POLL: What was the worst media take of the week? (Vote below)     NOMINEES:    1. Maria Hinojosa: ICE Going After “Anne Franks” In Chicago  “I posted about the fact that there are little Anne Franks, right? Anne Frank in Chicago – her name is Anita Franco, and she is terrified.”— NPR’s Latino USA anchor Maria Hinojosa on MSNBC’s The Weekend, September 20.   2. Jim Acosta: “Snowflake Fascism” of MAGA Capitalized on Death of Kirk to Get Kimmel Removed “It’s another day that ends in Y and Donald Trump’s assault on American democracy. We have entered a new era of snowflake fascism, ladies and gentlemen, in the U.S., where the snowflakes on the far-right whine and complain every time somebody hurts their feelings. The weak-kneed corporate executives who only know how to smooch Trump’s butt simply go along with the dear leader’s demands. The latest example, the canceling of Jimmy Kimmel’s late night TV show. All Kimmel did was call out MAGA for attempting to capitalize on the death of Charlie Kirk – which of course, they did.”— Former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta on The Jim Acosta Show podcast, September 18.   3. David Remnick: You Know Who Else Went After Comedians? Putin! “[Vladimir] Putin came to power on New Year’s night, 1999-2000. And, you know who he went after first? This will sound a little familiar to you: comedians.”— The New Yorker editor David Remnick to host Stephen Colbert on Jimmy Kimmel being suspended by ABC, as aired on CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, September 18.     Funded by James P. Jimirro

“When people stop talking, really bad stuff starts.”Just days after Charlie Kirk was assassinated, a clip of him saying these exact words went viral. In it, Charlie explained to the students around him the reason why he felt called to speak at college campuses across America — something he did for years with great success. “When you stop having a human connection with someone you disagree with, it becomes a lot easier to want to commit violence against that group,” Charlie explained.Though many who had the privilege of debating Charlie would walk away with a newfound understanding and respect for the other side, just as many would leave in a frenzy, unable to reconcile their own convictions with the truth in his words. For them, it was easier to call him “hateful.”Charlie’s assassination was the inevitable consequence of a subversive culture that taught Americans that words are violence, disagreement is hatred, and silencing your opposition, even permanently, is a moral good.His life’s work was dedicated to countering a fundamental breakdown in civil discourse taking place within our country. Conversation itself had become “hate speech”; its proponents were labeled “fascists” — the solution for which was violence. This moral perversion, echoed from classrooms to the highest offices of power, built a culture of permission that ultimately led to Charlie’s assassination.Time for debateThough conventional responses often emphasize abstract calls for “unity,” such routine prescriptions miss the mark. This moment requires unrelenting confrontation. It demands that we renew our commitment to debate, possess the courage to repel assault on free speech, and above all, refuse to tolerate the moral perversion within our culture that rationalized, if not directly caused, Charlie’s death. If we fail to meet this moment of national crisis with conviction, nothing will change.Just days after Charlie’s assassination, YouGov polling on political violence confirmed what disturbing public celebrations of his death had already revealed: Liberals are increasingly willing to justify political violence.According to YouGov, “very liberal” Americans are eight times more likely to say political violence is justified than their conservative counterparts (25% versus 3%). When it came to celebrating the death of a public figure, 90% of “very conservative” people said it was not acceptable to be happy about the death of a public figure, compared to only 56% of the “very liberal.”The bleak reality of this data played out in real time as college professors, Democrats, and elected officials celebrated, if not excused, Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Some members of Congress even felt the need to contextualize Charlie’s assassination with all the “bad things” he has said over the years — as if anything he said somehow made his life less valuable and more deserving of death.On social media, these sentiments were sadly commonplace.Confront subversive thoughtCharlie’s work on college campuses was dedicated precisely to this issue. For too long, the left has enjoyed an unchallenged echo chamber of subversive thought, inverting conventional American morals that value the pursuit of truth, free speech, and open debate with violence and suppression in the defense of ideological conformity — the ultimate good of the progressive left.At San Francisco State University, for instance, former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines was infamously assaulted and held for ransom by a mob of enraged students, simply for affirming the reality that men cannot be women.At MIT, students and faculty alike demanded that the university cancel geophysicist Dorian Abbot’s lecture on climate change on the basis that Mr. Abbot did not support race-based admissions and instead believed that people should be evaluated as individuals — how horrible. “Freedom of speech goes very far, but it makes civility difficult,” said MIT Professor Robert van der Hilst.Keep talking, keep debatingCharlie’s warning was prophetic; people had indeed stopped talking, and bad stuff was happening. Any thought that challenged the progressive orthodoxy was not up for conversation, and, in fact, holding such controversial beliefs barred you from university grounds altogether.Free speech makes you dangerous and violent. It made Charlie Kirk a threat.In reality, the willful suppression of speech, debate, and the pursuit of truth is far more dangerous, subversive, and “hateful” than any charge Democrats have ever levied against us. Charlie’s death is proof of that.RELATED: Charlie Kirk showed us the lie at the heart of progressive culture Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty ImagesHis assassination was not an isolated crime. It was the inevitable consequence of a subversive culture that taught Americans that words are violence, disagreement is hatred, and silencing your opposition, even permanently, is a moral good.So now is not a time for “both-sides-ism.” Our nation faces moral bankruptcy, and the radical left has made it clear where it stands. It is incumbent upon all of us to push harder, chastise evil, and especially challenge the institutions that reject the principles of free speech that Charlie fought so hard for. Failure to do so will only result in further deterioration of the shared values that we believe make our nation great.

Charlie Kirk is no longer with us, but young men are continuing to fight for a healthy debate of ideas across the country — including a group of men who go by the name “Fearless Debaters.”The men, clad in MAGA hats, set up debate tables on college campuses and invite those who disagree to have a conversation with them.However, when they set up shop at Tennessee State University, they were met with very little peaceful debate and much more anger and childishness, as a group of black women descended upon their operation and began yelling and stealing their property.But the college’s response didn’t address its students' behavior at all, but only the behavior of the white men in MAGA hats who attempted to have a conversation with the students.“Today, a group of individuals unaffiliated with Tennessee State University appeared on campus without prior notice. In accordance with university policy, any demonstration or protest activity requires advance approval and permitting,” a statement from the university began.“Campus police and staff responded promptly, and the individuals were escorted from university grounds without incident. At all times, TSU students conducted themselves in a professional and respectful manner,” the statement continued.BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock is shocked, as the students were not conducting themselves in “a professional and respectful manner” by any means.“These guys set up a table and put a sign in front of it and put a microphone for people to debate them the way Charlie Kirk, Steven Crowder, they do this at white college campuses all the time,” Whitlock says.“This is commonplace. But I guess if you’re white and want to debate Tennessee State students, you need a written permission. You need legal authority to do that,” he continues, noting that TSU is a publicly funded university.As for the students behaving “respectfully,” Whitlock calls it “an insanity and a delusion that permeates a matriarchal-controlled culture.”“To argue that these kids — who are stealing things that aren’t theirs, knocking over things that aren’t theirs, flipping people off, giving them the bird, shouting them down — ‘they acted professionally at all times.’ Are you kidding me?” He asks.A follow up statement called the “Fearless Debaters” a “hostile group” who had the intention of disrupting, demeaning, and inciting fear at TSU.“These students are so weak, according to their leaders, that their psychological safety is violated when white people disagree with them,” Whitlock says.“You can’t build a properly functioning, well-organized society based on the matriarchy, founded in the matriarchy. Doesn’t matter what color the matriarchy is; it’s the matriarchy. It’s going to lean into drama and chaos. It’s going to lean into feelings,” he adds.Want more from Jason Whitlock?To enjoy more fearless conversations at the crossroads of culture, faith, sports, and comedy with Jason Whitlock, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

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