I’m admittedly not too many hours into listening to some of these debates with Kirk. Never heard a word of his prior, but thanks to both sides of this stupid argumentative thread I’ve done so.
So far nothing that is him spouting hatred. He had made some dodge, stretch answers/retorts. He does have a mocking tone at times. I’ve also seen him be respectful as well. I’ve seen 10x worse here daily. If his is hate speech, then you people are friggin hitlers yourselves.
One of my thoughts is I won’t necessarily believe stats or facts spouted by Red or Kirk (whoever) without backup. Who knows if I’d be getting “DOL” stats on employment. I say look into everything. It’s easy to accept something conforming with your confirmation biases. Trust no one, check sources, data and conclusions. I do try to check links and sources.
There are so many instances of quoting one thing out of context to twist the message or get a reaction.
Both sides here need to deescalate. Kirk was not the second coming of St John, but he wasn’t Stalin either.
I might respond to a post or two that I disagree with in part or whole, or find intellectually dishonest.
I won’t respond to all the smug, repugnant posts some of you made, and I hope you find shame at some point for them.
He has made some full-on racist and misogynistic statements though.