cross-posted from: https://thelemmy.club/post/34808375
In the months leading up to his death, Charlie Kirk rejected a funding offer from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and grew increasingly concerned about pressure from pro-“Israel” figures, according to a longtime friend who spoke to The Grayzone.
While no evidence links “Israel” to the assassination, speculation continues to spread rapidly.
Kirk was devoted Zionist, full stop.
However, a large portion of his audience was Gen Z, and their negative views on Israel are more in line with their generation as a whole, then with the standard Republican platform.
So occasionally he had to give them a bone to make it look like he’s wasn’t who he actually was.
Idk, hosting Dave Smith and refusing money (if true) are not small bones for me. All of this smells fishy af.
Exactly, and I’m assuming you disliked Charlie Kirk .
So if his token gestures were enough to make you question his devotion to Israel, how do you think they were interpreted and received by his Gen Z audience, those already predisposed to liking him?
Speculation you say? I’ll take three!
