When logic, reason, and facts fall on deaf ears

Al Ritter

I must admit that Charlie Kirk’s death has affected me profoundly. Although I was just 9 when Kennedy was killed it didn’t mean much to me at such a young age. Of course, later it carried much more weight.

Charlie Kirk was one who lived for debate, and to be very honest he often went into the lion’s den to do so. He debated with patience and respect, but sadly that respect wasn’t normally reciprocated by those who sought to debate him. How many people’s minds did he change? Who really knows. But his positions were normally based on his faith in God and the teachings of the Bible.

The leftist views were diametrically opposed to everything Kirk debated on, from religion to same sex marriage, to immigration, to crime, to transgenderism. In fact, the transgender issue was the very debate he was doing the second he was struck down by an assassin’s bullet and is now considered a contributing factor from the shooter’s perspective.

It’s sad that political discourse has now devolved into a death sentence for anyone who disagrees with the leftist position. The celebration of Kirk’s death is disgusting to say the least, but sadly this is what our First Amendment is all about. It’s not the things that you agree with that are protected, but those you see as vile and disgusting also.

Do I agree with all these firings because of the celebrations of his death? IMO no they shouldn’t be fired, shamed unmercifully maybe, but fired no.

For the first time the leftists are trying to claim a cease fire on the grounds that both sides are participating in violent rhetoric. That is not true and I would challenge anyone to supply proof to that wild claim.

In a Yougov poll it claimed that 25% of those on the “very left” claim that violence is the answer to political upheaval, while only 5% of those on the right approve of such tactics.

What actually happened after Kirk’s death? Were there riots? Was there looting? Of course not, there were vigils and fond remembrances. Not like the trashing by leftists of an area of the University where flowers were left to commemorate his life.

As I said in my previous article, the words from Admiral Yamamoto of the Japanese Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor… “I feel all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant.”

If Kirk’s death has done anything, it has concreted a resolve in Conservative America to vanquish the hatred and violence of the left.

Even Whoopi Goldberg is starting to see that the left’s violent nature has to stop, I wonder if she sees that that same anger if pushed hard enough can come back to the left also?

I pray this doesn’t happen and this country can return to some sort of civility, but I’m not seeing that yet!

Read and watch more here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifAU7hYnLzY

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/09/gutfeld-goes-jessica-tarlov/

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/09/watch-left-wing-streamer-steve-bonnell-aka-destiny/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sR9BEhEHpg

Even Bill Mahr has good words about Kirk:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/09/bill-maher-has-kind-words-charlie-kirk-says/