So, exactly how why did Charlie Kirk become so important to a generation of young men whose future is dim because they have been marginalized and forgotten by society?
It is because he pushed back against the radical feminist’s decades-long war against so-called toxic masculinity. Of course, things become progressively worse over time, especially for those young men who are white, heterosexual, and patriotic.
The ones who go to college are told they must apologize for their white privilege and their gender. They have a target on their back by way of Critical Race Theory and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion bias that insisted on marginalizing them.
Moreover, too many young women have been seduced to believe they don’t need a man nor marriage because they can find fulfillment in pursuing their career rather than forming a family.
All these things have left a significant majority of young men with no compass in life, no sense of value, and no obvious destiny. Charlie Kirk gave these young men hope by pointing them away from the ideology challenging their self-worth, while turning them to God, who has a plan and a fulfilling purpose for their lives, as he does for all of us.
The war that engulfs America is not best defined as a war between the left and the right. Instead, it all has to do with the conflict between those who want our nation to turn back towards God and his gifts such as marriage and family versus those who want us to keep turning away towards secular humanism, atheism, nihilism, and socialism/communism (where government is god with a little “g”).
In that regard, perhaps the death of Charlie Kirk will prove to be the turning point for America’s third great awakening. For as the saying goes, “the blood of martyrs is the seed of the church”.
For a further examination of these themes, back in 2022, I wrote a column “The Fall of Man in American Culture.” It is worth reconsidering considering Charlie Kirk’s mission:
I have been tracing America’s transition from a world of faithful pilgrims to nihilistic pirates, that is, discussing that which has caused cultures and civilizations to either flourish or meet their demise. It was British anthropologist J.D. Unwin who studied the fall of some 86 cultures and civilizations throughout history, only to find that the longevity, health, and well-being of culture was largely determined by their attitudes, customs, and mores having to do with sexuality, faith, and marriage.
Another brilliant scholar, Carle Zimmerman, a Harvard sociologist, studied the role of family in the rise and fall of civilization, determining that the one thing advanced civilizations had in common was the nuclear family construct. That is, tribal and clan-type family constructs never amounted to much and, on the opposite end, when men and women became so narcissistic and hedonistic that nuclear marriages fell by the wayside, the culture soon met its demise.
Some of the Issues Affecting Men
1. The feminist movement was a two-edged sword. As it sought to liberate women, it did so at the expense of men while it attacked “toxic masculinity.” Along the way, it eviscerated the vital role of men as fathers, heads of households, providers, and protectors. Specifically, society at large encouraged men to get in touch with their “feminine side” as they abandoned their traditional roles in family and society in deference to the ability of women to supplant them as equals.
2. The attack on men, became a war on boys. Even though nearly all scientific literature indicates that boys and girls mature at different rates and are stimulated by different things, mothers in the home and teachers in schools began to push back against the things that little boys are made of, including boundless rambunctious energy. In the 1960s, with the dispensing of drugs like Ritalin, hyperactive young boys were diagnosed as having “Attention Deficit Disorders at twice the rate of girls and were deleteriously drugged accordingly.
3. Traditionally, one key God-given role of women in society was to domesticate men by way of withholding sex apart from marriage, and sometimes, in marriage. The free sex movement and the commensurate loss of the fear of God, made possible by way of the pill and abortion, served to throw chastity out the window, and men became somewhat free to roam before, during – and after – marriage, sans any personal moral constraints. Now at full throttle, the hook-up culture has replaced courtship, and porn addiction among men is epidemic.
4. Subsequent to number 3, no-fault divorce facilitated awarding primary custody to mothers, which means fathers ended up spending more time with their subsequent family rather than their first. The destructive and disruptive impact of this resulted in successive generations of boys who were raised without their natural fathers in the home to guide, mentor, and discipline them, that is, if a man was present at all. This has proved a disaster for society as nearly every social ill including drug and alcohol abuse, criminality, homelessness, and the like can be traced to boys who were essentially abandoned by their fathers.
5. There has been a massive loss of 7.5 million jobs among men, such as those found in manufacturing, logging, mining, and the steel industry. These sectors virtually vanished, including by way of environmental regulations, thereby destroying head-of-household jobs for men without a college education. The resultant wage loss put pressure on spouses to find work at the expense of family life.
Jordan Peterson said it best, “If you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of!”
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The valid feminist battles in this country were all won by the early 1980s. All the professional feminists should have looked for other work, but no, they doubled down by creating new ways in which women could feel discriminated or exploited by men - and they could hold positions of power. As a woman, I truly resented this. Not only did it create the new man, the Toxic Male, but a bs bunch of ways in which women could nurse whatever bad feelings they had. Look, I'm very attached to my feelings and I think all my feelings are absolutely fascinating. But I do realize that it's better for the world if I nurse my feelings through listening to, say, Patsy Cline, or writing a tragic short story, than it is to impose a bunch of regulations that just make relationships between the sexes infinitely worse in every area they come together, be it in bed or the office. And a note from my NYC writing days when I actually knew some of the famous mega-feminists - one of them had a daughter who grew up being indoctrinated by her much published and rewarded feminist mom and how'd it affect her? She married a Green Beret. And changed her name to his. So there's hope, not just for men who've been raised by feminists but for women, too. Because the “toxic male” created by feminists led to the “toxic female” and they ain't no fun either, cheering on the assassination of Charlie Kirk, when really they should be looking at Erika Kirk for a true role model.
I think that all men have a personal responsibility to establish their position in life and society within their mental and physical capabilities. Despite the greater power of women in today's society, young men, if they are determined, have the opportunities to make their own way to succeed in their lives as workers, husbands and parents. It needs more effort than before because fidelity has become less valued than in the past.
I can only speak from personal experience. From 1940 until 1945, between the ages of 6 to 13, I was separated from my parents through war-time evacuations and my father's call-up into the military. Before that, we lived in London in a council house with no electricity and no bathroom. Our toilet was in the backyard. Our only form of heating was a coal fire in the living room. I had a brother 2 years younger than me and a sister 6 years younger. I returned permanently to London having experienced several different homes and people who were required by the government to take us evacuees. Some were good, some were not so good.
At the age of 13, I realized that I had to make my own way in life. In civilian life, my father was a London Bus Driver my mother worked for British Rail. As the eldest, I became responsible for looking after my siblings and preparing the evening meal. I knew then, I had to get out and beyond the life of my father and mother. My parents were loving, hardworking and constant. They were good parents and remained married until they died.
I became an Electrical Engineering Apprentice from the age of 16 until I was 21. To my great surprise, at the age of 20, I met a most lovely girl. I had no intention of marrying. But six months later, we married. I think both of our parents were shocked. It was the best and most wonderful decision I made when I asked Barbara to marry me. We started with no money; we had three children, starting 5 years after we were married. We prospered well because my wife and I worked very hard to get-head. I made two life-changing decisions with Barbara's agreement that secured opportunities for a better more prosperous life for our family.
Here we are 70 years later.