Who would stand to benefit from the death of Charlie Kirk?

[kentuck]

In a way, it reminds me of the assassination of Alan Berg, liberal radio broadcaster who was murdered back in the "80's. He was killed by white supremacists. Berg was Jewish.

I would not be surprised if Kirk was killed for similar reasons. Perhaps they hoped to start a race war?

It's a stretch of a conspiracy theory to say that Kirk was starting to push for the public exposure of all the Epstein files and the Trump regime did not need that publicity at this time from one of their own.

It's possible that he had some personal enemies that we don't know about? Perhaps he made enemies with some of the hateful and bigoted stuff that he talked about?

I certainly do not see enough liberal interest in him for it to be any type of Democratic Party conspiracy.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

1. You know who Horst Wessel was?

That could be the answer.

[kentuck]

6. He was a martyr for the Nazis...

The regime will attempt to make Kirk into a similar martyr, I would agree.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

8. Yes, I fear they are following the Nazi playbook n/t

[pwb]

2. Humankind will benefit.

IMO.

[Marthe48]

3. One of the extremists is silenced

We will all benefit.

[Silent Type]

4. Could be as simple as another incel looking for their 15 minutes. Or it could be more sinister.

[EYESORE 9001]

5. DFT, for one

IMO this was a warning to the entire RW blogosphere about toeing the line where criticism of dear leader is concerned.

[Celerity]

7. Charlie Kirk Backtracks on Epstein After Presidential Call

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMGcTOyRWOk/

[kentuck]

10. Did he backtrack again in his more recent comments?

That was my impression.

Although he did say a while back that he was not going to talk about it anymore. But, he believed he could say anything in the name of free speech.

[Celerity]

12. not that I am aware of

[EYESORE 9001]

11. Perhaps TFG had already issued the 'contract' for assassination

before Kirk bent the knee.

[Celerity]

13. Kirk bent the knee immediately after Trump called him.

Kirk was a somewhat unique vote-producing machine (with the youth vote especially) for Trump and the Rethugs. It makes no sense for them to kill off the golden egg-laying goose.

[kentuck]

14. Yes, he was a very valuable voice to getting out the youth vote.

However, he had already made known his position that the Epstein files should all be made public, before he agreed to Trump's request to not talk about it anymore. His position was already known by his listeners.

[haele]

25. He was also aging out and becoming less relatable.

There's a subtle culture gap between 30 year olds with families and younger single 20 year olds, especially among conservatives.
Who, ironically, still wanna have fun and be bois and girly girls, instead of settling down and maintaining gender roles with just one partner.

[Celerity]

28. the far older Joe Rogan (58) and Jordan Peterson (63) are massively popular with young RWers, especially the male ones

[rampartd]

9. he may have been a factor in 2028

in more byzantine times "clearing the path to the throne."

[mitch96]

15. Who would benefit from Kirks death? Good question. Is it possible that he had some personal enemies

Or a rival and needed to "displace" to advance his position?
Like what Hitler did to his partner and upcoming rival Ernst Röhm in 1934
History rhyming again?
It will be interesting to see who rises to fill kirks shoes..
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[EdmondDantes_]

16. Wouldn't the obvious answer be people who hated what he stood for?

It only takes one person who convinces themselves to go too far, and the more people who hate someone, the more number of people there are who would be in that mental state.

The Silent Brotherhood who killed Alan Berg were on the opposite side of him and killed him for being a liberal Jew. So your own example tends towards it being a liberal person. And Berg had a lot of the same shtick as Kirk in terms of being deliberately provocative of people he disagreed with to the point the racists who killed him drove hundreds of miles to do so. You can say that there wasn't enough liberal interest in him, but one of his big things was going to college campuses and debating with random students so maybe you just weren't as aware of him. Look at how many people were gathered there as part of his student debates.

[kentuck]

17. I was surprised at the size of the crowd.

But the nail that sticks up usually gets hammered down. Kirk chose to stick up.

[pcdb]

18. That would be the obvious answer (and using Occam's Razor the correct one)

But several here think Russia did it for some reason so convoluted you need a graphing calculator to figure it out. Or Trump ordered a hit to cover up some Epstein evidence that Kirk, and only Kirk, had. I'm sure there's many more whacky theories, but the obvious answer is someone from the left murdered him.

There's a lot of us out there and it only takes one lunatic to do something like this.

[GenThePerservering]

30. That is not an 'obvious' answer

he had plenty of opposition on the right, as well, and there are a lot of freebooters with a hazy agenda of violence.

The obvious answer is that we do not know.

[Torchlight]

20. It does not follow

(an illogical conclusion where the argument's conclusion does not logically derive from its premises)

[Crunchy Frog]

22. The greater likelihood, IMO, is the people who are turning him into a martyr and an excuse to carry out purges

of the "radical left". His hate is being massively amplified and utilized for RW political agendas, so no, the "obvious" answer is wrong.

[Permanut]

29. The obvious answer is always the correct one..

Case closed.

[hunter]

19. His wife and kids?

[GoCubsGo]

24. I was just about to post that.

The kids, anyway. They're still too young to have their minds poisoned by him, and now they won't That being said, I am sorry they will be growing up without their father, as as hateful and bigoted that he was. Don't know anything about his wife, she could be just as awful, given that she married the guy.

[Crunchy Frog]

21. Who do you think is benefitting? This is like Stalin's murder of Kirov.

[kentuck]

23. I think it may have been an "opportunity" killing...

Perhaps by a Proud Boy or white nationalist, in hopes of sparking a war between the races. Kirk would have been the best victim they could find.

[RockRaven]

26. Nick Fuentes and/or his fans, for example.

Fuentes and his acolytes have been rhetorically attacking Kirk and TPUSA for years. In response to being attacked from the right, and by a younger grifter no less, Kirk moved further right to compensate.

[DinahMoeHum]

27. "Where there is a dead body. . ."

". . .there the vultures will gather."

- Matthew 24:28 / Luke 17:37

[CanonRay]

31. Putin, for one

Look at the calls for civil war, the increased hate for us even though no suspects have been named.

[Xoan]

32. DONALD TRUMP.

IT'S HIS REICHSTAG MOMENT.

[58Sunliner]

33. Trump.

[iemanja]

34. These responses are so typical

And mean nothing when they have no idea who the shooter even is. How about waiting until they identify the shooter? This defensiveness is premature. Even if he is on the left, it has fuck all to do with any of us. That is, until you manage to make it about DUers through posts like these.

[Emile]

35. Donald Trump

The media is not talking about Republicans voting against releasing the Epstein files yesterday morning.

[Buckeyeblue]

36. Honestly, the MAGAs benefit

Kirk was just a talker. Getting rid of a talker is like getting rid of a drug dealer, one goes and three others pop up. So for someone on the left to get rid of Kirk, it would be like playing wack-a-mole. But MAGAs can play this thing out. They can stir people up. And we'll never get the complete truth from this DOJ. Just remember everything they tell us about this case is probably a lie.