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None of that is true. Thats just clickbait headlines getting you all ragey and engaged to make money off you.
He never said he didnt want black people to have rights. He said that the writing of the civil rights act was poor. He said that he understood and supported the purpose, just not how it was written. The reason he gave for this was because it was now being used to overcorrect, and that as a result it was harming white people. Up to you if agree with that statement or not. I personally do and dont. Ive seen examples of it in action, but never enough that its a problem worth rioting about.
Which leads us on to the "unqualified" statement. That was again, misquoted. He was talking about DEI, and how it was influencing hiring practices. Which again, is true. I just dont know how widespread it is to get upset. But you can look to Harvard admissions who put non white applicants above white ones, even though the white ones had better grades. In the UK the Oxford Union will have a new president in 2026. But the problem is that he should never have been there in there first place as he didnt meet the requirements for entry. But hes black, so he gets special treatment. Again in the UK, the RAF was found to be holding back white men so they could promote women and non whites, again, even though they had either performed better or it was their turn in line. This was excused by "positive discrimination.".
You see, the problem with all the hate going around is that its only ever headline deep. The actual facts and nuance of what is being said never gets a look. So people say things like "Kirk said the civil rights act was a mistake" or "He would check pilots credentials if he was black" or "Im ok with people dying for the 2A".
That last one, the context there was about the price we as a society pay to have nice things. The whole quote wasnt limited to the 2A, and included cars. His point was that cars cause 50k deaths every year, but we accept that price so that we can have the convenience of private transport. His point of view was that 2A was needed to protect the citizens of the US from a tyrannical government. And that if the price of that was gun deaths, then he was ok with it, in the same way that people are ok with car deaths. Again, up to you if you what you think of that argument. I disagree, as cars are licensed, people need to train to drive a car and they need to be registered etc etc etc. None of which is true of guns in most places. But the point is, he didnt just say "fuck them kids!" like so many click bait headlines said he did.
Was he a good guy? Dont really know. I didnt really hear much about him before last week. But I am the type of cunt to read, and check facts. And damn near everything said about him last week, was a twisting of the facts. But it sure got everyone riled up didnt it? Kinda like when the right wingers get their click bait telling them that two thirds of trans women are sex offenders. Which is a lie. The actual source of that story was from the UK and was talking about 125 transgender women counted in 2017, 60 of them were convicted of sexual assault, 27 of which was rape. Do you see? This is how they get you all. They put enough truth in the headline to get you all angry, but never enough that you are all actually informed on things that are actually happening.
You all, need to start reading beyond the headline. And start actually verifying what you are being told. For example, a random twitter post screen grabbed to imgur that then gets up loaded to reddit should not be getting more of your trust than a bunch of news sites. But this is world we live in now. And thats why it fucking sucks.