Editor's note: An earlier version of this story stated that Charlie Kirk praised the frat boy. It was changed to "defends" to more accurately portray what was said.
Right-wing podcaster Charlie Kirk used his Monday program to defend a white fraternity member who was seen on video making monkey .....
It doesn't help the fact that there was a meme where someone photoshopped his face to be slightly smaller. Then as it became popular and he started appearing in news more, a whole group of people became dedicated to altering every photo of him. It's possible that those images ended up in the top results of google.
"It's about time the masculine energy in this country is ascendant," he proclaimed. "I'm not defending what this kid allegedly did. I am defending young men holding up old glory, getting out there in the streets, and saying, we're not going to take this anymore."
So, what the hell is he defending then? What exactly about the incident exudes "masculine energy"?
Eh, depends on who you ask. Personally, no, this isn't masculine. People are standing up for what they believe, and more importantly, their resolve come a place of empathy. Merely standing up for what you believe doesn't warrant much praise, imho, especially if your beliefs are demonstrably false.
Somehow YouTube algorithm showed me this dumbass’s video that was something like “Charlie Kirk destroys a college student with a great comeback”. I think I lost brain cells by watching it even halfway. His argument for being smart, even though he didn’t finish college, was naming couple of guys that the student might not know and saying how he got rich.
“But to the left... he's a young white man, so it's worth destroying his life."
I had to scroll back up, because I thought he’d been kicked out of the university. Nope, he was just kicked out of the frat. Oh no, he might have to stay in a dorm or apartment, it’s the end of the world!
"And they're trying to destroy the rise of the frat boys," he added.
Um… good? Why would I care about frat boys? My university didn’t even have frats, and I somehow managed to graduate anyway.