I hated Charlie Kirk. He was the Fascist Right’s favorite conduit to our youth, funded and backed by the world’s most malevolent forces - greedmeisters, White/Jewish supremacists and assorted other bigots (don’t ever complain to me about “woke”-ists).
But his invidious grift is a time-tested one, stretching all the way back to the muckrakers and pamphleteers but amped up on the morbid excesses of a brave new culture.
Following the coverage and commentary of this tragic act today made me feel ashamed of my feelings toward a fellow human who stumbled upon a lucrative hustle, a real measure of success in this vapid, nihilistic era. I am forced to recognize my own acquiescence to and participation in a culture of hate.
We all need to remember not to hate the player; hate the game.