Ta-Nehisi Coates Trashes Charlie Kirk As a 'Hate-Monger'
By: Sean James (Mediaite)
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is doubling down on bashing Charlie Kirk, just weeks after the conservative activist was murdered, with the famous author ripping Kirk as a "hate-monger" who ran a "haven of hatred" at his organization, Turning Point USA.
"Hate" and "hatred" were terms that came up a lot during Coates' appearance on The Ezra Klein Show on Sunday. Coates used the word eight times to describe Kirk during the conversation, which came together after Coates blasted Kirk in a recent Vanity Fair piece, as well as those in the media who were mourning his death and what it means for the U.S., like Klein did in The New York Times.
Coates made it clear he was not interested in softening his stance:
I'm putting aside your piece, but I'm just thinking about the moment we're in. When I hear or see people who are honored and commemorated in such a way that they almost become a national religious figure, and then I see their content, and I see that their content is actively destructive to humanity, I have to draw a line there.
A little earlier, the Between the World and Me author made a similar comment, saying: "I'm all for unifying, I'm all for bridging gaps. But not at the expense of my neighbor's humanity. I just can't."
Kirk, Coates added, was merely interested in "harvesting" hatred from "racist" Republican voters who were not fans of Barack Obama.
Klein, early in the podcast, said he was uneasy about Coates or anyone else ripping Kirk, so soon after he was killed.
"Going to people when they're grieving like that and saying, 'Listen, I want to tell you want I really thought of your friend — just feels like not what you do in a community," Klein said.
Coates, in his VF story, said Kirk "held disagreeable views," including being anti-abortion and being "unconcerned" with the "humanity of Palestinians." He also said Kirk "reveled in open bigotry."
Based on his hour-long conversation with Klein, it does not sound like Coates regrets a word he wrote about Kirk. You can watch the full interview via the YouTube video above.
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Is it time yet ?
Is it ever the time NOT to tell the truth?
Charlie Kirk was everything Coates says he is, that's the truth, but telling the truth about someone in no way celebrates that person's death. It is simply the truth.
How about posting actual quotes of this ‘hate mongering. We constantly hear far leftists demean Kirk for what he says, especially on far left news channels, but never do those channels play clips of Kirk saying anything that is truly hate mongering.
Most on the left are told to parrot this talking point and they do readily, none with proof.
They hate Kirk, therefore Kirk is hateful. Their feelings are all the evidence they need
Is it too much to ask of you to spare us this garbage?
Staying on topic here, the idiot highlighted in the seed has no idea what Kirk has ever said, and does not care. He just knows that what he says will be lapped up by the left wing lemmings that listen to him, and he is right about that.
He is just like most other leftists who try and claim Kirk is a racist, white supremacist, etc, but have never shown any proof of such. If you are on a national tv program and make these claims, you would think that program would have easy access to what you claimed and show the clip right after you made the claim.
They can't because they know what they say is bullshit.
Absolutely.
If you claim someone to be a white supremacist, misogynist, or some other form of unacceptable ideologue, it's up to you to provide evidence.
Coates, the most mediocre writer in America. Watching progressives have to pretend to swoon over him to maintain their allyship is always worth a laugh.
Charlie Kirk was not worthy of being a martyr for anyone or anything. That is Coates point in his interview with Ezra Klein.
Guy who makes his living stirring up racial antagonism hates another white guy. Surprise.
"Kirk, Coates added, was merely interested in “harvesting” hatred from “racist” Republican voters who were not fans of Barack Obama."
Same spiel for 15 years or whatever it is. Did he whine about a white woman saying "c'mon" to him when he let his kid dawdle at the top of the escalator again? He works so hard to be victimized.
Charlie Kirk was not worthy of being a martyr. Somebody has to say it.
He’s no george floyd, that’s for sure.
I know, right?
He's figured out how to make a very nice living selling white liberal guilt, which appears to be more addictive than methamphetamine.
Well, leftists have made him one.
Coates does a pretty good job of hate mongering himself...
Who is this guy and why should I care?
Coates is the recipient of generosity showing his gratitude. Coates is a victim of Democrat indoctrination and doesn't realize it.
I'm not sure you should care.
So he wrote a book. There are millions of authors out there.
Well. Yes.
As I said, I'm not sure you should care.
I certainly don't.
I don't. He's not special in any way.
i think this sums up what’s going on here. Rational liberals are finding out what they created:
its like watching Lafayette starting to come to grips that the French revolution had passed him by and he was now an enemy of the revolution.