As tragic as what happened to Kirk, I fucking venerate and honor and respect him.
The Assassination of Charlie Kirk | American Hodl, Erik Cason, Guy Swann
"This is the time for bravery. It's the time for courage. It's the time for more speech. It's the time to self-censor even less because it's too important."
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1 As tragic as what happened to Kirk, I fucking venerate and honor and respect him.
2 And he will go down in glory as a man in the history of America at a time when things were dark, who is courageous enough to stand up and speak truth to power.
8 To be clear, like people that engage in this kind of violence are such fucking losers that they could never actualize any form of meaningful dialogue in any way to actually get attention in the same way that could have any substantial impact on the world.
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And he will go down in glory as a man in the history of America at a time when things were dark, who is courageous enough to stand up and speak truth to power.
Charlie Kirk is like like a white Martin Luther King Jr.
You know, I mean, he literally is a martyr.
He's an American hero.
This was a cultural assassination, which is a hell of a step.
And the number of people supporting it is just quite incredible.
To be clear, like people that engage in this kind of violence are such fucking losers that they could never actualize any form of meaningful dialogue in any way to actually get attention in the same way that could have any substantial impact on the world.
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"This is the time for bravery. It's the time for courage. It's the time for more speech. It's the time to self-censor even less because it's too important."
A raw, urgent round-table with American HODL, Eric Cason, and Guy Swann on the cultural fracture following the killing of Charlie Kirk—and why speech, not violence, is the only way out. The crew wrestles with grief and anger, the “banality of evil,” media incentives, and why debate on campus matters. Then they pivot to Bitcoin as a non-violent, property-rights-based “third way”: a cultural exit from nihilism and the fiat feedback loop that funds endless political escalation. You’ll hear Gerard, Foucault, and Fourth Turning riffs alongside practical calls for courage, organizing, and orange-pilling your local community. Heavy, hopeful, and very human.