Other conservative analysts are doing the same right now. I’ve heard Larry Johnson, Garland Nixon himself, and Mark Sleboda to a lesser degree, all praising Charlie Kirk as “someone they disagree with, but always respectful of other views, intelligent, charismatic and having achieved great things”. From reactions to these comments I gather more unexpected praise is coming from other people too all over alternative media.

It seems like these people either have no idea who Charlie Kirk was, or they just spent 30 minutes watching some compilation of videos that make him look good. All of them keep saying he was about to start condemning Israel (while admitting they don’t know him well), which is completely uncharacteristic of him.

I assume part of this is a cynical attempt at gaining a new audience among Charlie Kirk’s considerably-sized flock.

But at the end of the day, let this be a reminder that they are conservatives for the large part, and at least some aspects of his rhetoric appeals to them (I assume especially his religious and homophobic views, as well as defending guns). We may agree with their stance on international politics, but they are not on our side.