I’m so old I remember when college campuses were considered safe harbors for intellectual debates over controversial subjects. Disagreement was not only tolerated, it was expected. Even unpopular ideas were analyzed and argued with out fear of retribution. Free speech was understood to be a right and a privilege practiced by student and faculty alike.
Fifty years hence anyone on campus who doesn’t strictly adhere to the left’s orthodoxy is ridiculed, shouted down or canceled. Academic freedom, open discourse and institutional neutrality are concepts that once were admired but now receive lip service at best.
Charlie Kirk tried to change that; he tried to get people to engage their brains to question and think about critical issues. The left’s dogma does not hold up to this standard and as always, when they can’t win the debate they must silence the debater.
Charlie once said he wanted to be the Rush Limbaugh of his generation; that he was, briefly. God sent us Charlie Kirk to continue and enhance Rush’s message. Trust He will send someone to fill Charlie’s shoes as well, possibly thousands of them.
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