I sit in front of the screen, and it feels as if the world has stopped. Charlie Kirk is gone. One sentence, three words, that sum up a personal, national and cultural tragedy. I have been following him for years – ever since he started walking around campuses with a polo shirt, a mischievous smile and a microphone in his hand, dismantling the entire leftist mantra of “privilege”, “patriarchy” and “oppressive discourse” in front of hostile audiences. I have seen him transform from a marginal phenomenon into a cultural bulldozer, restoring to an entire generation the right to be proud of their faith, their flag, their family – and without apologizing for it.

And now he is dead. Not from an illness, not from an accident – ​​but from an assassin’s bullet. But the truth? That bullet was fired long before the trigger was pulled. It was fired by “opinion” headlines in the New York Times. It was fired in lectures at prestigious universities, where lecturers explained to students that Charlie was a danger to democracy. He gets shot in every TikTok video by a blue-haired “activist” who calls him a “Nazi” because he dares to say there are two sexes.

Charlie Kirk was murdered – and not just by a bullet, but by a culture of hate

I admit – I’ve been following Charlie Kirk for years. Ever since he was a young man with a microphone in his hand and fire in his eyes, roaming hostile campuses and breaking down for students the slogans they received from their professors. I remember how I would share his videos, quote his tweets, and admire his courage in transforming Turning Point USA from a fringe movement into an empire that gives conservative youth their voice back.
I followed him when he visited Israel with his young family a few years ago, with fire, excitement, and love in his eyes, love for Israel, for his heritage, for the holy places that he also has as an evangelist.

And today – I sit in front of the screen, with tears in my eyes and a choked throat, and write the words I didn’t want to write: Charlie Kirk is gone. Not an illness, not an accident – ​​an assassin’s bullet.

But the truth must be told: this bullet was not fired from just one rifle. It was fired from years of demonization. From the media that painted him as the enemy of democracy. From the academy that made him a symbol of “fascism” because he dared to speak out for freedom of expression. From the social networks that silenced him in the name of “community rules.” From all those who shouted “Dangerous!” every time he stood in front of a microphone and spoke about family, about faith, about how America deserves to stop being ashamed of itself.

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Cultural Murder Before Physical Murder

Charlie Kirk was shot twice. The first time – in culture. For years, he was targeted. His Twitter accounts were blocked, he was removed from YouTube, his lectures on campuses were canceled in the name of “freedom of expression.” Every time he stood in front of a microphone – they shouted at him, threw things at him, called on the organizers to close the event. And all this was done with the arrogant smile of someone who is convinced that he is “on the right side of history.”

The second time – was today. And this time the bullet was real.

Hypocrites are starting to flood the web

I can already guess tomorrow’s headlines:
“Don’t let violence win!” – the same people who have called it an “existential threat” for years will write.
“Hate must not be allowed to take over the discourse!” – the same journalists whose livelihood is based on spreading hatred towards anyone who doesn’t think like them will tweet.
“Thoughts and prayers to the family” – will add the politicians who applauded when Charlie’s lectures were canceled.
How convenient it is for everyone to play surprised, as if they were not full partners in a culture in which a young, religious, patriotic, and intelligent person became a “target for elimination” – at least on a moral level.

The war on culture has become a real war

Anyone who hasn’t understood by now – now is the time to wake up. The war on culture has long since ceased to be about Twitter. It doesn’t end with the cancellation of a lecture. Now it’s also about bullets. And now the question is whether the conservative camp, in the US and here in Israel, continues to play the game of “being better than them,” or does it understand that the game has changed.

Because while we sing songs of unity and quote Lincoln about “a nation divided,” the other side has long been no longer ashamed to say out loud: “There is no place for such views in our society.” And we – instead of fighting for our place, apologize for our very existence.

Academy, the media, and Big Tech – partners in crime

It is impossible to talk about the murder without talking about its silent partners:

• Academy – which created an entire generation that believes that conservative opinion is illegitimate and that it should be denounced in the name of “emotional safety.”
• The media – which turned Charlie and everyone who thinks like him into a dangerous caricature, so that it would be easier to hate them.
• Social media – which invented the concept of “harmful speech” to justify selective silencing, and in the process signaled to billions of people that it is permissible to silence people like Charlie – by any means necessary.

Now those commentators will write opinion columns about “the need to stop the violence,” tweet “thoughts and prayers” And they will continue to broadcast programs that slander anyone who thinks differently from them. They will not say out loud that they created the climate in which someone decided that eliminating Charlie was a moral action.

Personal loss and public pain

I admit – it hurts me personally. I followed him for years, I laughed at his arguments, I was happy when he managed to put the CEO of Twitter or the history professors at Yale against a wall, and I drew inspiration from him when he was not afraid to stand in front of a hall full of people who hate him and win.

But it hurts me more on a public level. Because if a culture that canceled lectures, censored content and defamed public figures now also ends with physical elimination – it is a sign that we are not in a “democratic discourse” but in a war.

What do we do now?

The response cannot be just another hashtag. This is the moment when the conservative world must understand – the game has changed. We need to invest in media, alternative media, education, creating a counterculture. We need to stop playing on a field where the other side sets the rules.

Charlie wasn’t perfect – no one is. But he was a culture warrior. He gave an entire generation permission to be proud of their values. He explained that culture comes before politics, and that if we don’t fight for it, we will lose everything. He reminded us all that we don’t have to apologize for identity, for a flag, for faith.

This murder should shake us. Not only because we lost an important vote, but because it is now clear – the war on ideas has become physical. We can’t continue to play “nice” when one side pulls out tweets and the other side pulls out guns.

I write this with pain, but also with anger. Those who have been inciting people like Charlie for years cannot be surprised when hatred turns into a gun. We have to decide whether we are going to keep talking about unity while our voices are being silenced – or whether we are finally starting to fight for culture, for real.

Charlie will not return, but if we do not fight for his legacy – we will continue to lose people, one after another, culturally and physically.

Charlie Kirk is silent. Now the question is whether we will be silent too.

Charlie Kirk is murdered. Now the question is whether the camp he built will rise up and fight – or remain silent until they shoot it too.

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