Among the attractions at the Turning Point USA (TPUSA) conference being held in Phoenix, Arizona this weekend is an opportunity for attendees to get their picture taken in front of a re-creation of the tent where founder Charlie Kirk was murdered.The four-day event, called "America Fest" is the firs...
Well given that specific scene occurred in his normal setup it’s the same thing?
Like the car JFK was sitting in when he was assassinated is not just a normal car after that event.
OK, but if they considered his set up to be iconic during his life, then it’s not fair to say that they should never be able to reference it again just because some terrorist murdered him in it.
I certainly hate this dude, but I think there’s a big difference between saying “take your photo at a recreation of his assassination” and “we’re reclaiming this symbol as a celebration of his life”.
I just feel that things and places are tainted by horrific events that are associated with them, even if there’s a much more vanilla history.
As an example, the park at Bondi Beach in Australia where there was recently a terrorist massacre. It will always be the place where that happened, not the place where 10s of thousands of picnics were had.
Yes you can say that Kirk’s tent is a celebration of his life and his passion, but lots of people will find that to be in poor taste.
Everything about these people is creepy and weird. Before this guy died, I didn’t know who he was, but if I had I would have thought that making a living going to universities and manipulating people into signing up to this ideology was creepy and weird. His wife weirds me out too.
I get it. I just think that if it happened to somebody I liked, I would want to preserve the positivity of their life. Treating the iconic scene as a permanent tragedy is letting the terrorists win.