US EditionIn America, Kirk's Supporters Still Love Guns, Despite His Violent Death
Right-wing activists, led by Chaya Raichik, are using online harassment and doxxing to punish critics of Charlie Kirk's death, with some targets losing jobs, officials say.
- Right-Wing activists launched an online doxxing campaign targeting critics after Charlie Kirk's death, with Chaya Raichik highlighting individuals in late-night posts Wednesday and officials like Landau signaling punitive steps Thursday.
- Charlie Kirk was shot while speaking at Utah Valley University on Wednesday and had previously downplayed political violence, praising bailing David DePape alongside pro-gun remarks.
- Some targets have been fired, including a Middle Tennessee State University assistant dean, the Coast Guard is investigating an employee, and hospitals reported threats linked to online attention.
- Conservative leaders urged supporters not to back down as posts on X circulated wishing harm toward Matt Walsh and Ben Shapiro, intensifying online threats.
- Before this episode, Chaya Raichik, Libs of TikTok, was publicly unmasked by the Washington Post and attended January 6, with a history of doxxing that included targeting Akron Children's Hospital.
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Conservatives refuse to give up after Charlie Kirk's assasination
Following the murder of Charlie Kirk, key young elected officials in dark blue states and the executive director of a nationwide nonprofit group for young conservative leaders told the Washington Examiner they will not back down and self-censor despite the Left’s violent escalation. “We can never back down, no matter what. Stand tall. Speak your mind. Never be afraid to do the right thing,” David Tangipa, the youngest assemblyman to serve Calif…
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In America, Kirk's supporters still love guns, despite his violent death
Boeden Seitzinger is reeling from the trauma of witnessing close-up the moment that right-wing activist and Donald Trump ally Charlie Kirk was fatally shot in the neck.
Gamer Culture and Guns - emptywheel
The other thread on the Charlie Kirk killing has gotten really long, so I thought I’d post another. The investigation into Tyler Robinson’s ideology is still quite early. What’s clear is he was raised in conservative Republican culture, around guns. What’s unclear is whether the cultural references that AFT initially misrepresented as “trans ideology” is sincerely, or only ironically, tied to further right culture than Kirk himself. Here’s a goo…
Russian state television emphasizes that the murdered conservative activist was a fierce critic of the Ukrainian president.
MAGA launches retribution campaign against Charlie Kirk's critics
As Republicans continue to threaten those posting negative opinions on conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk, including the Deputy Secretary of State and Florida's Education Commissioner, social media activists have joined the campaign to hunt them down and, in some cases, get them fired from their jobs.According to Salon, "Activists like [Libs of TikTok's] Chaya Raichik are trying to get liberals fired over insensitive remarks in the wake of Kirk…
MAGA activists are cancelling Charlie Kirk's insensitive critics
Right-wing activists have launched an online doxxing campaign in the wake of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk’s death — and the Trump administration is joining in. Chaya Raichik, a far-right activist who targets LGBTQ+ people online under the moniker “Libs of TikTok,” has been among the most active in highlighting insensitive comments since Kirk died. In one post, Raichik targeted a lecturer at Cal State University Monterey Bay, who, per screens…
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