US EditionLetter to the Editor: Peaceful Crowd Honors Life of Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk's assassination and memorial service sparked deep racial and political divisions, with black clergy rejecting his martyr status and contentious Wikipedia editing battles unfolding.
- On Sunday, September 21, 2025, a public memorial at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona drew tens of thousands and national figures, with President Donald Trump calling Charlie Kirk a `martyr for American freedom`.
- After the killing on a Utah college campus, social media erupted with graphic video and AI-generated sermons and memes of Charlie Kirk, accelerating his online mythmaking.
- From the pulpits of black churches, pastors denounced Kirk's martyr narrative, citing his remarks denigrating people of color and civil-rights leaders, while some conservatives praised his faith and values.
- Shortly after the memorial, Wikipedia editors created and expanded the article on the memorial service, which faced vandalism including KKK and Nazi smears, prompting removals and a page lock, while editor `The Midnite Wolf` and Simon McNeil debated deletion amid community division.
- Social media's speed has transformed hagiography into a rapid production cycle, framing assassinations as secular martyrdoms; journalists and citizens can resist mythmaking by recognizing political sainthood as constructed.
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Letter to the editor: Peaceful crowd honors life of Charlie Kirk
Notice how there’s nothing set on fire? No vandalism. No violence. No livehoods lost. Well done, Grand County! God bless America and God bless Charlie Kirk. It’s okay to disagree on political views, but stay openminded. God made us all different for a reason. Instead of being hateful spread love and prayers especially in times like this. The world needs more of it. Matthew 5:44: “But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecu…
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By Art Jipson, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton. An AI-generated image of Charlie Kirk embracing Jesus. Another of Kirk posing with angel wings and halo. Then there’s the one of Kirk standing with George Floyd at the gates of heaven.When prominent political or cultural figures die in the U.S., the remembrance of their life often veers into hagiography. And that’s what’s been happening since the gruesome killing of conservat…
After the murder of 31-year-old political activist Charlie Kirk, a real martyr worship among his supporters and political leaders, as did President Donald Trump, began. What does this mean for the future of the US?
For former MP Noël Mamère, Trump and his ideologues use emotionally revitalized religion to twist the blow to institutions and, more generally, to the political system.
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