I have to admit that until his assassination two weeks ago, I had never heard of Charlie Kirk. I don’t do podcasts and that sort of thing, and likely he catered to a crowd much younger than my wife and me anyway. That said, though, I do know who he is now, although I still have not listened to any of his archived material so I can’t speak to why he would be considered controversial. I doubt I ever will.
We did watch his memorial service Sunday. Honestly it was less of a memorial and more of a political rally in my opinion, but if it made his widow feel better that is all that matters.
She was probably the most eloquent of the speakers which included the president, the vice president and a host of other top level Washington politicians. Erika Kirk said on national television that she had forgiven her husband’s alleged killer as the Bible instructs. I’m not sure I could do the same thing if in her shoes.
If you didn’t see it, the memorial service was long. Almost 5 hours, I think, and throughout the whole thing speakers continued to use words like “they” and “them” when referring to the alleged assassin. I’m assuming they were referring to the Democrat party, or “radical left-wing liberals” or perhaps just crazy young people like the alleged killer, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson.
Regardless of what the speakers said, Robinson is the only person charged in the tragic shooting and he is the only person that authorities say was involved. So the proper term should have been he. Not they. Not them. Simply he.
But that’s what big time politicians like to do. They twist and turn things to get the most mileage possible. And some of them did just that Sunday afternoon. In my opinion they did. Not all of them, but some of them most certainly did. I’m certain there are those that disagree. You have that right.
Clearly, September 10, the day Charlie Kirk died, was a dark, dark day in America. My fear now is that it wasn’t the last of the dark days as our country becomes more and more divided. People are just mean. People don’t care anymore. People think they can grab a gun and shoot, and kill, and it is all fine and dandy.
It is not!
Charlie Kirk was a husband, a father, a living, breathing, human being. No matter what he said, no matter what he believed, he did not deserve to be shot down in cold blood simply because someone disagreed with him. No one deserves that.
In addition, I cannot for the life of me understand how anyone could, or would, celebrate the murder of another person, but celebrate some have. How can people be so cold hearted that they could even begin to think Charlie Kirk’s murder is something to celebrate. It literally makes me ill to watch some of the folks on the news saying “he had it coming,” or “he deserved it.” He did not! Nobody does just because of differing opinions.
Where do we go from here? What do we do to bring this country together? Is there even a way?
I don’t know the answer, but I do know that we’ll get nowhere unless there is some sort of dialogue between us all. We’ve just got to figure out how to get started.
We can blame politicians, we can blame podcasters, we can blame preachers, and teachers, and lawmen, and anyone and everyone in between but that does not even begin to get us to a solution. The blame game is not a game we should play.
“Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.” That’s what Jesus said. Now would be a good time to pay attention to what Jesus said. If Erika Kirk can forgive the person that took her husband and her children’s father, surely the rest of us can.
As I said at the beginning, I had never heard of this man before September 10, 2025. Several of my friends have said the same thing. Well, now we have, and one thing for certain, his is not a name we will soon forget.
So, while it is fresh on our minds, let’s hope we have learned something from all this. More importantly, while it is fresh on our minds, let’s pray that we continue to learn something from all of this. That we figure out a way to make a change for the better, or at least talk about it. Not yell, not scream, not curse, not belittle, but talk.
Let’s just talk.
