It's been a tough 2025 so far. So much death. So much hassle. So much dealing with family that has been pushed to the limit. Life long friends that angrily declare your not a friend you are my enemy. Ungrateful children, for they are both ungrateful and children. Until one has a child of their own or has experience true loss and fully grasped that life is fragile and short they remain children. Many of us die as children which isn't as bad as dying without belief.
Charlie Cook was not a child and he died with belief. At 18 he figured out things that take most of us decades. At 31 he had created a movement, a loving marriage and two beautiful children. Charlie Kirk's life was ended because a young man killed someone he didn't know. Had the assassin known Charlie he would have known his motto "Prove Me Wrong" was not a message of hate. Although the media characterized Charlie as a NeoNazi he wasn't and he definitely wasn't spreading hate. Charlie would simply debate the Left and more often than not give away a hat or something else to those he disagreed with. Charlie was known for his willingness to talk to anyone.
The Left focuses on January 6th while absolutely ignoring months of "mostly peaceful" rioting. The George Floyd riots resulted in thousands injured, two dozen deaths, 700 buildings burnt, countless businesses attacked, hundreds of businesses destroyed never to return. Estimates of the "mostly peaceful" riots are in the billions a quarter of which were not covered by insurance.
Officially many on the Left disavow Charlie Kirk's assassin while secretly (many times openly) cheering the killing. For the first time in my memory a handful of media "icons" have been fired or suspended for their dishonest at Best and at times just insidious commentary.
The Left goes on about "Extreme Right MAGA Fascists" while to this day declaring Antifia is not a thing. Their arguments on face fail the rest of basic logic. As stupid as calling a practicing Jew a Nazi their repeated characterization of Charlie Kirk as a NeoNazi filled with hate is so far off base that people bare being fired. For the first time in my life the Left is finally experiencing a taste of the cancel culture they have for years unleashed on the Right.
What's so sad is Charlie Kirk very much wanted both sides just to just talk. Yes he wanted to end college and university leftist ideology indoctrination of our nation's youth and for that he was killed. More importantly he wanted people to just talk with the belief that with discussion he could sway one person at a time to see things the world as he did.
Here is a great podcast explaining this:
Sasha Stone "It's too Late to Cry"
The most disgusting comment I heard which finally got me to write about this was "Rest in Piss Charlie Kirk". Who would say something like that? Clearly someone without any class or knowledge who Charlie was. Charlie I never meet you but I always appreciated your willingness to talk to the other side. Thank you and may you Rest in Peace brother.
