I got to go to one of his Comback Tour events back in the spring when he visited my university and I was very fascinated by him, and I even was thrown a hat.
I personally am not very big on politics and don’t affiliate myself with a party, but I have a big thing for protecting freedom of speech and having civil talks with people you disagree with is needed for our society as it is rough right now.
What got me fascinated with Charlie is that when I was listening to him debate others he was always very civil and honest with his words often backed up by evidence and logic, even if I didn’t agree with everything he was a very great debater and I can see his reasoning behind why he believes, and was very influential on my generation, more than I think older people realize. He also put faith and family first and I always admire people who do that as that is how I would like to be when I’m older.
Yesterday during classes I saw universal shock throughout everyone, even my friend who hated the guy said “that’s terrible”, and everyone on campus was tied to this breaking news story, and the amount of friends (and surprisingly most of them were female) I know who posted RIP Charlie instagram stories made me realize this guy was very influential, way more than I think people realize. The feeling yesterday was dark and I think everyone in America saw that even if they didn’t like the guy.
One person even said “I liked the guy because I didn’t like the guy”. What is tragic is he was not even in power, had no motivation to be in power, just expressed his views and debated others. He may have had “extreme” opinions, but it’s an opinion, like everyone else has, and if you don’t agree with it, that’s fine, most people will and SHOULD respect that. But the fact that people are actually celebrating their deaths are insane, and they’re mostly adults who should know better is sickening.
Thank you for reading I just saw this thread and thought about sharing ✌️
RIP Charlie