Why MAGA’s Canonization of Charlie Kirk Is Truly Monstrous

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Kirk was a victim of a pernicious culture of violence in America—but it must also be acknowledged that he was an author of that culture.


It is one thing to condemn, as we all should, the brutal murder of Charlie Kirk or, for those who cared about him, to mourn his death.

It is quite another to turn Kirk into a MAGA saint, or to use his death as a Reichstag fire-like justification for increasing Trump’s authoritarian chokehold on America.

The president of the United States has ordered all flags in the United States to fly at half-mast. He has announced he will posthumously award Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The vice president decided to skip out on 9/11 observations—among the most solemn on the federal calendar—to be with Kirk’s family.

He then offered Air Force Two to fly Kirk’s casket from Utah to Arizona. The Secretary of Defense used a 9/11 remembrance speech to salute Kirk. Congress declared a moment of silent reflection on the loss. So too did sporting events across America. Trump called Kirk “a martyr.”

As if Charlie Kirk were some kind of American hero.

But Kirk was no hero. The record is clear. If Kirk was a victim of a pernicious culture of violence in America, it must also be acknowledged that he was an author of that culture.

His primary accomplishment in life was to foment hatred and division across the United States. He blamed all of America’s ills on the left, and cheered violent attacks on Democrats. He fought against equal rights for many Americans; some of his last words were condemning women’s reproductive freedoms. He promoted America’s gun pathology, and asserted the death of innocents was an acceptable cost for that culture.

Much of his political identity was tied up in the dangerous promotion of white Christian nativism and its alliance with the most corrupt president in American history—a felon, a sex offender, a man who incited an insurrection against the United States government.

 
This president has already explicitly said he will use the attack on Kirk to justify going after his opponents, condemning the “left” in America as terrorists and lunatics and asserting—without presenting evidence—that they were responsible for Kirk’s murder. The State Department announced consular officials were being directed to revoke visas or deny them to people who might have commented on Kirk or his death in ways they did not approve of.

What a fitting tribute to a fake First Amendment warrior.

Trump, and Vance, and Hegseth, and Rubio, and Patel, and Loomer may be truly shocked and appalled by Kirk’s murder—as we all should be—but they also instantly saw it as an opportunity to accelerate their campaign to attack our democratic institutions and to demonize all those who do not agree with them.
 

Kirk was a victim of a pernicious culture of violence in America—but it must also be acknowledged that he was an author of that culture.


It is one thing to condemn, as we all should, the brutal murder of Charlie Kirk or, for those who cared about him, to mourn his death.

It is quite another to turn Kirk into a MAGA saint, or to use his death as a Reichstag fire-like justification for increasing Trump’s authoritarian chokehold on America.

The president of the United States has ordered all flags in the United States to fly at half-mast. He has announced he will posthumously award Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The vice president decided to skip out on 9/11 observations—among the most solemn on the federal calendar—to be with Kirk’s family.

He then offered Air Force Two to fly Kirk’s casket from Utah to Arizona. The Secretary of Defense used a 9/11 remembrance speech to salute Kirk. Congress declared a moment of silent reflection on the loss. So too did sporting events across America. Trump called Kirk “a martyr.”

As if Charlie Kirk were some kind of American hero.

But Kirk was no hero. The record is clear. If Kirk was a victim of a pernicious culture of violence in America, it must also be acknowledged that he was an author of that culture.

His primary accomplishment in life was to foment hatred and division across the United States. He blamed all of America’s ills on the left, and cheered violent attacks on Democrats. He fought against equal rights for many Americans; some of his last words were condemning women’s reproductive freedoms. He promoted America’s gun pathology, and asserted the death of innocents was an acceptable cost for that culture.

Much of his political identity was tied up in the dangerous promotion of white Christian nativism and its alliance with the most corrupt president in American history—a felon, a sex offender, a man who incited an insurrection against the United States government.

I love it just because it goes up your ass a mile and a half sideways
 
It is fair to say he got caught up in the culture, true. His Pelosi bail stuff paints that clearly.

I would not criticize anyone for the canonization of Malcom X - and he also had some angry takes
 
It is fair to say he got caught up in the culture, true. His Pelosi bail stuff paints that clearly.

I would not criticize anyone for the canonization of Malcom X - and he also had some angry takes
Lots of them. So many that they define him. A bigot and rabble-rousing hater is who he was. He was not talking peace and love. On the right, there is no money in that. You cannot go too ugly in Trump's world.
 
Lots of them. So many that they define him. A bigot and rabble-rousing hater is who he was. He was not talking peace and love. On the right, there is no money in that. You cannot go too ugly in Trump's world.
Like all MAGAt leaders such as Johnson and others in Congress, Charlie was a White Nationalist wearing a Christian mask. He was handsome, affable and a smooth-talker. All the requirements necessary to take over the MAGA/White Natioanlist movement in 2028.

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I have suspected that Kirk pushed strains of hate that he did not really believe in. He was smart enough to see where his hate would end, but he saw it as a way to get rich and powerful. He was on his way to that. Trump is a stupid man. He may really believe the shit he says. Trump talks about hating enemies, who are really just political opponents. That track will not end well. Kirk's death will be used to promote violence and suppression. Trump certainly believes in that.
 
I am kind of amazed at what a saint-cum-superman they were able to turn a 31 year old college drop out into. A man who made his nut wandering around universities debating college kids like some sort of latter day political Brother Jed.

And in record time.

Imagine if they were to honor someone who actually did something of value to the planet?
 
I have suspected that Kirk pushed strains of hate that he did not really believe in. He was smart enough to see where his hate would end, but he saw it as a way to get rich and powerful. He was on his way to that. Trump is a stupid man. He may really believe the shit he says. Trump talks about hating enemies, who are really just political opponents. That track will not end well. Kirk's death will be used to promote violence and suppression. Trump certainly believes in that.
Both MAGA and Turning Point were using each other to push their individual, albeit somewhat linked, agendas.

Yesterday's memorial service displayed a very clear delineation between the two agendas. I predict more cracks will appear in the alliance.
 
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