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Last night my son was wrestling with the senseless tragedy of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, struggling to understand the “why” behind such evil. I walked him through the reality that every generation witnesses the rise of exceptional men who possess both deep conviction and the rare courage to act on it.

Charlie Kirk embodied this, caring more genuinely for those students than the very institutions paid to nurture them. History shows us that these tragic inflection points don’t just create voids; they reveal the sociological need for others to step into leadership roles that society desperately requires. The question isn’t whether you can be Charlie Kirk, but whether you’ll recognize your own unique gifts and have the audacity to deploy them fully in service of something greater than yourself.

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verly 3mo ago

It was evil to kill a man for his speech. It was evil to take a father away from his children. No doubt.

But please be honest about who Charlie Kirk was. He perhaps exceptional at political organizing. He was a great speaker. But how much bravery does it take when you’re on top? His political party has been winning most of the time since he started Turning Point. He was riding a wave of success.

Charlie believed in a very conservative vision for America and he punched down on the minority groups that disagreed with him. He grew up well off and did not face personal struggles. He idolized Rush Limbaugh and was deploying the same playbook - make edgy, outrageous statements to rage bait your enemies and build a following for it. That’s not courage IMHO.

Courage is having the humility to walk in other people’s shoes. Courage is holding your own side to account when they are wrong.

Contra 3mo ago

The “but” says everything I need to know….