There’s a concept that political junkies — whether they’re professionals, activists, or just highly online — sometimes forget: most Americans are normies. They aren’t scrolling Twitter all day, they aren’t plugged into every twist of partisan warfare, and they certainly aren’t tracking which blue-check pundit said what about whom.
But when a high-profile assassination takes place, like the murder of Charlie Kirk, even the normies take notice. And what they’re seeing is not flattering for the Left.
The Left just blew all their trust.
Normies see a nice guy doing a simple debate, not a political speech, not leading a rally or a riot, getting gunned down in 4k.
Then they see a bunch of people, even their friends, cheer and clap and dance. They ask why.
“Well, you see, he…
— Grummz (@Grummz) September 14, 2025
The online world has been full of people laughing, mocking, even celebrating Kirk’s death. Some tried to justify it by declaring him “evil.” But here’s where the disconnect with normal Americans becomes glaring. To the average person, Charlie Kirk wasn’t some cartoon villain. He was a clean-cut guy with a microphone, debating ideas on a college campus. To see him bleed out on stage, in front of students and his own children, was horrifying.
So when normies ask the obvious question — “What did he do that was so evil?” — and the response they hear is, “He said things we didn’t like,” they recoil. They’re not political animals, but they know lunacy when they see it. And when that lunacy comes from trusted professions — a teacher, a doctor, even a pilot — cheering assassination because of words, it shakes their faith in the world around them.
He wasn’t even killed for what he said. He was killed for what they imagined he’d said.
The process used against Kirk was an outgrowth of their ‘cancel culture’. They needed to use their tool against him, so they made up things about him.
— Peter Orem (@PeterMOrem) September 14, 2025
This is the part the activist Left doesn’t seem to grasp. They’ve spent years convincing themselves that disagreement equals fascism. In their worldview, opposing woke policies isn’t a difference of opinion — it’s a crime against humanity. And once someone is painted as a “fascist,” well, anything goes. Mockery. Dehumanization. Even open celebration of their death.
But the broader public doesn’t see it that way. They remember that Charlie Kirk’s entire project was built around open debate. He literally handed his ideological opponents a microphone and said, “Prove me wrong.” They remember his willingness to engage, not to silence. And they see the grotesque irony of those who despised him — in the name of tolerance — celebrating his murder because he dared to speak.
Those of us who haven’t trusted the Left for decades: pic.twitter.com/JkE026F5l0
— Marielle Redclaw (@MarieleRedclaw) September 14, 2025
The Left thinks this posture makes them look righteous. To the normies, it makes them look unhinged.
