There is something about this: people all over the world coalescing after a tragic event. I can't put my finger on my concern but I don't think it is all good.
I believe this might be a come to Jesus moment for some, and that is certainly good.
How many others are just jumping on the current bandwagon only to jump off and onto the next one that comes along? I can picture the larger part of humanity enthusiastically jumping on the bandwagon supporting some world leader who comes on the scene and does something that inspires awe in the world.
Then there are the social media people trying to enlarge their audience and make a little money off their social media presence. Those on the right, at least, seem to all have been personal friends of Charlie Kirk if you are to believe their posts...
Like I said in the the first paragraph, I can't quite put my finger on what's bothering me about this whole thing... but something is.
It might be the way that people are cashing in on the wave of publicity to engage in their platforms- for whatever they are doing. Some is good, some is iffy, some is not.
Using Charlie's name to advance things. If it's getting people saved, getting people to change their world view- that is GREAT! If it's helping a nobody achieve YouTube success, that's iffy. If it's being hijacked for purely political purposes- and not all of those purposes are good- then it's getting bad.
Something I'm really feeling uncomfortable with is the rush to shut down anyone saying anything bad about Charlie.
Do I agree with them? NO WAY!
But I happen to agree with Charlie about free speech. If we shut down people who say bad stuff, that is "right" in the moment, but bad in the long haul. Because then we are becoming the SAME as the left, who want to shut down Christian free speech because they don't agree with it.
In the end shutting down free speech, however "right" and "justifiable" becomes an attack on free speech that the left can then use to further justify their attacks on us when they gain power again.
Open dialogue with people that hate us, was what Charlie did. It's how he changed minds. We don't force change by forcing our views, but rather by respectfully disagreeing and explaining our point of view. Giving thought tools to those on the "opposite" side to breakdown their world view problems and let them see the truth.
For those who carry Charlie's legacy forward, I hope that the open dialogue with "the enemy" on the "other side" will not be lost.
