Interviewing Charlie Kirk

If I had the opportunity, this is what I might ask him

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When I read of Charlie Kirk being shot and killed, the first question that came to my mind was this. “Who is Charlie Kirk?” I had never heard of him before. When I told people this, they looked at me in disbelief. They could not believe I had never heard of him. At that point, I simply had to shrug my shoulders. I hadn’t. I was just being honest.

Now that I know who he was, my answer is a little more developed. Now, when people express disbelief when I say I didn’t know who he was, I simply tell them I don’t watch right-wing entertainers, and at the end of the day, that is all he was. He didn’t hold any elected office. He didn’t perform any acts of heroism. He simply went around the country making money by riling people up via the quasi-debates he held on campuses. Just for the record, I don’t watch Sean Hannity, Glen Beck, or any of those people either, and I never once listened to Rush Limbaugh. Why would I?

Since I knew little about Charlie Kirk, and since his name was splashed all over the headlines at least for now, I thought it would be a worthwhile thing to at least read about him. I read about his background and his positions, and how he made his living. Among young white conservatives, he was a popular guy, and I can see why. He was good at telling…