# Charlie Kirk threads **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 12, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986 "2025-09-12T16:18:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986/1 "2025-09-12T16:18:58Z")
There seem to be a lot of these threads about Charlie Kirk and his murder. Do we think that maybe there should be an omnibus thread or at least cleaned up into 2 or 3 threads? There’s a lot of overlap in them. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986/2 "2025-09-12T16:24:41Z")
Not to mention posting exactly the same thing in multiple threads. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986/3 "2025-09-12T16:29:20Z")
Problem: there are too many Charlie Kirk threads. Solution: create a thread to discuss the overabundance of Charlie Kirk threads. I propose we create a new forum category, The Kirk Zone, the same way we created The Quarantine Zone during COVID. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986/4 "2025-09-12T16:35:27Z")
Despite the flippant responses I’m going to suggest this pattern will be repeated every time there’s a new news-catchy outrage. Which will occur more and more frequently as the descent into violent Fascism continues. The mods may not need to fuss with the hydra-headed monster of Kirk-related threads. But IMO they could usefully open a private discussion about a policy for these kinds of shotgun 20-thread firestorms. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986/5 "2025-09-12T16:43:15Z")
There was a discussion already, not much will be done. At some point some of the threads might be consolidated or they might not. In other words yes, no, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986/6 "2025-09-12T16:49:18Z")
ISTM a feature of the board is also a problem (sometimes). Want a thread focused on the political ramifications of Kirk, P&E. Want a thread on how his death will affect the US? GD. Want to say you hate/love the guy, Pit. Each is meant to focus discussion (except maybe Pit). So, you end up with many threads on the same topic but each is meant to restrict what is being discussed. I don’t think that is a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986/7 "2025-09-12T16:51:47Z")
So I’m not seeing too many active Kirk threads, maybe I missed a few? P&E thread: [Charlie Kirk is Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-is-dead/1022935) Pit: [Trump ally and conservative pundit Charlie Kirk shot at Utah event [now reported deceased, same date 10SEP2025]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916) P&E related thread: [Will Charlie Kirk's assassination set off US civil war/breakup? - #2 by Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-charlie-kirks-assassination-set-off-us-civil-war-breakup/1022958/2) GD related thread: ["Political violence is never the answer." Talk to me about this - #16 by ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-violence-is-never-the-answer-talk-to-me-about-this/1022962/16) It looks like another 3 threads are already dying off, so the system is working. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986/8 "2025-09-12T16:51:58Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > I propose we create a new forum category, The Kirk Zone Good plan because this is going to be with us for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986/9 "2025-09-12T16:52:51Z")
Happy birthday cat herder. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986/10 "2025-09-12T16:54:14Z")
Thank you, I’m getting old and walking around museums on a mini vacation, I’m feeling it. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986/11 "2025-09-12T16:54:51Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Want a thread focused on the political ramifications of Kirk, P&E. Want a thread on how his death will affect the US? GD. Want to say you hate/love the guy, Pit. > > Each is meant to focus discussion (except maybe Pit). So, you end up with many threads on the same topic but each is meant to restrict what is being discussed. This is well said, and basically what we discussed in the mod loop when this situation got underway. Otherwise, you end up with a bunch of people discussing various aspects of the event and having discordant conversations. > [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I don’t think that is a bad thing. Neither did we. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986/12 "2025-09-12T17:06:57Z")
I don’t mind the multiple threads on Kirk. Actually, I like them because they’re focusing on different aspects of the story, and it allows a reader to pick and choose which threads to follow. An omnibus thread that generates hundreds of posts an hour about anything Kirk-related is a chore to keep up with. What bothered me was when it seemed that other threads were being dominated by Kirk discussion; particularly the Omnibus Stupid MFer thread in the Pit, where the discussion really had nothing to do with the thread anyway. But that mostly stopped, and the discussion is pretty much solely in the dedicated threads. These threads aren’t a problem, they’re an example of the board working properly. ---
**Author:** ![mjmartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@mjmartin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmartin)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986/13 "2025-09-12T17:09:59Z")
> [@Crane](#): > > Good plan because this is going to be with us for a while. What makes you think that? I think Trump and friends will do something new and awful next week and we’ll never hear about Kirk again. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986/14 "2025-09-12T17:11:12Z")
Can’t argue with that! ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986/15 "2025-09-12T17:18:21Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > ISTM a feature of the board is also a problem (sometimes). > > Want a thread focused on the political ramifications of Kirk, P&E. Want a thread on how his death will affect the US? GD. Want to say you hate/love the guy, Pit. > > Each is meant to focus discussion (except maybe Pit). So, you end up with many threads on the same topic but each is meant to restrict what is being discussed. > > I don’t think that is a bad thing. I kinda disagree, but not strongly. Not terribly interested in this guy or his death, so spending little time in any of the threads. And it has long been established that my preferences as to splitting vs lumping are out of step with the mods and many posters. I’d prefer at most 3 threads: maybe one for polite discussion in P&E or IMHO; another in the Pit for less polite discussion. And maybe a strict “breaking news” thread in MPSIMS. But folk whose opinions matter more than mine prefer the splitting of threads across multiple forums. When they overly split discussions in the manner this one has split, the result is to make me less interested in any of them. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986/16 "2025-09-12T17:18:47Z")
How about a “Charlie Kirk” tag in addition to the current “trump” tag being applied to Kirk discussions? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986/17 "2025-09-12T17:24:13Z")
I don’t see a problem with that and they’re easy to create. But I will leave it up to our tag wizard, @What_Exit, to add it if he wishes. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986/18 "2025-09-12T17:24:19Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > I’d prefer at most 3 threads: maybe one for polite discussion in P&E or IMHO; another in the Pit for less polite discussion. And maybe a strict “breaking news” thread in MPSIMS. I get this is your preference (which is fine) but I think it is too restrictive. E.G. We have some LGBTQ posters on this board. Maybe they want to discuss Kirk’s views on LGBTQ people. That would probably be a thread on its own and not neatly fit in your three thread paradigm. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986/19 "2025-09-12T18:26:52Z")
I’m not a fan of short term tags. This will be down to one thread within a month tops. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986/20 "2025-09-12T18:30:19Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Problem: there are too many Charlie Kirk threads. > > Solution: create a thread to discuss the overabundance of Charlie Kirk threads. [![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/017/204/CaptainAmerica1_zps8c295f96.JPG) ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/017/204/CaptainAmerica1_zps8c295f96.JPG) [![](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/standards.png) ](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/standards.png) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986.md?page=2)