The positions underlying Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric are largely uncontroversial on the right.
The positions underlying Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric are largely uncontroversial on the right.
They say Charlie Kirk was a racist bigot and white supremacist because of his beliefs on race in America. They say he was a misogynist and male chauvinist because of his opinions about gender roles. They say Kirk was a fascist and white Christian nationalist because of his opinions on immigration and the LGBT movement.
From prominent American politicians, pundits, and celebrities to the hordes of anonymous chairborne social media activists, all of them said these things about Kirk for years before his assassination, and they have said these same things in the days since his death. They said these things about him because he was one of the most outspoken and rhetorically gifted conservatives of the last decade, antagonizing (and embarrassing) thousands of leftists across this nation (and others). But don’t let that fact lead you to believe that’s the only reason Democrats treated him with such scorn. If you agree with any of Charlie Kirk’s politics, then what the left is saying about him, they think about you too.The True Character of Leftist Culture
No one should be surprised that obscure or anonymous social media posters would say terrible, hateful things about Charlie Kirk only minutes after his death. There are online subcultures that express vitriol for puppies, babies, and even the Miami Marlins (I know, it’s shocking). But what has been particularly arresting since Kirk’s assassination is how many prominent Americans have attacked him and even expressed blatant lies about him.
Media analyst and former GOP political strategist Matthew Dowd of MSNBC, shortly after Kirk’s shooting, accused him of engaging in “hate speech.” Former columnist Karen Attiah quite blatantly doctored a quotation of Kirk’s to make it seem like he believed black women are inherently stupider than other demographics (she has refused to cop to this since being fired). “Comedian” Jimmy Kimmel tried to claim that Kirk’s accused assassin, despite being an outspoken leftist in a relationship with a trans-identifying person, is somehow MAGA, seemingly implying that Kirk was somehow responsible for his own violent death.
