Right-wing lawmakers pushed for a tribute to the U.S. conservative influencer who was shot dead.
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Thursday rejected a bid by right-wing factions to hold a minute of silence for slain U.S. conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.
The initiative was first proposed by Charlie Weimers, an MEP from the right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), as a symbolic measure “to declare that our right to freedom of speech cannot be extinguished,” according to an email chain with dozens of MEPs that was seen by POLITICO.
Oh yeah I reread my comment. I meant to be vague and say that we should hold one for everyone that oppressed not that he was oppressed. Two separate groups. Meant to hint that they should hold one for every Palestinian (and other like the uyghurs,rohigna, etc.)
That I can agree with!
After all each Palestinian (who isn’t Hamas) who died at the hands of IDF just for being Palestinian deserves a minute of silence whereas I’m already quite satisfied by Charly Kirk being silent henceforth.
Adding other oppressed groups to these minutes of silence would be fine.
And that is what it boils down to: people like Kirk aren’t being oppressed, they’re oppressors. They don’t deserve minutes of silence, but being silenced for good.