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“ #CharlieKirk was one of many ghoulish cankers ..His distorted views, and ..other #RightWingExtremists, seek to #LegitimizeAssaults (with guns) and murders of elected politicians. "You reap what you sow." (Galatians 6:7); "For all who take the sword will perish by the sword" (Matthew 26:52).”’
“Here is a statement that Charlie Kirk made at Awaken Church in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 5, 2023: “Having an armed citizenry comes with a price, and that is part of liberty. Driving comes with a price. 50,000, 50,000, 50,000 people die on the road every year. That's a price. You get rid of driving, you'd have 50,000 less auto fatalities. But we have decided that the benefit of driving — speed, accessibility, mobility, having products, services — is worth the cost of 50,000 people dying on the road….I think it's worth it. I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.” It is ironic and darkly humorous that Charlie Kirk was shot and killed in Utah yesterday. If we follow Kirk’s logic, his unexpected death yesterday should not be viewed as troubling - because in his view, the ability for Americans to bear military-grade weapons (“to oppose a tyrannical government”) is a far more important than public safety. Why mourn a figure who decided that it’s “worth it” to accept multiple senseless gun deaths every year? Charlie Kirk was not a martyr, he was a hysterical, deluded, ego-driven fool. He supported the very factors that led to his “tragic death”. No tears for Charlie Kirk. Somehow he believed that the unbelievable amount of gun deaths in the U.S. annually are necessary “to preserve liberty.” Even a child can understand the irrationality in advocating such ridiculous inhumane “logic”. .. ( Note: A February 2023 Brookings Institution study found that Kirk's popular podcast contained the second-highest proportion of false, misleading and unsubstantiated statements among 36,603 episodes produced by 79 prominent political podcasters.) Charlie Kirk was one of many ghoulish cankers that continue to pop up in the American landscape these days. His distorted views, and those of other Right Wing extremists, seek to legitimize assaults (with guns) and murders of elected politicians. "You reap what you sow." (Galatians 6:7); "For all who take the sword will perish by the sword" (Matthew 26:52).”
September 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM