Source: The Dispatch
by Kevin D Williamson
“Not every murder victim is a martyr to some high principle. Kirk was fundamentally and above all things an entrepreneur, one who knew his audience and who was willing to tell its members whatever they wanted to hear at any given moment if doing so increased his donor base and his influence. He was plastic in his political orientation, going from secularist libertarian critic of the Christian right to evangelical-oriented advocate of big-government corporatism without seeming to raise his pulse. His politics were strictly an us-and-them matter, a question of white hats and black hats. Beyond that, he was — and this is uncomfortable to write at this moment, though obviously relevant — himself an apologist for political violence … All of that will matter to how Charlie Kirk is remembered. None of it matters when it comes to the most immediate issue presented by his murder: political violence per se.” (09/13/25)
https://thedispatch.com/article/charlie-kirk-assassination-trump-populism/