It’s Deeper Than Mental Illness

[mystery-ak]

September 18, 2025
It’s Deeper Than Mental Illness
By J. Robert Smith

Maybe you spent time last week perusing X postings related to Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Aside from the many accolades, conservative influencers did fine jobs identifying left-wingers who not only celebrated Kirk’s assassination, but offered attaboys to Tyler Robinson, the triggerman. Some even called for more violence. If you didn’t have time earlier, scroll through the Libs of TikTok’s and the Vigilant Fox’s threads, for starters. You’ll get an eyeful. “Somebody had to do it” wasn’t an uncommon refrain. Who, this side of hell, delights in an act of murder?

What was striking was that many of the posts featured females. Was that the result of sampling biases? Not likely. It was self-promotion. Call it malignant feminist self-empowerment. Not that there aren’t Charlie Kirk haters among “progressive” males -- his killer is an XY, after all, who lived with a trans -- but left-of-center females dominated the posted videos. Why so?

There’s no point rehashing Kirk’s qualities or listing his achievements. Others who knew him have provided rich, poignant testimony to his stellar character and unshakable dedication to his faith and freedom. His very public record is testament enough.

If you sift through the haters’ postings, you’ll think they inhabit an alternative universe. Abundant public record be damned. For them, Kirk was an ogre, some mythical beast. He checked off every box that inflames the leftist mind. Homophobe, transphobe, this-phobe, that-phobe. They fictionalized Kirk. Damn reality, too!

Are the celebratory outpourings over an innocent man’s murder indictive of a sickness in our society? Yes, they are.

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[Fishrrman]

The nation is dividing into The Disunited States of America.

Indeed, there are other events -- which I believe will mostly involve redistricting -- that will eventually increase the divisions to the point where an actual "divide" becomes not only possible, but probable.

[DB]

I'm coming to the conclusion that Kirk's real crime was being an outspoken Christian with a huge audience. Many on the left don't want to outright say it, so they camouflage it with bigot, racist, whatever-phobe that gets any traction with their followers while not outright saying what they're saying.

[Smokin Joe]

I'm coming to the conclusion that Kirk's real crime was being an outspoken Christian with a huge audience. Many on the left don't want to outright say it, so they camouflage it with bigot, racist, whatever-phobe that gets any traction with their followers while not outright saying what they're saying.

Yep.