Charlie Kirk: Christian Martyr or Racist Menace? The Pastors’ Divide - 801

17/09/2025 1h 57min

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🎙️ TDA Recap – Sept 17Today’s show was a rollercoaster: technical hiccups, heated debates, and some heavy headlines.📰 Headlines covered:Lord Maurice Glassman says he was told to “shut up” about Peter Mandelson’s Epstein links.NHS launches HAARP - a digital tool tackling racial inequalities in healthcare.A Kenyan court issues an arrest warrant for a British soldier accused of murdering Agnes Wanjiru in 2012.OpenAI data shows AI adoption shifting from mostly male to a big surge in female users worldwide.Shocking news: Charlie Kirk shot dead in Utah - the shooter claimed he was “tired of his hatred.”Thomas Partey faces court on multiple rape charges while still playing for Villarreal.🔥 Main Discussion:The panel dove deep into Charlie Kirk’s legacy - asking if he was a Christian martyr or a racist menace.Some pastors framed him as a modern-day martyr who “died for Christ.”Others condemned him as a white supremacist whose words harmed Black people, especially Black women.The team unpacked his most controversial quotes and asked: can the way you die ever redeem the way you lived?💬 Community Call-ins:Listeners joined the Discord to share raw, unfiltered opinions - from refusing empathy for Kirk’s rhetoric, to questioning how politics and religion became so entangled in his story.

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