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Right-wing lawmakers pushed for a tribute to the U.S. conservative influencer who was shot dead.

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Thursday rejected a bid by right-wing factions to hold a minute of silence for slain U.S. conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.

The initiative was first proposed by Charlie Weimers, an MEP from the right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), as a symbolic measure “to declare that our right to freedom of speech cannot be extinguished,” according to an email chain with dozens of MEPs that was seen by POLITICO.

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The reason is that he was an anti-free speech hate monger with a huge following. In the minds of the far right those people are literally the only ones with ideas and the right to speak, and any form of attack, physical or verbal is not acceptable.

Another thing is that they want to force others to acknowledge their superiority over others. Remember Nancy Pelosi's being almost murdered? Or the killing of a Democrat law maker? Or even the attempted kidnapping of a governor? In their minds those are jokes. Trump even insulted Tim Walz when asked if he would give his condolences to the murders that took place there.

This is like how bullies behave towards their victims. If a bully shoves a kid down and breaks something expensive that they have, it is nothing... but if the kid has to serve the bully a drink in a cafeteria and it is 1ml too little or too much, that is the end of the world as far as that person's competence goes.