09/11/2025
Charlie Kirk’s Death Was Inevitable
Quite the headline, I know.
To preface: Charlie Kirk’s death, not in particular, was inevitable. As a purported “champion” of debate, his assassination is surprising, but it is not shocking—or outside the realm of possibility—given the current climate of discourse around identity, class, gender, economics, and political alignment.
Kirk’s death is as inevitable as the assassination of a trans athlete, a houseless person, an immigrant, a right-wing fanatic, a left-wing organizer, the MAGA neighbor, a CEO of a major pharmaceutical company, a Democratic legislator, a Republican congressman, or children in session at school.
The inevitability of death as a standard for political action has become an American tradition, despite the tragedy of its implementation. Kirk’s death is not specifically inevitable; rather, the climate that fermented the ideologies behind it is.
I’ve combed through thousands—if not hundreds of thousands—of comments across multiple social media platforms. These spaces are consistently riddled with the most heinous ideological positions, harbored by identities formed through misinformation and baseless disputes.
Comments from everyday Americans advocate for the guillotine over ideology. Both sides of the political spectrum have espoused the need for ex*****on as a replacement for due process and accountability.
But that is the fruit of my argument: these extreme measures have eliminated accountability for the true perpetrators of the political schism that has plagued our nation. Instead, they have offered *we the people* an alternative solution—**war**.
Kirk’s death was inevitable in the same way our own lives are inevitably affected by it. His assassination will also inexplicably force us to take a position.
Regardless of who is responsible, our own opinions and feelings are coerced into responding. At this moment, there is a call to action that entices the extreme right to retaliate against the left. Again, an inevitable consequence of the highly charged atmosphere surrounding our nation’s discourse on political ideology.
On September 10, groups of white MAGA supporters gathered in Huntington Beach, California, in Kirk’s name, chanting: “**WHITE MAN, FIGHT BACK.**”
The inevitability of war was cast long before Kirk’s death, and inevitably, it was bound to happen given the tension. I’d like to say this is a turning point—no pun intended—but that would be an argument against all the evidence showcasing the very nature of our relationship with one another through discourse on identity in this country.
No matter how you identify, Kirk’s death is part of a long lineage of verbal and physical coercion meant to fracture political alignment. No matter who the culprit is, it is inevitable that the “other” will be blamed.
