The effect of Charlie Kirk's death is still being felt

The death of Charlie Kirk was over two weeks ago, and people are the country  are still mourning the loss.  

Charlie Kirk was a conservative activist who went to college campuses and peacefully debated college students on political issues. He was assassinated at a campus debate. No matter your political opinion, no one should ever get killed for voicing their opinion. 

For me, when the news broke, the world completely stopped. As a conservative, I felt like this was an attack on the free speech of conservatives.  

When the world lost Charlie that day, conservatives did not riot or burn down buildings, instead the people opened their bibles and turned to God. This was a terrible event, but maybe something positive will come out of this. 

How can something good come after death? Death is a horrendous thing that unfortunately is inevitable. Consider death as a cause and effect, where death could be the catalyst for a great movement. Even though conservatives feel like the voice of the conservatives is gone, we are already seeing some positive impacts come from this tragedy. 

According to TurningPointUsa.com, over 62,000 people have requested to start or join a Turning Point chapter since Charlie’s death. Turning Point USA, according to its mission statement, is a nonprofit organization that advocates for conservative politics on high school, college and university campuses.  

This is significant because over 62,000 young adults felt the impact of Charlie’s passing so intensely, they wanted to get involved with his organization.  

According to pbs.org, Erika Kirk, the wife of Charlie Kirk,, said, “To everyone listening tonight across America, the movement my husband built will not die.”  

This is definitely true as we have seen a revival as young adults are requesting to join his movement now more than ever.    

Erika was also recently named the new CEO of Turning Point USA.  

This assassination has a lot to do with politics. According to cnn.com, the text messages sent between the assassin and his boyfriend showed that this horrible act was fueled because he thought Charlie spread “hate.”  

So, we have someone who didn’t agree with a conservative activist, and in turn, assassinated him. This has instilled a fear within conservatives that they cannot voice their opinion without worrying someone disagreeing and shooting them. 

From this terrible tragedy, we learn killing someone based on their political views will amplify their message even more. Even if you don’t agree with his political stance, he did not deserve to die over voicing his opinion. Our movement will continue to grow bigger and stronger.