# Who is Charlie Kirk? Why is he important?

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**Created:** [September 11, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-charlie-kirk-why-is-he-important/1022971 "2025-09-11T22:13:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-charlie-kirk-why-is-he-important/1022971/4 "2025-09-11T22:18:07Z")

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> [@Will Charlie Kirk's assassination set off US civil war/breakup?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-charlie-kirks-assassination-set-off-us-civil-war-breakup/1022958/25):
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> Charlie Kirk has been a pretty big draw for the younger ‘conservatives’ that showed up in droves to elect Trump in 2024, and he’s been doing the college talk circuit harder than an up-and-coming stand up comic. He also has a big following on social media and podcast:
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> [Slain podcaster, Trump ally Charlie Kirk built influence among young conservatives | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/charlie-kirk-death-reaction-1.7630652)
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> > _Kirk had more than five million followers on his X account and drew an audience of more than 500,000 monthly listeners to podcasts of his radio program, The Charlie Kirk Show . He also authored or contributed to several books, including Time for a Turning Point and The College Scam._
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> > _Kirk showed off an apocalyptic style in his popular podcast, radio show and on the campaign trail. During an appearance with Trump in Georgia last fall, he said that Democrats “stand for everything God hates.” He called Trump’s election race against Kamala Harris “a spiritual battle.”_
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> > _“This is a Christian state. I’d like to see it stay that way,” Kirk told the 10,000 or so Georgians, who at one point joined Kirk in a deafening chant of “Christ is King! Christ is King!”_
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> > _Kirk also remained a regular presence on college campuses. Last year, for the social media program Surrounded, he faced off against 20 liberal college students to defend his viewpoints, which included the belief that abortion is murder and should be illegal._
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> He’s a pretty big deal among young MAGAts and the Christian Nationalist contingent.

He’s “That Fuckin’ Guy”.

> [@Velocity](#):
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> I’m having a hard time picturing what the liberal equivalent of him would be - maybe it would be like as if Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were a prominent liberal Democratic speaker who started her own liberal-youth organization but had never actually run for Congress.

There really isn’t a “liberal equivalent”. Despite his rhetoric, Kirk doesn’t actually have anything of real substance to say. He’s not advocating for any real policy or in support of any kind of affirmative development. He basically just exists to pander to bigotry, pander hatred and conspiranoia, and tell Christians that they should be anything but meek. He gets celebrated a lot for his skill at argumentation but his most common tactic is just to speak loud and fast, pettifogging opponents to tangle them in rhetorical nots rather than present and defend an actual thesis. He was so fucking hollow it’s surprising that he doesn’t sound like a percussion block when he walks.

Stranger

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