Posted on 09/10/2025 9:48:52 PM PDT by Antoninus
Charlie Kirk was assassinated while doing what he loved—talking with young people and getting them to ponder what they believe and why they believe it.
Charlie was supremely effective at engaging with college-age crowds. The reason for this is because he was authentic. If he talked about Jesus, it's because he truly loved Jesus and he wasn't afraid to say so into a microphone in front of a thousand people, many of whom might not have been particularly receptive to the message. If he touted marriage, it's because he was married and knew that strong marriages are the core of a strong nation. If he rejected abortion, it's because he had had a deep love for life and fathered two beautiful children of his own. If he loved freedom of speech, he proved it by giving a microphone to anyone who wanted to have a go at him in front of an audience.
These same virtues made Charlie an object of pure hatred to the political Left. If he was authentic, the Left hated him because they are hypocrites. If he was joyful, the Left hated him because he made them appear positively miserable by comparison. If he was willing to have deep conversations with confused young people who disagreed with him, the Left hated him because angry slogans and blue-haired vitriol are all they have to offer.
If Charlie was tremendously brave to the point of standing before hostile crowds, one of which proved to have an assassin embedded within it, the Left hated him because at heart, they are cowards.
Charlie's outspoken and unapologetic love for the United States of America—our country, institutions, and history—caused an immediate and violent allergic reaction among the true believers on the Left. They recoiled like Howard Zinn when confronted with a primary source historical document.
The "hate has no home here" crowd could not tolerate such an eloquent, authentic, and exuberant advocate of faith, family, and freedom. And since they could not debunk his authenticity or refute his arguments, they had to silence his voice—with a bullet.
In the immediate aftermath of the assassination, when Charlie's death was broadcast on social media, many, many on the political Left responded with: "Thoughts and prayers. Isn't that what we're supposed to say?" This mocking comment was repeated over and over, as if it was the epitome of a clever riposte. It was accompanied by many hundreds and thousands of "laugh" emoticons.
This reaction well defines the state of post-Christian America today. Ugly only begins to describe it. I can only pray that most of the "people" reacting that way were bots and not actual humans.
The best thing that could happen in the aftermath of the assassination of Charlie Kirk would be the emergence of ten thousand more Charlie Kirks. Ten thousand more authentic young people who love America and are unafraid to engage in debate with the Left. Ten thousand more men who are unafraid to enter the lists and run toward danger, knowing that the Left may try to kill them. Ten thousand sharp, eloquent, enthusiastic voices who will confound the stale, soulless rhetoric of the Left.
What more fitting legacy could emerge than millions of zealous, activated young Americans joining Charlie's Turning Point USA to confront and ultimately defeat the Left?
God willing, Charlie Kirk's death will truly become the turning point for America.
Kirk was a great apologist, great on social issues as well.
This is a serious loss.
This assassination has OPENED UP a HUGE MOVEMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is going to be very interesting to see what happens next. Very. For one thing, quit talking about it and what one needs to do. When the opportunity presents itself, do what must be done, don’t talk about it.
Nice tribute to CK here: https://shorturl.at/eufH5
like losing a aircraft carrier..
Felt the same with breitbart
Stable Genius needs to put the wheels in motion to CRUSH these people once and for all. Make examples from the VERY top, to the homeless drug addict on the streets of Kensington and the mentaly ill white c-nt posting celebratory dances over Kirk's death.
I also thought of Breitbart.
It’s similar.
He wasn’t murdered in an obviously planned and coordinated assassination though.
This is chilling and serious.
I’ve followed Charlie for years, his story & legacy will live on! It has to or evil
wins.
We can’t let it happen..this is our time to fight back like Charlie would. Not with violence but every single republican needs to call out the Dem party on what they’ve become. Time to boot the RINOs too.
This is a fight we can win but can’t have the “friends across the aisle” bullshit anymore
FAFO Dems
The youth movement that Charlie started, has to rise up & I think they will.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1205632348255949&set=a.225795049573022
1000+ laughing/happy emojis and counting on the Turning Point post announcing his death. Leftists are happy and celebrating political assassination.
He was brave. He would stand alone against a crowd of opposed and engage them civilly yet calmly and coolly while they railed against him and screamed and shouted at him.
I would call him a martyr
Charlie Kirk was a modern St.Paul. He went out fearlessly spreading truth with open discussion and was never afraid to proclaim and defend the truth and faith. Now there are so many lost souls laughing and celebrating his death that are the left wing and woke mob of LBGTQ and communists and far left he was attempting to liberate with the truth. There are also many like St.Peter ready to draw the sword when they came to arrest Jesus. The irony is these lost souls are on their way to hell in an hand basket. I admit that I am angry and like St.Peter ready to draw the sword, but the words of Jesus take hold and remind me that evil people can not and will not stop the truth and the light. The left wing media caused this and the woke corporations and democrat politicians are willing accomplices. Thank God we have president Donald Trump and Charlie fiercely and bravely helped win his election by boldly going into the lions den of of our Universities to convince young people to search for and be open to the truth. God bless Charlie Kirk and prayers for his family. Without talking and discussing issues there is no dialogue and in that emptiness and silence violence takes hold.
He IS a martyr; they haven’t silenced his voice, only amplified it.
They say tens of thousands of young Americans were inspired to become missionaries by the martyrdoms of Jim Elliot and Nate Saint and the rest of their team in Peru. Lord, may it be the same here in the domestic arena this time around.
They couldn’t win the argument at debate against Charlie, so they turned to the assassin’s bullet to cut out his tongue. In the process, they condemned themselves to lose the argument forever.
In my eyes, the left has made the case why it no longer enjoyed the right to ever have any position of authority ever again. Those who respond with losing debate in difference of opinion by turning to the assassin’s bullet deserve nothing except to be trampled upon until the end of their days, and then their name stricken from history, forever.
📖🎩👀
I used to think that most leftists are just misguided, that they are decent people who simply don’t understand the real issues because they don’t have the full or accurate information in front of them.
No more. They are pure evil.
RIP Charlie.
Just in the last year, we had two attempted sniper assassinations of President Trump, and now a sniper assassinated Charlie Kirk.
That’s a lot of sniper attacks on conservative leaders.
“The tyrant dies and his rule is over; the martyr dies and his rule begins.”
- Kierkegaard
Thank you for linking that.
It’s impossible to read that tribute without tears.
I’ve been watching Charlie’s exchanges with liberals for quite some time now. I didn’t realize until today just how many other people respected and admired Charlie.
RIP, Charlie.
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