Look at the number of pro-athletes posting condolences about Charlie Kirk, and you'll see what a huge cultural figure he was.
He wasn't just famous in conservative circles, his clips debating college students were a loadbearing pillar of online political pop-culture
He wasn't just famous in conservative circles, his clips debating college students were a loadbearing pillar of online political pop-culture
His willingness to calmly and politely debate all comers on any issue (at the very moment when cancel culture was strongest and people were afraid to say what they think) made him a sort of lovable internet folkhero.
He was an indelible piece of the online landscape.
He was an indelible piece of the online landscape.
Charlie was not quarantined to the "conservative ghetto" of online content; he broke contain and became a mainstream cultural figure.
Charlie became the cultural symbol of free debate, free speech, and settling differences in public with words
Charlie became the cultural symbol of free debate, free speech, and settling differences in public with words
The biggest thing that Charlies did was show it was possible to break the quarantine of the leftist controlled mainstream culture.
And he did it by going to colleges and telling the students to prove him wrong.
His loss is enormous.
And he did it by going to colleges and telling the students to prove him wrong.
His loss is enormous.
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