The Hypocrisy Laid Bare After Charlie Kirk’s Death

A Smug Attitude and the Unholy Trinity

Among many other things, the tragic death of Charlie Kirk has shone a bright light on the ugliness and hypocrisy that defines Progressives. For too many years, it has essentially been verboten to challenge the premise of their point of view. To challenge is to reveal the intellectual and moral shortcomings of an individual. A smug, self-righteous attitude centered on their certainty of being right in all things great and small has been held over the heads of we mortals. To question their starting point was to act in very poor taste.

The Unholy Trinity Exposed

We did not arrive at this point overnight. However, we are here now. For several years, I have spoken of the Unholy Trinity—academia, corporate legacy media, and the world of entertainment. The killing of Charlie Kirk forced them to, you should pardon the expression, show their ass. The logical inconsistencies they told us to overlook now sit at the center of their crumbling grip on our country and political discourse.

Violence and Ideology

Earlier, I reminded you that recent survey data revealed that 42 percent of very liberal and liberal Americans think violence is acceptable to achieve political goals. On the other hand, only six percent of conservatives agree. More than half (55 percent) of leftists even went further and said killing President Trump would be fine. Call it many things, but don’t call it tolerant. And the massive difference between the two ideologies makes the “both sides do it” argument a sad joke.

Reactions to the Killing

How did the left respond to this killing? Professionals, not just fringe radicals, either rationalized it (the “yes, but” crowd) or, worse, celebrated Charlie Kirk’s death. America sees this evil for what it is.

Imagine if Randi Weingarten (American Federation of Teachers), who wrote a book labeling the right as fascist, had died—not murdered, simply passed away. What would happen if conservatives excused celebrations of her death by pointing to the damage she caused during COVID by keeping public schools closed? Would the left give conservatives a free pass? Of course not. Yet professionals—teachers, administrators, pilots, even doctors—used social media to say, good riddance.

The Corporate Media Spin

The corporate media instantly asked conservatives to tone down their rhetoric and speculated the killer must have been a MAGA supporter. Never mind that for over a decade, liberals like Weingarten have called conservatives fascists, authoritarians, and even Hitler.

Entertainment and Double Standards

Jimmy Kimmel has become a symbol of liberal defiance. But what he said about Kirk’s assassin was false, and he knew it was false. Forget that his show has been bleeding money for years. The genre of late-night is dying. (When’s the last time you watched?) Disregard that he works for a for-profit corporation. All that counts is his “free speech.” Nobody says he should be forbidden from speaking. But that doesn’t mean he should avoid consequences.

When Roseanne Barr mocked an advisor to President Obama in a way critics called racist, she lost her job. The point isn’t that neither should have been fired. The point is both deserved equal accountability.

Political Leaders and Free Speech Games

Senator Chuck Schumer suddenly insists it’s wrong and an assault on free speech to remove someone from television programming for political views. That must be a change in the water. After all, he loudly and very publicly demanded Fox fire Tucker Carlson. These are the same people who wanted to create a “Department of Truth” to silence voices that refused to bend the knee to their version of reality.

A Movement Built on Double Standards

Progressives now condone political violence. They celebrate the brutal death of a political opponent. They demand employers let them express political opinions publicly while denying the same privilege to their opponents. They constantly reveal one set of rules for themselves and another for the rest of us. Hypocrisy sits in their DNA.

A Moment of Awakening

Nearly 50 years ago, Peter Finch, in the movie Network, shouted the famous line: “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore.” The assassination of Charlie Kirk has exposed Progressives for who they are. Intellectual consistency doesn’t matter to them, and moral consistency matters even less. This tragedy has awakened millions who now refuse to play by Progressive rules of engagement. (And we haven’t even started on our broken education system.)

A Legacy That Could Outlast a Movement

Perhaps Charlie Kirk’s lasting legacy will be that he hastened the collapse of today’s Progressive movement. There are still more of us than them. In a democracy, that is supposed to count.

Remember this: the tragic death of Charlie Kirk has awakened millions who now refuse to play by Progressive rules of engagement. What do you think?