Kirk, Part 3: The Deep Divide

PREAMBLE: Ladies and Gentleman, Super is happy for this discussion to continue if we can remain civil and disagree respectfully, updated as necessary. If not, comments will be removed and if necessary the blog closed and any future Kirk-related blogs closed for discussion. 

Part 1, by Wiz (more right leaning)

Part 2, by Prof Daz (more left leaning)

SYNOPSIS: Charlie Kirk spoke his final words at 12:23 p.m. on September 10, 2025, at Utah Valley University, in front of around three thousand people. Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old alleged shooter of the 31-year-old Republican, remains under investigation. Utah’s governor suggested he may have been radicalized by the Left, though his MAGA-entrenched family and transgender partner complicate the narrative.

The attack shook the United States, exposing deep ideological fractures. Two days later, President Donald Trump concluded that “the radicals on the left are the problem” rather than the radical right who, he said, merely want to “stop crime,” framing the debate in partisan terms during a live Fox News interview. However, voices such as Jack Posobiec and Steve Bannon, speakers at Kirk’s conventions, had long used hard-line rhetoric, calling the Left “demonic” and urging the building of “an army of the awakened.”

History offers a far broader perspective. Abraham Lincoln, Yitzhak Rabin, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr. were assassinated by right-wing extremists. John F. Kennedy and Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose death helped ignite World War I, were killed by left-leaning radicals. A two-way street.

Just months earlier, on June 14, Democrats Melissa and Mark Hortman were gunned down in their Brooklyn home by Vance Boelter, a hard-right evangelical, white Christian who disguised himself as a police officer. Married nearly 32 years, the couple left behind two children. The killings, however, received far less attention than Kirk’s death and did not prompt a presidential call to confront the radical right.

“What do they all share in common? Every political assassination is an attack on the collective; on our ability to disagree without destroying,” an academic observer noted. George Bernard Shaw called it the "extreme form of censorship."

Left or Right isn't the problem in my view. The greater danger lies in the radical mind and in how easily society nurtures the “us versus them” divide. As Desmond Tutu warned, “The moment we divide the world into ‘us’ and ‘them,’ we begin to lose our humanity.”

13712347853?profile=RESIZE_710xCharlie Kirk (above and below) is survived by his wife and two children.

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Married nearly 32 years, Melissa and Mark Hortman as well as Gilbert, their Labrador (below) leave behind two children.

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Boelter who assasinated the Hartmans allegedly kept a hit list of 70 targets, including Democratic lawmakers and even some anti-abortion clinics. The same early morning at 2am he invaded the Minnesota home (above) of the Hoffmans and their children who survived the shooting following surgery.

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              • Bob, You're wrong and/or misled on that point. The radical right has been violent, not just the radical Left. Ask the kids of the Two Democrats, husband & wife, gunned down in their home along with their Labrador by a hard-right winger. Months before Kirk. What happened to all four and their families was tragic.

                • You've misunderstood my point. If one side surrenders - it doesn't matter who - the other side doesn't, how is that a solution? 

                  • Bob, Drop pronouns & be explicit, pretty please.

                    You said: "one side is being told to "reform" while "the other keeps being violent".

                    1. Facts. Both radical sides have been violent, no?

                    2. How is the "Right" being told to "reform"? By using pronouns? Some people not liking you waving the flag? Reading Daz? The Guardian? University existing? Give me specific examples how it's adversely affected you in your life. Just want to understand the specifics of your grievances. You might be surprised how much tougher life is in other countries.

                    3. Who is the "Left" forcing this upon you? Me? I'm  centre left. I'm not asking for those things. Not much into identity politics or whatever it's called. Just respect as much as possible. 

                    Those questions as they are in relation to your claim. 

          • Industrial-scale inhumanity always, always, always backfires, and leads to those who have been the most merciless inevitably being the ones begging for mercy...to no avail.

            ....and who the fuck wants to wear our flag on a shirt. It's disrespectful to it. 

            Fakey wants to go out and about cosplaying as a 'murican but he is just to scared of the Boogyman

  • You can't understand today's political violence without understanding the growth of identity politics. The previous political violence was Marxists versus everything else. 

  • The bigger issue over left and right is MH.  The far right and far left likely have MH issues, whether it is insecurities, anxiety, feeling they are alone and seeking acceptance into any group that will have them.  Extremists prey on these people seeking to belong to something.

    There are idiots and loonies everywhere but as Charlie Kirk once asked a nurse, if an anorexic patient turned up to medical practice, would the Dr agree they are fat and tell them they should starve themselves or continue throwing up all their food.  No they would be treated and the issue identified.

    Body dismorphia is real but the same as others with other MH issues shouldn't it be discussed and treated before undergoing life changing alternatives.  I have a cousin who cried during puberty.  She wanted to be boy so badly, and was what was considered a tomboy.

    Now grown up with kids of her own she looks at gender reaffirming care and thinks what may have happened to her if she was a child now and it makes her fear the pressure kids are under.  Even the cool seemingly confident kids have sense of not belonging or body images as kid.  It is normal but being a femine man or a masculine girl is fine. 

    It is clear through demographics of famous people in Hollywood and in elite suburbs where being left isn't just cool but worshipped, that LGBT and trans kids are at an unnaturally high ratio.  Why is that, if it is natural then rates would be consistent across the board, or are the parents and society influencing these innocent kids to for attention and belonging.

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    HKF September 11, 2025 at 10:14am 

    The violent far left strike again, no doubt they will try to claim the killer was a right wing nut trying to escalate the dislike of the left.

    Since receipts are the in thing i thought i might leave one of my own from the original Charlie kirk blog.

  •  I wish i knew
    which button to push
    So i'd know how to please you
    It's sad but true
    but i keep lookin'
    on down the line
    All i see is chaos and pain
    Scared and hiding
    in the blaze
    our fucking lives are not your game
    You try to play us just the same
    Just wish i knew
    which button to push

                       apologies B,Fanning

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Randy Handlinger replied to Hell On Eels's discussion Kirk, Part 3: The Deep Divide
"Industrial-scale inhumanity always, always, always backfires, and leads to those who have been the most merciless inevitably being the ones begging for mercy...to no avail.
....and who the fuck wants to wear our flag on a shirt. It's disrespectful…"
13 minutes ago
MeelK replied to Hell On Eels's discussion Kirk, Part 3: The Deep Divide
"I agree that it's time for a new flag. Something that just moves us a little away from our colonial past. I also agree that whatever our flag is, I'll always support it."
18 minutes ago
MeelK replied to Hell On Eels's discussion Kirk, Part 3: The Deep Divide
"HOE, as always, thanks for providing your balanced views on this whole topic.
As a thought about your response here: "I suppose if it were ever used to celebrate an assassination or murder, I might question it."
Isn't that more just a reflection of…"
19 minutes ago
Hell On Eels replied to Hell On Eels's discussion Kirk, Part 3: The Deep Divide
"Bob, Drop pronouns & be explicit, pretty please.
You said: "one side is being told to "reform" while "the other keeps being violent".
1. Facts. Both radical sides have been violent, no?
2. How is the "Right" being told to "reform"? By using…"
23 minutes ago
Randy Handlinger replied to Hell On Eels's discussion Kirk, Part 3: The Deep Divide
"I am not interested in alternative veiws that gaslight me and advocate for changes that would bring material harm and loss of rights to others while leaving theirs intact.
There is no consultation reqd. and nothing you can say will get me onboard.
 "
28 minutes ago
Randy Handlinger replied to Hell On Eels's discussion Kirk, Part 3: The Deep Divide
" I wish i knew which button to pushSo i'd know how to please youIt's sad but truebut i keep lookin' on down the lineAll i see is chaos and painScared and hiding in the blazeour fucking lives are not your gameYou try to play us just the sameJust wish…"
39 minutes ago
Bob Smith replied to Hell On Eels's discussion Kirk, Part 3: The Deep Divide
"You've misunderstood my point. If one side surrenders - it doesn't matter who - the other side doesn't, how is that a solution? "
44 minutes ago
fake midget pseudoachondroplasia replied to Hell On Eels's discussion Kirk, Part 3: The Deep Divide
50 minutes ago
Anguillidae replied to Hell On Eels's discussion Kirk, Part 3: The Deep Divide
"Agreed Fongy. Until the flag adopts pronouns and identifies as indigenous, the extreme lefties will look down on anyone who waves it. For the record, I think we need a new flag but I'll continue to wave the one we have in the short-term."
51 minutes ago
HKF replied to Hell On Eels's discussion Kirk, Part 3: The Deep Divide

HKF September 11, 2025 at 10:14am 
The violent far left strike again, no doubt they will try to claim the killer was a right wing nut trying to escalate the dislike of the left.
Since receipts are the in thing i thought i might leave one of my own…"
57 minutes ago
Hell On Eels replied to Hell On Eels's discussion Kirk, Part 3: The Deep Divide
"Bob, You're wrong and/or misled on that point. The radical right has been violent, not just the radical Left. Ask the kids of the Two Democrats, husband & wife, gunned down in their home along with their Labrador by a hard-right winger. Months…"
1 hour ago
fake midget pseudoachondroplasia replied to Hell On Eels's discussion Kirk, Part 3: The Deep Divide
"The bigger issue over left and right is MH.  The far right and far left likely have MH issues, whether it is insecurities, anxiety, feeling they are alone and seeking acceptance into any group that will have them.  Extremists prey on these people…"
1 hour ago
MeelK replied to Hell On Eels's discussion Kirk, Part 3: The Deep Divide
"I find it fascinating (in a bad way) that promoting the flag of the country that we live in is looked down upon by some or many that live in this very country.
Is our country perfect, certainly not. Could we do many things better, absolutely. But,…"
2 hours ago
Bob Smith replied to Hell On Eels's discussion Kirk, Part 3: The Deep Divide
"There is no peaceful solution to the problem in the US. Both sides ceased civilised dialogue years ago. What's your solution? Keep bickering and telling one side to reform while the other keeps being violent?"
2 hours ago
Wizardssleeves official receipts replied to Hell On Eels's discussion Kirk, Part 3: The Deep Divide
"Left or right would be where people with a rational mind would sit , that can identify what's acceptable public behavior.  Radicals or " far " leaning I'd suggest are thise who are not open to the alternative , not even as far as wanting to…"
2 hours ago
Bob Smith replied to Hell On Eels's discussion Kirk, Part 3: The Deep Divide
"You can't understand today's political violence without understanding the growth of identity politics. The previous political violence was Marxists versus everything else. "
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