The 8ft statue, installed in Phoenix last week to mark one year since Kirk’s killing, was found painted red

A newly unveiled statue of the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk was vandalized at the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona.

The statue was found with red spray-paint. A nearby poster memorial in front of the statue was vandalized with red paint as well.

  • MulligrubsBanned from communityEnglish
    31·
    1 month ago

    If they’re smart, they will allow people to paint all over it. Otherwise, it’s an ugly statue aesthetically in my opinion, paint could only improve it.

    If they’re really smart, they did this themselves. Press brings them donations.

    I say this as someone who is anti-Kirk murder and anti-political murders in general. I think his assassination will make his message much stronger than it was when he was alive, and now he’s a martyr for a message that fundamentally thrives on martyrs. He’s already gotten a lot more press than he would of if he was alive.

    • teslekova@lemmy.mlEnglish
      61·
      1 month ago

      What’s his message? Because I haven’t heard anything about it except “I died because I love guns lol”.

    • bthestEnglish
      51·
      1 month ago

      He became a meme, not a martyr.

    • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zipEnglish
      11·
      1 month ago

      They tried really hard to make him a martyr only to realize within a week or so that no one gave a shit.

      It’s been a year, people are only bringing it up because it hit the year mark. He’ll go back to bring an ironic death for a piece of shit any day now