They want to justify killing you.
No really, it's as simple as that.
Yes, that is mega-successful horror author Stephen King saying that Charlie Kirk "advocated stoning gays to death" as justification for his murder.
His post was so outrageous that sitting members of Congress called publicly for a lawsuit over the statement.
What King did is frame an ideological opponent as the most extreme example of a straw man. Either unknowingly or purposely, he lied about who Kirk is in order to better justify the shedding of blood. If this was not the case, then woke men like Stephen King would have some level of congruity in their worldview. Instead, their beliefs are so screwed up that they accuse normal American dudes of wanting to stone gays while also supporting the people who actually do want to stone gays.
As many people have said in the last 48 hours, Kirk was the moderate option. His entire mission was to have dialogue with people who disagree because the moment a nation stops talking, national divorce is inevitable.
As for Kirk's views on gays, please stare directly at this and tell me if it lines up with Stephen King's version of reality:
It should be shocking to see such a willful misrepresentation of who Kirk was. And yet, across the Western world, everyone from local schoolteachers to BBC newscasters have lied and lied and lied some more about a man who was shot in front of a crowd of people, including his own wife and kids.
For years, the Left has compared normal, average American men and women to Nazis and their leaders to Hitler. They do it daily. They whip themselves into a frenzy, reassuring their compatriots that they are fighting against fascism.
The outcome of such rhetoric is baked into the cake. It always has been. Kirk's assassination was simply the outpouring of a single, focused wish:
To kill you, your family, and everyone like you.
Have you forgotten that they went crazy in July because of a simple Sydney Sweeney jeans ad?
If you haven't noticed, they hate a British feminist who wrote a children's series about good fighting evil because she doesn't want men in the women's bathroom.
J.K. Rowling nails it: The people arguing with her are not interested in being tolerant, open-minded, welcoming, or finding common ground so that we can move forward together.
They want to conquer and kill, but they need to dehumanize you in order to sear their consciences for the job.
In the wake of this assassination, many people are trying to cool the temperature. Many people are calling for peace and unity. The impulse is good, but lambs cannot have peace with wolves that want to kill them.
Have you ever heard that ancient children's tale?
Calling for a superficial "peace" when people are rightfully hurt is also unjust and unkind. Per Jeremiah 6:14:
They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace,' they say, when there is no peace.
We do need to have unity. We do need to find common ground. We need to pray and encourage each other and welcome each other.
But this unity cannot include those who want to kill us.
Have the same people saying we need to go back to 2012 forgotten that in 2012, those people labelled Mitt Romney, perhaps the most liberal Republican in the Senate, an extremist who wanted to put black people "back in chains" and left people destitute with cancer by shutting down a steel plant?
In this way, Kirk's murder actually provides us with a roadmap and a litmus test toward unity. As Kirk himself said years ago:
Anyone who sees Kirk's assassination as an abject evil and mourns his death despite any philosophical differences is an ally. Anyone caught celebrating his death or justifying it by claiming he was a fascist cannot be an ally.
Put aside the labels of Republican and Democrat or the 200-year-old understanding of "Left" and "Right" in Western politics. Kirk's death serves as another milestone in a transition to a different kind of political divide entirely.
Can you live among people who believe and vote differently from you? Do you want to see the best for people you don't particularly like, or at the bare minimum, not wish pain and suffering on them?
Then welcome! Glad to have you!
Those in the other camp have no desire in seeking the well-being of their cities (Jeremiah 29:7), leading a quiet life alongside their neighbors (1 Thessalonians 4:11), and praying for authorities so we may live in peace (1 Timothy 2:2).
Instead, they are the kind of people Jesus warned about.
They will ban you from the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering service to God.
The woke people celebrating Charlie Kirk's death have attempted to ban us from polite society. They even tried setting up a "misinformation" office in the White House to coordinate censorship. They also tried to ban us from our houses of worship over Covid.
But when they target and kill baseline American dads with baseline Christian beliefs, they think they are actually the heroes. They believe they are stopping the next Hitler. They believe they are doing the work of God.
Of course, maintaining unity as fellow human beings against a group of people that wants to kill the rest of us only works in the short-term. Eventually, the political lines will shift again. Shared humanity was never and can never be enough of a lamppost to guide our way into the night.
For that, our side - the side that doesn't want to assassinate our enemies - must not only unite around each other, but around the God that men like Charlie Kirk believe in. Only by appealing to the standard and justice of heaven can we hope to maintain unity and peace.
'Your word is a lamp for my feet,
a light on my path.' - Psalm 119:105
We don't need the theological nitty gritties to start this movement.
Turn toward each other and turn toward God.
This is not a new or difficult idea!
As for how we should treat our enemies, the Apostle Paul left very clear instructions. If we start with this, God will show us the way forward.
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud; instead, associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own estimation. Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Give careful thought to do what is honorable in everyone's eyes. If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Friends, do not avenge yourselves; instead, leave room for God's wrath, because it is written, Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord. [Deuteronomy 32:35]
But,
If your enemy is hungry, feed him.
If he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
For in so doing
you will be heaping fiery coals on his head. [Proverbs 25:21 - 22]Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.
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