Why Charlie Kirk a martyr? Many on the right have declared him a martyr for freedom of speech, which is understandable, but they use his tragic death as if it were a final, irrefutable proof of their beliefs and a call to take radical action — ironically including suppressing free speech if it’s leftist.

Not to do what Kirk would want would be a moral and even religious failing. My language isn’t hyperbolic. A lot of people on the right really believe it, or speak as if they do.

“But Charlie Kirk!” is thrown out as if it settled the question. So who was he? What kind of man was he? Was he a hero and a martyr? (It’s not a question one would ask — speak no ill of the dead — if the right’s use of his life didn’t require asking it.)

A literal martyr

I think the question is whether he was t

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