Sam Trenholme’s blog
Left wing bullying
October 1, 2025
I explain why I think the allegations being made against Charlie Kirk are false, and how the illiberal left are being a bunch of bullies.The illiberal left lies and bullies
I question how contentious and controversial and combative Charlie Kirk really was. Yes, the illiberal left says he was this horrible contentious person, but I don’t believe them. Let me explain why.
A few years ago, Richard M. Stallman (RMS) was dragged through the mud by the illiberal left. They came up with an entire Gish Gallop litany of reasons why he was a horrible person; since he did not believe all the doctrines of their belief system, they painted him a heretic.
People looked at every claim that was made against RMS and found them to be false misrepresentations. The illiberal left flat out lied when attacking RMS!
Now, I haven’t looked at every single claim made against Charlie Kirk made in these Gish Gallops of attacks against him, so I will look at just one claim used to attack him: The claim that he advocated stoning gays.
This claim was made out of content; Charlie Kirk was making a rebuttal to the claim that “Love your neighbor” (Luke 10:27) means we must not consider gay pride marches sinful. He himself was not saying gay people should be stoned to death. This claim is so inaccurate, Stephen King apologized for making it
Point being, I know the illiberal left lied when they went after RMS. Based on the one claim I have taken the time to investigate, they seem to be lying again when going after Charlie Kirk.
My personal impression of Kirk is that he was a kind and caring person even when debating someone he strongly disagrees with. In this five minute video which I just linked to, he patiently listens to a pornography actress describing her open relationship and sexual lifestyle, making a empathetic comment that it sounds like she doesn’t have a good relationship with her father.
It’s always the kind people like Kirk and Stallman who the illiberal left sees as targets to bully.
See also
Richard M. Stallman - On RMS being fired
Picture attribution
The picture of Charlie Kirk was taken by Gage Skidmore, is available under a CC 4.0 License, and it has been altered for this blog.