While catching up on some back issues I came across this quote from Charlie Kirk in “The Betty Diaries”, Sept 13-16: “I can’t stand the word empathy, actually I think empathy is a made-up New Age term that does a lot of damage.”
Wow, what a cold-hearted bastard, I thought. And that’s exactly what Kate Sonnick wanted me to think. I’ll get back to that quote in a sec, but first a little background on how I first became aware of Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA.
There was an incident in 2019 at Park City High School when some students needed first aid and/or were hospitalized after another student put tear gas into the HVAC system to disrupt a Turning Point event. Being a curious sort, I looked into TPUSA and learned this was likely politically motivated.
So how did The Park Record repor