Soup 373, September 11, 2025
Soup | 373 |
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Permalink | Permalink |
Date | 2025-09-11 |
Twitter/X | Read |
Twitter/X quotes | Quotes |
Thread Reader App | Read |
Thread Reader PDF | Read |
Bluesky | Read |
Bluesky quotes | Quotes |
Read Bluesky Thread | Read |
Bluesky Skyview | Read |
Bluesky Skywriter | Read |
Audio App | Listen |
Audio File | Listen |
Tweets | 18 |
Soup type | Social media analysis |
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Profession | Disinformation |
Country of origin | United States |
Retweets | 1.2k |
Likes | 4k |
Views | 308.9k |
Bookmarks | 655 |
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Charlie Kirk’s assassination exploitation
The President of the United States also swiftly blamed rhetoric from the “radical left” for inciting political violence, implying that it was such discourse that had created the conditions that led to Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
One of the main narratives was a call for civil war — major MAGA-aligned accounts like @libsoftiktok, Gunther Eagleman (recently souped), and even Elon Musk echoed this, with their posts amplified by X’s bot and troll networks:
The polarization of social media is clear when reading comments about the murder on Bluesky (typically more left-leaning, as X is right-leaning). Many left-aligned users are even celebrating it, showing how deeply divided US society has become:
Another recent example of exploiting tragedy for politics is the gruesome murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in the US. People who once demonized both Ukrainians and refugees all of a sudden switched to accusing the media and pro-Ukraine voices of ignoring the terrible crime. Suddenly Ukrainian lives matter.








Charlie Kirk was a polarizing figure, and I personally disagree with many of his statements on Ukraine.
But he was also a husband & father.
Sadly, cynically exploiting the death of anyone deemed convenient or timely has become routine political practice.
But he was also a husband & father.
Sadly, cynically exploiting the death of anyone deemed convenient or timely has become routine political practice.
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