CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 15, 2025
CHARLIE KIRK, THE CONSERVATIVE HEAD OF TURNING POINT USA, HAS BEEN CALLED AN INFLUENCER. THE 31-YEAR-OLD FATHER OF TWO, WHO WAS MURDERED LAST WEEK AT A UNIVERSITY IN UTAH, WAS MORE THAN AN INFLUENCER. HE HAD THE RARE GIFT OF BEING ABLE TO CHANGE MINDS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE. I’D CALL HIM A CONVINCER.
VIDEOS SHOW HIM CONFRONTING STUDENTS WHO DIDN’T AGREE WITH HIM. HE ALWAYS INVITED THEM TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE.
I SAW ONE VIDEO WHERE A STUDENT CLAIMED THAT KIRK HAD FASCIST IDEAS. KIRK ASKED HIM TO NAME ONE. THE STUDENT HEMMED AND HAWED AND LOOKED AROUND FOR HELP. HE GOT NONE. HERE WAS A CASE OF A YOUNG MAN REPEATING WHAT HE HAD HEARD AND NOT TAKING THE TIME TO THINK FOR HIMSELF.
WE DON’T KNOW THE MOTIVE OF THE SHOOTER YET, BUT I THINK IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH KIRK’S ABILITIES TO CHANGE MINDS — FROM THE PROPAGANDA TAUGHT AT MANY UNIVERSITIES — TO THE TRUTH. SOME PEOPLE FEAR THAT ABILITY AND AN EXTREMIST WILL TRY NOT ONLY TO SILENCE SUCH A PERSON, BUT KILL THEM BECAUSE THEY THREATEN THEIR LIBERAL WORLDVIEW. I’M CAL THOMAS.
