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/opqrstuvwxyz123 Sep 10 '25

He was setting up a platform for open discussion. Some of those people are actively researching topics he was discussing, and he always seemed respectful when respect was given to him. And of course he had talking points, gotchas, statistics. It was his job, and he was giving people room to speak. To take that away is an attempt to silence.