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Military considering a recruitment campaign based around Charlie Kirk
- KnuthIsGod 1y ago"Military leaders are considering using chapters of Turning Point USA as potential recruitment centers .. The possible campaign would be a call to service, with one potential slogan being, “Charlie has awakened a generation of warriors,” according to two unnamed officials who spoke with the outlet."
- yawpitch 1y ago… I’m not sure it’s entirely wise to leverage a victim of political violence as a recruiting tool for a profession of political violence. Also not sure any of these folk have fully thought through the idea of funneling more people towards sniper training.
- general1465 1y agoTwo biggest Abrahamic religions were and are using recruitment campaigns based on past martyrs to great success.
- yawpitch 1y agoDidn’t say it wouldn’t be successful, just that it wouldn’t be wise (or, in the context of such religions, morally or logically coherent, never mind internally consistent).
- rasz 1y agoWhy wouldnt they, it worked with Horst Wessel.