? Long had a theoretical chance at the presidency. Kirk was a mere influencer.

for the propaganda they are generating around it.

they don't give a flying fuck about him

MAGA policies such as unconditional support for Israeli actions in Gaza. Look how quickly Ben Shapiro
"took up the mantle"...

I would take a dozen Charlie Kirks over a single Ben Shapiro. While extremely limited in this, Kirk could modify his views somewhat when presented with overwhelming facts. Mr. Shapiro is pure idealogue, imo, who has not the slightest concern over right and wrong. This is not a defence of Kirk's positions -- many of which I found quite repugnant and the rest disagreed with.

who was almost immediately forgotten after his murder in 1967.

Kirk was cut from the same cloth as Rockwell. He had little in common with Huey Long.

The Wallace "movement" was, along with the yammering by the paranoid Birchers, instrumental in the rightward shift in the GOP. There was a time when the GOP was actually a big tent, with lots of rational people.

Hard to believe, I know.

Goldwater was the one who told nixon it was time to go.
Way more rational republicans then.

Not even close. Kirk has everything in common with GLR, from the latter's going to college campuses to debate and recruit to winding up dead by gunshot.

Their philosophy was identical.

It wouldn't surprise me in the least if Kirk's backers in TPUSA actually read up on Rockwell. The similarities are uncanny.

It is only because of Trump that KKK, Aryan Nations b.s. has threatened to become mainstream GOP.

This is more gang violence than political assassination.

Most never heard of Kirk before he was killed, including many on the right.

The term is being misused by the media to describe those who are members of the radical right. They are doing so to hide the real nature of these groups or individuals.

Charlie Kirk was Aryan Nations with rich people’s backing.

that long ass word "conservative" to describe any of these Neo Nazis.

The least that can be done is say '"Cons"..

Never Say Anything Bad About the Dead. He's dead. Good.

-Bette Davis
(Paraphrased)
.

more like bulletized.

left behind around the stadium in Glendale. Mountains of it. They sat outside for hours, waiting to get in, like pigs waiting for the trough to be filled. Then, they left all their water bottles, lawn chairs, backpacks, American flags, etc. all over the stadium grounds for someone else to clean up.

The only thing I knew about him was trump called him “frying pan face”.

And so now he’s dead and buried, so now we forget about this shitstain and work to get out the vote, get Epstein files released, and MASA…. MAKE AMERICA SANE AGAIN.

I did not watch it.

I read reports and it sounded crazy.

RFK Jr comparing Kirk to Jesus Christ.

Trump gave one of the craziest eulogies ever.
Perhaps he should not have been invited to speak.
With his narcissism, it had to eventually be about him not Kirk.

Trump gave some preview announcement about autism.
Some think that RFK Jr will link Tylenol taken by pregnant women to autism.
There is no scientific evidence for this link.
Is this another shakedown or will makers of Tylenol sue the administration?

I guess no news reporter will ask about his 'hate' eulogy.

...about how much the Fascist Felon hates his opponents. Who GAF about that at a funeral/memorial service? It always has to be about HIM. His fan club never seems to tire of that.

He's dead, move on, I don't want to read about his idiot fans.

Facts are useless. So are proofs.

Then who paid for the stadium? I wouldn’t be surprised if they charged admission and the orange turd took a cut of the proceeds.

How he lived his life - not well - and how many well meaning friends he had, or how many people he influenced in a positive way - zero - isn't relevant.

What is totally insane, unacceptable, WTF generating, is the MAGA events following his murder.

The rest of the world now no longer wonders about the collective sanity of the US. They know.

This was really a MAGA grifting session and not a memorial