Listen "Episode 79: Charlie Kirk is dead, and his death was horrific. But let’s be clear: he was no hero."
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Episode 79: Charlie Kirk is dead, and his death was horrific. But let’s be clear: he was no hero.To compare him to Martin Luther King Jr. is a joke. He openly despised King’s legacy. He once boasted that he would force his own daughter to carry a pregnancy from rape. He argued that a certain amount of American lives lost was an acceptable “sacrifice” for the Second Amendment. And he built a following by preying on the insecurities of vulnerable young men—men desperate to feel something, even if that something was hate.Some commentators, like Ezra Klein, have recently praised him as a thinker or a political force. That’s not just wrong—it’s absurd. Kirk didn’t create new ideas. He recycled and rebranded old alt-right, David Duke-style rhetoric in a slicker package. He took what should have remained buried and dressed it up as patriotism.Yes, it is tragic that he was killed in such a horrific way. Political violence is never the answer. He was a human being, and his family is grieving. That demands empathy. But empathy is not the same as honor. No one should elevate him into something he was not.Charlie Kirk’s legacy isn’t courage. It’s manipulation, division, and the normalization of hate. And if we want a better future, we have to name that truth clearly.#charliekirk #FreeSpeechMatters #MAGA #NateMcmurray #violence #peace