The conservative activist's quote about the landmark legislation circulated online after he was fatally shot in September 2025.
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There are many who disagree with that attribution, and the exact context has not been found. Snopes is not without bias, as it is done by a tiny crew and financed from, as far as can be found, from one side of the spectrum. He was speaking of how the act has divided the country into hyphenated rather than being a unifying force. The statement has to be taken in context.
The context was part of a lengthy statement that also said, "Kirk said the Civil Rights Act "created a beast, and that beast has now turned into an anti-white weapon."
As background, for those who do not know, my first radio job was with R&B WJMO in Cleveland where I was the token white guy, and I even went with many of the staffers to Newton, Mississippi, where we helped register Black persons to vote. Newton was close to Meridian, where Mt Zion church was burnt and one member killed just a couple of years later.
The Turning Point USA co-founder and conservative commentator was fatally shot while speaking at a Utah college.
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Kirk was speaking of how the some of King's acts, particularly in his personal life, were not the same fine example that he is almost universally honored for. But the fact that these indiscretions were discovered in an even more vile and insidious FBI investigation makes them of little consequence.
In 2023, Kirk said "Jews have been some of the largest funders of cultural Marxist ideas and supporters of those ideas over the last 30 or 40 years."
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There is lots of evidence that there is a group, such as that attached to George Soros, who have done some rather disruptive things, like reducing the standard of living of working class Brits. Going name by name would be a thesis, but Kirk's point is that many, mostly non-religious, Jews have been involved with social initiatives that Kirk did not agree with.
I was never a follower of Kirk. I barely knew who he was until he was shot. But, if I find him admirable for anything, it is for trying to break the influence of liberal extremists in the school and teaching profession.