1) Something was nagging me about the hideous Charlie Kirk assassination. Then just driving round I got it.
2) Charlie was 31 years old. This makes him the youngest political/social activist in American history to be assassinated.
2) Charlie was 31 years old. This makes him the youngest political/social activist in American history to be assassinated.
3) Medgar Evers was 37; both Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were 39; RFK was 42; and JFK was 46.
4) Our presidents, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley were all older, as were those who survived attempts, including TR, Reagan, and President Trump.
4) Our presidents, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley were all older, as were those who survived attempts, including TR, Reagan, and President Trump.
5) In discussing this with historian Burton Folsom, Jr., he noted that prior to the internet, it took years to build up authority, that is, the gravitas and respect it took to influence large numbers of people. Today, that can come much more quickly.
6) Now, in the last 13 years, we have lost three of the greatest media shapers in history---and none of them came from the "Mainstream" (or Hoax News) Media: Andrew Breitbart, Rush Limbaugh, and Charlie Kirk.
7) It is significant that although the Hoax News media . . .
7) It is significant that although the Hoax News media . . .
7) Contd . . . still, to some people, has purported credibility. Yet between 1988 and 2021, Rush Limbaugh created such a unique oppositional voice that a half-dozen leftist bilgepocket imitators couldn't touch him.
8) The same was true for Breitbart, whose media empire . . .
8) The same was true for Breitbart, whose media empire . . .
8) contd . . . changed the world with the partnership he formed with Matt Drudge. It was Breitbart/Drudge who changed news forever with their revelations of the Clinton/Lewinsky affair, permanently wounding the Hoax Newsers.
9) With Turning Point, Charlie Kirk did what many thought was impossible, convincing younger people to give conservatism and Christianity a chance. And they did, in droves.
10) That was why at 31 he was a threat to the left. It wasn't JUST politics though he was political
10) That was why at 31 he was a threat to the left. It wasn't JUST politics though he was political
11) All three had a way of dealing with hostiles in a happy warrior way. I'm sure Rush got angry, but I can't remember it. Usually he was satisfied to let the whackadoodles like "Rita X" show how incredibly stupid and ridiculous they were.
12) Breitbart, with a smile on his face, joyously waded into leftist dens.
13) And the key for all three was that unlike some "conservatives," they didn't go in conceding ground or agreeing with false presuppositions, but rather challenged their very foundations.
13) And the key for all three was that unlike some "conservatives," they didn't go in conceding ground or agreeing with false presuppositions, but rather challenged their very foundations.
14) Yesterday I was angry. But today, I am calm, secure, and confident that as Chris Bray noted today, this was an unmistakable sign good is winning, despite the pain.
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15) We are now dealing with losers. Losers who have lost the debate over "climate change," transoidism, homosexuality, western culture, the American political structure, and, above all, God.
16) They are losing VERY BADLY. And now they are rabid cornered wolverines.
16) They are losing VERY BADLY. And now they are rabid cornered wolverines.
17) The end will be messy for them, as it was for ISIS, or Hitler's holdout SS units. But it will come nonetheless.
18) And to a very great degree we can thank Andrew Breitbart, Rush Limbaugh, and Charlie Kirk. President Trump succeeds because of their sacrifice & groundwork.
18) And to a very great degree we can thank Andrew Breitbart, Rush Limbaugh, and Charlie Kirk. President Trump succeeds because of their sacrifice & groundwork.
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