Molly WhiteAshley Rindsberg and Fox News are furious at Wikipedia editors for “attacking” Charlie Kirk by... listing the viewpoints he prominently and publicly advocated
Matt Mascarenhas@molly0xfff In my peripheral view it looks just like they're trying to make the martyr of this fella that they couldn't of Donald Trump following the latter being shot only in the ear.
Stefan Karstens@miblo @molly0xfff Exactly. Look up Horst Wessel and you'll be prepared for what happens.
@StefanKarstens @molly0xfff Ah yeah, cheers for the reference. Been ages since I last heard that name – as a character / parody song in a theatre show I once did, I forget which, could've been both – and I didn't actually know the story.
@miblo @molly0xfff Fortunately, almost everyone in Germany has forgotten the name of this ‘eternal martyr of the movement’, except for people interested in history and neo-Nazis.
In Nazi Germany, the ‘Horst Wessel Song’ was so omnipresent that it is sung by elderly people in nursing homes who suffer from severe dementia. Because it is one of the few things they can still remember. Absolutely horrific.
@StefanKarstens @molly0xfff Aww, right, that's awful. This is definitely a part of why I like to try and consign "the other stuff" to the periphery, and focus in on the good stuff I'd like to remember.