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Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah

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Re: Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah

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Am I wrong in thinking this guy isn't/wasn't a very influential person, outside of Twitter and the people that stay on there 24/7? If so, why even target the poor guy? What change was the person who shot him hoping to elicit? Either way, I hope he makes it, even though it looks like it was a fatal blow

Twitter has an estimated monthly active users in excess of the population of the United States by nearly a factor of two.

Even if we assume those numbers are inflated, that's quite a bit of influence if someone is influential only on Twitter.

Re: Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah

#40
post #8

Am I wrong in thinking this guy isn't/wasn't a very influential person, outside of Twitter and the people that stay on there 24/7? If so, why even target the poor guy? What change was the person who shot him hoping to elicit? Either way, I hope he makes it, even though it looks like it was a fatal blow

He was just made fun of on the new season on South Park, if you consider that to be influential.
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