I had never heard of Charlie Kirk before the events of September 10. Actually, our son is a student at Illinois State University and mentioned Charlie was on campus a few months ago, but I had never heard of him prior to that and had no reason to remember his name past it’s mention by our son. So when the news was shared in our family group message, my response was “who?”. I still have never heard him speak and have no reason to now.
I have watched many of Matt Whitman’s videos, however. I respect Matt for his willingness to visit churches that practice traditions different from his own in order to learn more about them and to gain an appreciation for not only the differences, but the commonalities. I hope people hear his message and take his advice. Even when politicians are using the situation to drive more wedges between groups of people, I hope enough are able to evaluate the consequences of the dangerous rhetoric and choose a path of peace.