Angry Locals Force Officials to Ax Charlie Kirk Memorial

[Zorro]

County officials in Texas pulled the plug on renaming a road to honor slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk after pushback from locals.

After Kirk, 31, was shot dead at Utah Valley University in September last year, he was immediately lionized by the right, despite his polarizing politics.

This was the case in Bastrop County in Central Texas, where a motion was tabled to designate a portion of FM 969 the “Charlie Kirk Corridor.”

The plan for the road, which is about 30 minutes east of downtown Austin, was shelved after over 100 locals showed up to voice their disapproval.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/angry-locals-force-officials-to-bin-charlie-kirk-memorial-in-bastrop-county-texas/

[efhmc]

1. Some pretty strong comments on that site. Made me happy but a bit surprised.

[tanyev]

2. As far as I can tell, he doesn't even have any ties to that area.

From his Wikipedia page:

Charles James Kirk was born on October 14, 1993, in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois,[1] and raised in the nearby city of Prospect Heights.[2] His father, Robert W. Kirk, is an architect who was involved in the construction of Trump Tower.[3][4] His mother, Kathryn (née Smith),[5] is a former trader at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange who subsequently worked as a mental health counselor.[2][3][4] He had one sibling, a younger sister, Mary, who went on to become an art curator in Chicago.[6][7]

[dalton99a]

3. Bastrop County is a major hub for Elon Musk's business empire

[tanyev]

28. Ah, good point.

If I really wanted to dive into the sewer (and I don’t), research into who proposed this bill and initially supported it would probably reveal some interesting connections.

[popsdenver]

4. LOL

I get nauseated every time I drive near Colorado Springs, and there is a huge sign declaring that stretch of I-25 is:
RONALD REAGAN HIGHWAY..............

[JT45242]

12. Same in Cincinnati they renamed Cross County Highway the Ronald Reagan Hoghway -- not a dime from his admin

Just kissing his KKK supporting buttocks.

[mountain grammy]

5. The value of paying attention

And then showing up! 100 people showed up!

[dalton99a]

6. +1. The idiot commissioner is a Trump cultist

[mountain grammy]

32. I served on a Water/Sewer Board for 6 years

it was a whole different meeting when the public showed up. and, living in a conservative rual area, I was often "the public" who showed up at other board or council or town meetings... always a game changer with the good old boys. and always an education.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

26. Indeed

[William Seger]

7. NOT "despite his polarizing politics" -- BECAUSE of them. (nt)

[AverageOldGuy]

8. Charlie who?

From time to time one of my idiot family members says something about Charlie Kirk to which I respond "Charlie who?" Pisses him off big time.

[Americanme]

10. I think he was on Star Trek, maybe?

[BidenRocks]

21. My thought after reading the above post.

Charlie X.
Both capable of incredible damage!

[paleotn]

22. A "red shirt" for sure

Those guys always buy it at some point during the episode. Seems this Charlie had a throat malfunction complicated by “lead poisoning.”

[FoxNewsSucks]

25. that's actually a good analogy of how the right used him

A martyred redshirt

[ProfessorGAC]

31. If You're Wearing A Red Tunic...

...you better be on Next Generation.
Red was command staff.
The goldenrod tunic folks were the targets in ST:NG!

[Jerry2144]

9. Neonazi 969

Has a nice alliteration to it. Off the name we’re changed, I would propose this as the common name

[hamsterjill]

11. My beloved Texas!!!!

THIS is the Texas that I am proud of. Charlie Kirk has been idolized enough. May he rest in peace, and now, let's move on.

[FoxNewsSucks]

24. agreed, except for the part about that filthy bigot resting in peace

He deserves exactly the same "peace" that the victims of his cult get. He should never rest.

[hamsterjill]

27. Understood.

I was trying to be charitable.

[ShazzieB]

13. I was surprised that this happened in Texas until I read that it was Austin!

From what I hear, Austin is an oasis of blue in the vast red desert that is Texas. Good work, Austinians!

[TexLaProgressive]

17. Austin it a blue dot surrounded by a sea of red/

This includes Bbastrop.

[ananda]

23. Indeed it is. Blue to the core, and funky.

Austin is the city of local color music, tattoos, dogs,
trees, and speedbumps... winding roads and hills,
and lots of trees.

Bastrop is about an hour away. An old yellowdawg
Democrat friend lives on a ranch near there.

He knew LBJ and got Lloyd Doggett started in
politics.

It's not all bad here in Texas.

[pinkstarburst]

30. It was Bastrop!

And I say this with the utmost respect for those amazing 100 people in Bastrop who showed the F up and got this shot down, but even just outside of Austin, it's red, red, red. Even on my street in Austin, there are a mix of Trump signs and whoever else is running at the time. Austin is blue... but it's still Texas. Super proud of Bastrop!

[twodogsbarking]

14. Dude got gunned down in the US and somehow that's news.

[Rob H.]

15. Weasel words

“Not all of us are going to agree, but we can agree to disagree,” said (Bastrop County Commissioner David) Glass. “I absolutely don’t agree with everything Charlie Kirk said.”

Take that to mean he agrees with at least some of what Kirk said and is leaving open the possibility that they might be some of the more egregious things Kirk is known for. Glass can't be straightforward, though, because MAGA idiots have a habit of shooting people who aren't MAGA enough for their tastes.

[dalton99a]

18. +1. "I don't agree with Hitler 100%, because he is a vegetarian and I eat meat"

[NBachers]

16. So . . . . No Hitler Highway I take it then?

[Aristus]

19. The below-averages are trying so desperately to make Kirk into Horst Wessel.

Go ahead. Do it. Horst Wessel was a thug, a street agitator, and a pimp. Kirk would be in good company.

[Martin68]

20. Nice to hear that some Texans aren't putting up with MAGAt crap.

[RussBLib]

29. I have some friends that attended that meeting

They live in Bastrop and are sick of Kirk and Elon Musk, who barged in there and took over, very similar to what Musk did in S Texas.

I admit I am a bit confused as to why the right has lionized Kirk so much. Minimal investigation of Kirk’s actual words reveal some horrible stuff. Do they really, REALLY want to elevate this racist/bigot to martyr status? Is he the best you got??

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