By Joshua Tyler
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In a horrific act of evil and violence, conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk was gunned down at this time at an occasion in Utah. As of this second, the person chargeable for this vile act has not been captured and continues to be at giant. Sadly, many individuals at the moment are making an attempt in charge South Park’s Trey Parker and Matt Stone for what occurred.
Charlie Kirk’s assassination comes a couple of weeks after South Park took goal at him. It occurred within the present’s 2025 season premiere. Whereas Kirk’s identify was by no means talked about, the plot concerned Cartman dressing up like Kirk and holding a Kirk-style occasion the place he debated in opposition to woke faculty women.
For his half, Charlie Kirk appeared to take being skewered by South Park in stride. He appeared to think about it an honor to be mocked by the present.
Nonetheless, these blaming South Park for Kirk’s demise aren’t doing so simply because the present parodied him. Moderately, these accusations are based mostly on the general nature of the collection since its return this 12 months, through which it has gone out of its approach not solely to color Trump and his supporters as flawed, however as really being in league with the satan.
The argument being made is that by making folks like Charlie Kirk out to be unredeemably evil, the present can be greenlighting the thought of killing them. Possibly there’s one thing to that argument within the broader sense of reports media doing it, nevertheless it’s an excessive amount of to put all that on the toes of South Park.
It’s true that South Park appears to have taken its assault on Trump to a beforehand unseen excessive within the present’s new season, however virtually all of that has been directed at Trump himself, not his supporters. Even Cartman’s Charlie Kirk parody was within the context of a storyline about how silly woke censorship is and was not centered on Kirk being in some way uniquely evil.
Free speech safety was one thing each South Park and the now sadly gone Charlie Kirk agreed on. Each Kirk and South Park have been robust advocates in opposition to all types of censorship, which is probably going why Kirk embraced their mockery somewhat than decrying it.
If these arguments don’t dissuade you from blaming South Park for his homicide, then consider it this fashion: Given his response to the present, it’s undoubtedly not what Charlie Kirk would have wished.
Concentrate on the actual causes, that are way more harmful than any parodying thought up by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. In case you’re seeking to lay blame, you would possibly begin with the information media, which, as I’m scripting this mere hours after his demise, is already laying cowl for his assassin by making the idiotic argument that folks with outside-the-box views ought to count on violence.
Right here’s one of many worst, preliminary reactions doing simply that, on MSNBC…
MSNBC suggesting Charlie Kirk ought to have anticipated to be assassinated for his phrases…
“You’ll be able to’t cease with these form of wful ideas you could have, after which saying these terrible phrases, and never count on terrible actions to happen.” pic.twitter.com/DlhKiBPFaq
— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) September 10, 2025
Or direct your anger at these vile politicians, screeching “no no” when requested to point out sympathy for Kirk and his household…
EVIL: Democrats could be heard saying “No!” after Rep Lauren Boebert asks for a second of silence for Charlie Kirk. pic.twitter.com/65K4J5H2dY
— @amuse (@amuse) September 10, 2025
Don’t blame South Park. As a substitute of performing just like the mainstream media ghouls, be mindful Charlie Kirk’s younger household as you say no matter you are feeling that you must say. He leaves behind a loyal spouse and two very younger youngsters. Charlie Kirk was solely 31 years outdated.
Right here he’s along with his spouse and daughter, a couple of days earlier than being gunned down…
Charlie Kirk appeared on Fox and Mates along with his household simply weeks earlier than he was shot in Utah. Prayers are persevering with to pour in for the Turning Level USA co-founder. pic.twitter.com/DuHDjaHP22
— Fox Information (@FoxNews) September 10, 2025
His daughter will develop up with out a father. She’ll by no means hug him once more.
