Watch now | Eddie addresses the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk, exploring the implications of political violence and the state of free speech in America. He reflects on the erosion of the public square and the rise of indifference in society, emphasizing the need for community and connection in these turbulent times. As always, Eddie, calls for a collective effort to address the underlying issues facing American democracy and to remember to love.
I found this helpful because I've been sick to my stomach over the folks who are making a martyr of Kirk and sick of listening to Dems and press too afraid to say the truth of who this man was and how he lived his life. I appreciated you "widening the lens" for me. It is possible to condemn the violence without canonizing a man who fomented and invited it, to have compassion for his children without pretending that he had any compassion for all the other folks' kids who were killed in shootings for doing nothing but attending church or school. The wider lens is the only way we're ever getting out of this, I think, though today it's hard to hear that so thanks for saying it.
Thanks for your insights. I have been telling my students and children for years American is made up of “we people” and “me people”. My frustration comes from people who are selfish “me” people. I like your concept of equating liberty and selfishness. Those 2 words are not synonymous, but to many Americans they are. Not sure how we survive this era—I only pray we do.
I'm so disappointed in this analysis. The public square has never been open to all groups and some people use the public square to build support for policies that get folks killed.
I agree the public square has never been completely accessible to all, but I am 72 years old and I can say it was more accessible in the 20th century. Since the election of Obama in 2008 and the subsequent birth of the Tea Party, open, civil discourse has significantly diminished.
I know too many people who are concerned about “me and mine”. Unfortunately this conversation would be lost on many of them, because they place blame elsewhere for their own problems. They believe the lies of the “immigrants stole the jobs”, “DEI doesn’t mean they are qualified” & “marriage is between a man & a woman only”, etc. Add what you want, it’s all BS, made up for one to hate the other.
I will continue to try to reach them, but I do think it’s too late. Because as you said Mr Glaude, “we have to figure out a way to save this country together.”
Thank you again for another great Weekly Wrap Up!!
Precipice? Methinks democracy has already been pushed right off the cliff. You are living in an increasingly lawless country run by an authoritarian dictator who already has the military patrolling your streets. The 11th hour has come and gone. Time for the people to RISE UP.
The root cause is still racism. Some white people can’t except black people. I don’t understand why that is. We are all people We have more in common then differences but their hate is so deep. That they are convinced that it has to be that way Trump brought the hate out in the open and he stoked it for the last ten years as a political divide. I don’t know how we will move forward and Fox is a huge part of the problem cause they stoke it 24 hrs a day
As a Gen-Xer, I grew up without cell phones and social media. We were forced to have more face-to-face interaction. Back then, you were less likely to treat someone with disrespect to their face, unless you were just a POS person. I’ve had to adapt to technology leaps over the last few decades to function in society and the workforce, but I’ve never liked it. I believe that social media has made us sick as a culture and has killed our previous ideas and practices of community, compassion and empathy.
There used to be consequences in the back of people’s minds, so maybe they’d think twice before being ugly to someone’s face. Not anymore. Spending hours and hours on social media is not healthy because that’s less time spent having those face to face interactions connecting in person and less time touching green grass/being in nature. Social media has groomed people to take their bad behavior to the next level. No wonder kids feel lost, depressed and lonely from spending so much time, isolating themselves to worthless online nothingness. People can shiv strangers by hopping in anyone’s comments with hateful crap and then go on about their day with no consequences. It’s gross. We need to find a way back to each other if we want to salvage our humanity. The current trajectory we’re on is untenable and it’s time for a shift.
Here are a few of Charlie Kirk's greatest hits. Pay particular attention to the quotes proceeded by an asterisk. The moral of the story is be very careful what you pray for.
Black people
“Happening all the time in urban America, prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people, that’s a fact. It’s happening more and more.” (source)
Black pilots
“If I see a Black pilot, I’m gonna be like, ’Boy, I hope he’s qualified.’” (source)
Black women
“They're coming out, and they're saying, 'I'm only here because of affirmative action.' Yeah, we know. You do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously. You had to go steal a white person's slot to go be taken somewhat seriously." (source)
Civil rights
“We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the mid-1960s.” (source)
*Death penalty
"[Death penalties] should be public, should be quick, should be televised… I think at a certain age, it’s an initiation… At what age should you start to see public executions?" (source)
Democrats
“The Democrat Party supports everything that God hates.” (source)
*Empathy
"I can't stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made up new age term that does a lot of damage." (source)
Feminism
“Reject feminism. Submit to your husband, Taylor. You're not in charge." (source)
Gay people
“You might want to crack open that Bible of yours. In a lesser referenced part of the same part of scripture, is in Leviticus 18 is that, ‘thou shalt lay with another man shall be stoned to death.’ Just sayin’! So Miss Rachel, you quote Leviticus 19… the chapter before affirms God’s perfect law when it comes to sexual matters.” (source)
George Floyd
“This guy was a scumbag.” (source)
Great Replacement Theory
“It's not a Great Replacement Theory, it's a Great Replacement Reality. Just this year, 3.6 million foreigners will invade America. 10-15 million will enter by the end of Joe Biden's term. Each will probably have 3-5 kids on average while native born Americans have 1.5 per couple. You are being replaced, by design.” (source)
Guns
“It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment.” (source)
Jews
“Jewish donors have been the number one funding mechanism of radical open-border, neoliberal, quasi-Marxist policies, cultural institutions and nonprofits. This is a beast created by secular Jews and now it’s coming for Jews, and they're like, ‘What on Earth happened?’ And it's not just the colleges. It's the nonprofits, it's the movies, it's Hollywood, it's all of it.” (source)
Martin Luther King Jr.
“MLK was awful. He's not a good person. He said one good thing he actually didn't believe.” (source)
Muslims
“They aren’t even hiding their intentions. Muslims plan to conquer Europe by demographic replacement. Will Europe wake up in time?” (source)
I found this helpful because I've been sick to my stomach over the folks who are making a martyr of Kirk and sick of listening to Dems and press too afraid to say the truth of who this man was and how he lived his life. I appreciated you "widening the lens" for me. It is possible to condemn the violence without canonizing a man who fomented and invited it, to have compassion for his children without pretending that he had any compassion for all the other folks' kids who were killed in shootings for doing nothing but attending church or school. The wider lens is the only way we're ever getting out of this, I think, though today it's hard to hear that so thanks for saying it.
You are a great wrap up every week. Thanks!
Thanks for your insights. I have been telling my students and children for years American is made up of “we people” and “me people”. My frustration comes from people who are selfish “me” people. I like your concept of equating liberty and selfishness. Those 2 words are not synonymous, but to many Americans they are. Not sure how we survive this era—I only pray we do.
I'm so disappointed in this analysis. The public square has never been open to all groups and some people use the public square to build support for policies that get folks killed.
I agree the public square has never been completely accessible to all, but I am 72 years old and I can say it was more accessible in the 20th century. Since the election of Obama in 2008 and the subsequent birth of the Tea Party, open, civil discourse has significantly diminished.
Dr. Eddie,
Thanks for your brief but to the point wrap up this week. I feel like Dr . king that hate is too heavy a burden to carry, therefore, I choose love!
I know too many people who are concerned about “me and mine”. Unfortunately this conversation would be lost on many of them, because they place blame elsewhere for their own problems. They believe the lies of the “immigrants stole the jobs”, “DEI doesn’t mean they are qualified” & “marriage is between a man & a woman only”, etc. Add what you want, it’s all BS, made up for one to hate the other.
I will continue to try to reach them, but I do think it’s too late. Because as you said Mr Glaude, “we have to figure out a way to save this country together.”
Thank you again for another great Weekly Wrap Up!!
Baba!!!! This Weekly Wrap up was Hank Aaron's 715th Homerun 4 me you really knocked this 1 out the Park Cuzzo Luvya!! Keep doing what u do!!!!!
Precipice? Methinks democracy has already been pushed right off the cliff. You are living in an increasingly lawless country run by an authoritarian dictator who already has the military patrolling your streets. The 11th hour has come and gone. Time for the people to RISE UP.
Grand Wizard Pumpkin Head bastardizing the White House
The root cause is still racism. Some white people can’t except black people. I don’t understand why that is. We are all people We have more in common then differences but their hate is so deep. That they are convinced that it has to be that way Trump brought the hate out in the open and he stoked it for the last ten years as a political divide. I don’t know how we will move forward and Fox is a huge part of the problem cause they stoke it 24 hrs a day
It is very difficult to maintain old friendships when we have changed ideologies . Restrict conversations to safe topics, families.
But I don’t think I could spend a weekend with them. It’s sad.
As a Gen-Xer, I grew up without cell phones and social media. We were forced to have more face-to-face interaction. Back then, you were less likely to treat someone with disrespect to their face, unless you were just a POS person. I’ve had to adapt to technology leaps over the last few decades to function in society and the workforce, but I’ve never liked it. I believe that social media has made us sick as a culture and has killed our previous ideas and practices of community, compassion and empathy.
There used to be consequences in the back of people’s minds, so maybe they’d think twice before being ugly to someone’s face. Not anymore. Spending hours and hours on social media is not healthy because that’s less time spent having those face to face interactions connecting in person and less time touching green grass/being in nature. Social media has groomed people to take their bad behavior to the next level. No wonder kids feel lost, depressed and lonely from spending so much time, isolating themselves to worthless online nothingness. People can shiv strangers by hopping in anyone’s comments with hateful crap and then go on about their day with no consequences. It’s gross. We need to find a way back to each other if we want to salvage our humanity. The current trajectory we’re on is untenable and it’s time for a shift.
Thank you Eddie!
Klein etal. treated Kirk as an existential threat with no regard to those who are marginalized or the "other" his speech was lethal for many
Charles Kirk: A Cautionary Tale.
Here are a few of Charlie Kirk's greatest hits. Pay particular attention to the quotes proceeded by an asterisk. The moral of the story is be very careful what you pray for.
Black people
“Happening all the time in urban America, prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people, that’s a fact. It’s happening more and more.” (source)
Black pilots
“If I see a Black pilot, I’m gonna be like, ’Boy, I hope he’s qualified.’” (source)
Black women
“They're coming out, and they're saying, 'I'm only here because of affirmative action.' Yeah, we know. You do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously. You had to go steal a white person's slot to go be taken somewhat seriously." (source)
Civil rights
“We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the mid-1960s.” (source)
*Death penalty
"[Death penalties] should be public, should be quick, should be televised… I think at a certain age, it’s an initiation… At what age should you start to see public executions?" (source)
Democrats
“The Democrat Party supports everything that God hates.” (source)
*Empathy
"I can't stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made up new age term that does a lot of damage." (source)
Feminism
“Reject feminism. Submit to your husband, Taylor. You're not in charge." (source)
Gay people
“You might want to crack open that Bible of yours. In a lesser referenced part of the same part of scripture, is in Leviticus 18 is that, ‘thou shalt lay with another man shall be stoned to death.’ Just sayin’! So Miss Rachel, you quote Leviticus 19… the chapter before affirms God’s perfect law when it comes to sexual matters.” (source)
George Floyd
“This guy was a scumbag.” (source)
Great Replacement Theory
“It's not a Great Replacement Theory, it's a Great Replacement Reality. Just this year, 3.6 million foreigners will invade America. 10-15 million will enter by the end of Joe Biden's term. Each will probably have 3-5 kids on average while native born Americans have 1.5 per couple. You are being replaced, by design.” (source)
Guns
“It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment.” (source)
Jews
“Jewish donors have been the number one funding mechanism of radical open-border, neoliberal, quasi-Marxist policies, cultural institutions and nonprofits. This is a beast created by secular Jews and now it’s coming for Jews, and they're like, ‘What on Earth happened?’ And it's not just the colleges. It's the nonprofits, it's the movies, it's Hollywood, it's all of it.” (source)
Martin Luther King Jr.
“MLK was awful. He's not a good person. He said one good thing he actually didn't believe.” (source)
Muslims
“They aren’t even hiding their intentions. Muslims plan to conquer Europe by demographic replacement. Will Europe wake up in time?” (source)
Palestine
“I don’t think the place exists.” (source)
Transgender people
“You’re an abomination to God.” (source)
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