On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was murdered after being shot through the neck by a sniper. While his ignoble death was heinous, it was the logical end result of a man whose career was defined by his efforts to legitimise extremism and accompanying violence. Since his passing, Kirk's followers and allies have taken to rewriting history and portraying the man as being a moderate conservative whose only fault was his desire for respectful debate. Far from that image conjured by his followers, Kirk rejected seeking either compromise or common ground with his political opponents, often instead whipping up a mob to go after his opponents or deceptively editing his videos in an effort to attack his opponents' credibility, in an effort to grow his audience. Kirk sought to radicalise youth into undertaking an authoritarian vision of America, one purposed to bring violence upon his political opponents, one that had been aligned with the personal project...
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