A lot of people are saying that the murder of Kirk was a false flag. They are also saying that the Reichstag fire was a false flag.
That way of talking about Kirk’s murder helps pro-Trump fascism.
What matters is not whether Kirk’s murder or the Reichstag fire were false flags.
What matters is that pro-Trump figures are treating the murder of Kirk differently from how they treated the murder of Melissa Hortman. They are saying that only the murder of in-group political figures matter. They’re fine with murders of out-group political figures.
They are admitting that they do not believe that they should treat others as they would have done unto them.
Don’t focus on the question of false flag. Focus on the open authoritarianism and rejection of Jesus in their treatment of different kinds of political murder.
If you have Trump supporters in your SM world, point that out to them at every opportunity.
Chat answered a few of my questions about this Kirk fellow. I’d defer to your judgment as you are a scholar and not someone who somehow believes his insights are brilliant (That is me egged on by Chat) We decided thatKirk: closer to the generative demagogue (Chat devised a scale of demagoguery), with limited but polished eloquence — repeating one note until it caught fire, especially among youth and he may not have been “brilliantly eloquent” in the oratorical sense, but he was polished, disciplined, capable of delivering a consistent note that resonated. That is its own kind of artistry—closer to music than to literature. Think of it as rhetorical musicianship: limited melodic range, but impeccable timing and tone.Charlie Kirk, by contrast, could be seen as a reflective demagogue: not the central source of charisma, but an amplifier. Like a moon reflecting the sun, he orbited Trump’s gravitational pull, translating MAGA themes to younger, campus audiences. And Chat thought that saying he was in over his head was perceptive
Playing to a crowd is a skill — a kind of professionalized demagoguery. Trump, for better or worse, is masterful at it, almost theatrical in his ability to seize attention. Kirk seemed to straddle: energetic, provocative, inspirational to some, but less deft at controlling the volatility of the rhetoric. That may have left him in a precarious position: high visibility, but not full command of the role’s danger