What a week, last week. I had planned to write about the two big anniversaries: 9/11 and Benghazi. But the week was dominated by other news.
It started with footage of the savage, senseless attack on a Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail train that took place on August 22, but which only came to light on September 8. It was a shocking video [graphic warning] of an evil, mentally disturbed man stabbing a beautiful young woman, Iryna Zaretska, who had moved to the U.S. to escape the war in Ukraine. She was returning home after her shift at a pizza restaurant, when her life was brutally and tragically ended. The whole thing was caught on video in our hyper-surveillance society. This was a good use of it.
It was a reminder of certain issues and dilemmas that the nation faces. It defies all logic and common sense that Decarlos Brown Jr. could be walking free after 14 prior arrests and a diagnosis of schizophrenia. What does it say about our justice system that could allow that? Progressive DAs, progressive judges, no rational plan to deal with mentally ill criminals that in hindsight and often in foresight, is easily seen.
Then there’s the racial questions it raised. “I got the white woman,” Brown said as he walked around after the murder. How would this have been dealt with by the mainstream media, which mostly ignored the story, if a white man did that to a black woman, and he walked away saying, “I got the black woman.” Would media coverage have been the same?
Then came the assassination of Charlie Kirk. I have been watching Charlie Kirk for years, certainly since his two-hour daily show started on Real America’s Voice. I have admired him greatly. His brand of conservatism and his world and practical views mostly match mine. As a pro-Israel Jew who has attempted to present a full picture explaining the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel and Israel’s response, I appreciate his love of Israel and his support for Israel, both through his Christian and political perspectives. Yes, I’m aware of some comments he has made, critical of Israel, but not for a second did I believe he was turning against them.
The day before he was murdered, he had Ben Shapiro on his show, talking about two relevant issues. One was about the death of George Floyd, comparing and contrasting that with the Iryna Zaretska story. Did Derek Chauvin actually kill Floyd and was it racially motivated, or was it due to other factors?
Regarding Israel, Charlie started off his question this way: “We’re on Team Civilization here. We want to see the maniacs of Hamas be defeated and the barbarians of Islam not be able to storm the gates of the West,” before moving on to skeptically ask about the wisdom and execution of Israel’s attack that day on Hamas leadership situated in Doha, Qatar.
You can watch that exchange here [scroll to 03:55 and start there].
“A lion-hearted friend of Israel, he fought the lies and stood tall for Judeo-Christian civilization,” wrote Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on X.
Regarding Charlie’s alleged assassin, Tyler Robinson, we have learned a lot more about him in recent days. He was in a romantic relationship with a man who apparently believed he was transitioning to become a woman. Based on some writings, Robinson was reported to have antifascist ideology, which is the wrong way of putting it. He may have had Antifa ideology, which is pro-fascist, not anti. It’s like the difference between Black Lives Matter, the shakedown operation that extorted hundreds of millions of dollars, much if not most of which went to lining pockets and little else, and “black lives matter,” the concept, which of course is true. They do.
When asked by his lover why he killed Kirk, Robinson answered that he “had enough of [Kirk’s] hatred,” and that “some hate can’t be negotiated out.” In the meantime, the Left was out spreading lies and celebrating Kirk’s assassination.
For example, The New York Times reported that Kirk made antisemitic remarks on his show but later issued a correction that he was quoting someone else’s post to critique it.
Kirk’s legacy, which might help explain the incredible worldwide outpouring about him, is that he combined elements of Rush Limbaugh’s appeal, reaching a massive audience on a daily basis, and William F. Buckley, in debating all comers, and encouraging challenges from the best of the other side.
He also energized the youth of America, allowing them to feel comfortable being politically conservative, and getting them to become the door knockers who played a large part in getting Donald Trump elected president. For that, he will always be loved by somewhere around half of this country, and despised by the other half. There is no Kumbaya, or coming together over Charlie’s death.
Charlie is also loved and hated for the message of his 2022 book, The College Scam: How America’s Universities Are Bankrupting and Brainwashing Away the Future of America’s Youth. The description on Amazon starts with: “Why do we send our kids to college? Why do we spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a useless degree? Why do we let our children get indoctrinated by those who fundamentally disagree with America’s greatness? In his newest book, The College Scam, Charlie Kirk answers all of these questions and more.”
Here is an example of Charlie inspiring an 11-year-old girl about a future education and a future in politics at an event very similar, it appears, to the one where he was assassinated.
Who will replace him? I don’t see anyone with the combination of qualities to carry on his legacy. Hopefully the organization will continue as strongly as his widow, Erika, said it will in her powerful and touching speech just two nights after his death. May he rest in peace.
If you want to see some of his many shows that aired on Real America’s Voice, click here, and follow the links going back. His last show was September 9.
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