Eine kanadische Version von Charlie Kirks „Turning Point USA“ rekrutiert auf Universitätsgeländen

she’s nothing like Charlie Kirk, her face is far too reasonably sized for her head.

The capitalist class will always find a willing stooge to step up to bat for them.

Nothing wrong with open political debates on university campuses. In fact, it should be encouraged.

I can’t say that this type of group has a high profile on most of our campuses. There have always been conservative groups on campus, but the confrontational style groups really never seem to gain much traction. They got into the news once in a while back when their events were being canceled but that doesn’t really happen anymore.

My sense is that this stumbles across what may be some of the biggest cultural differences between Canada and the US – being the combination of our overall preference not to rock the boat, and how most of our universities are commuter schools where people go home after class ends without engaging with other activities.

Gross. Last thing our campuses need is illiterate far right wing propaganda

> “He was able to get a Republican president elected and, you know, regardless of what we think of that president now, he still got him elected.”

And at the end of the day, that’s what is really important, right?

The same people complaining about importing wokeness trying to import right wing nonsense

I wonder why these types of conservatives only want to debate 18 year old uni students rather than an educated adult…

Entitled insufferable people who think their political and religious views should be forced on everyone else. Literally doing the same thing they accused the left of. 

IMO: foreign influence. Even conservative leaning people I know have zero interest in the niche issues Charlie Kirk zoned in on.

How about no……

Gross.

We’ve seen what right wing views gets you by way of example in the US. WHY would anyone see THAT and say they want that?

Don’t you dare trying to come in any University in the province of Québec!

>Unify Action aims to bring Kirk’s debate-style content creation to university campuses across Canada.

The phrase „debate-style“ is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. Much of what Kirk engaged in wasn’t debate, but performance and sophistry. Witness one of his later „debates“ at Cambridge university (easily found via search on youtube). When engaging with interlocutors who were knowledgeable on a topic, Kirk’s talking points were easily seen to have little evidentiary or rational basis. It’s interesting to observe how he responded in this situation: His speech style shifted towards righteous indignation, and he raised his voice, as if that somehow gave weight to his words. That was the performance coming out in full force, but the content of his speech was still without merit.

>Kirk came to international fame for his shtick of setting up a table on campus featuring a banner with a provocative phrase and the words “prove me wrong” — an irresistible challenge to idealistic students, who would inevitably be out-debated by the fast-talking conservative.

The irony of inviting debate with the phrase „prove me wrong“ is that Kirk was never open to the possibility that he was, in fact, wrong. It was all a show for those who already supported his position, or for those easily indoctrinated to support it.

Real debate isn’t about engaging in confidently-stated mic drops that can be cut-up and delivered as 5 minute youtube shorts. If students are interested in verbal sparring, they should join a campus debate club. There, at least, they’ll be able to engage in debate with actual rigor.

My least favourite Canadians are the ones that mimic my least favourite American ideas.

So the issue is, what, exactly? I thought universities were for the free market of ideas?

holy fuck the boughts are out in full effect

*That’s* her big goal in life? Importing American Conservatism?