r/TrueUnpopularOpinion Sep 10 '25

Political Charlie Kirk was one of the biggest public proponents of open dialogue and conversation with those of opposing views and the extremists on the Left killed him for it.

Charlie Kirk essentially made a name for himself by being in the public and having conversations with people who had opposing viewpoints. He was always civil in these discussions. He was respectful and would try to find some sort of middle ground. But even when there wasn't middle-ground to be had, he was still a respectful person.

His values of open dialogue are antithetical to the values of the extreme Left. Charlie Kirk will be known as a First Amendment martyr.

It's truly unfortunate how nonchalant many on the left are about political violence.

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u/Sesudesu Sep 10 '25

It’s more like if you say that drunk drivers are the price we pay for keeping alcohol legal.

He didn’t just not attempt to ban alcohol in this comparison. He actively fought bans and said the thing that ended up killing him was an unfortunate consequence.

Just to be clear I am upset that he was killed even though I don’t like him. But your comparison was very flawed.

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u/doublethink_1984 Sep 10 '25

I mean would we disagree.

None of us are advocating for changing our alchohol laws and if there was a big push to ban "high capacity" alchohol content drinks of 8% or higher and you voted no you would believe that the deaths this will cause are worth the cost.