British Students 'Saddened and Disgusted' by Charlie Kirk's Murder

Here in the United States, we've seen a shift in the political opinions of a significant number of younger generations, most notably among young men. That's a hopeful note. It would be more hopeful if the various nations of Europe followed suit, and in the recent anti-illegal immigration protests in Britain, Ireland, and elsewhere, there are some signs that this may be happening.

In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, another indicator - maybe - has surfaced, at least in the United Kingdom. Following that horrendous event, The Daily Sceptic's Joanna Gray spoke with British students, and despite the usual bile spewed by the typical leftist nutbars, she described the mood as "stunned sadness."

I spent yesterday talking to 17 and 18 year-olds and they were universally saddened and disgusted. My son told me yesterday morning that some of the girls had put up posts with the hashtag ‘Charlie Kirk #karma’. He was not looking forward to attending college and defending the legacy of Charlie Kirk. However, by mid-morning the #karma posts had been taken down.
“It was the video. No-one could watch it and not be shocked and upset,” he explained. He attends one of Britain’s largest sixth form colleges, which I hope is representative of the wider student cohort. “It was a really strange day,” he explained on returning for dinner last night. “Everyone was talking about it, about how sad it was, about his young children. There was no gloating. Those people who initially seemed pleased, changed their minds once they saw the video. No-one could celebrate that. It was bad.”

Joanna Gray spoke to other students, of course, besides her son.

One 18 year-old I spoke to had tears in his eyes. “My parents always made us watch the general elections and I never understood the jeopardy. I didn’t know the MPs involved. Charlie Kirk felt like one of us. I felt like I knew him.”
Another girl said: “There’s this video going around too of his daughter in a studio, there’s a loud noise and she’s frightened and she runs over to her Daddy and he gives her a big hug. It’s so sad that her Dad is now dead.”
A boy about to set off for university at the weekend told me. “The video was just so real. I watched it about 20 times. No-one deserves that.”

What's sad about this is that it's noteworthy.

Watch: Special Moment Over the ATC System As Charlie Kirk and Air Force Two Arrive in Arizona

This shouldn't be noteworthy, of course. After events like this, people should be united by our common humanity. Neither left nor right should differ in their horror and outrage. The politically engaged, and those who ignore politics, should be likewise "saddened and disgusted." This was a saddening and disgusting event. We should take that for granted.

And yet, in the EU Parliament, a call for a moment of silence - an elementary show of respect for a young husband and father who was assassinated for speaking his views and for engaging others in conversation - that call was rejected by the European Parliament President Roberta Metsola. Oh, President Metsola gave some parliamentary pettifoggery as an excuse for refusing the call. I'd respond to that with a two-syllable word that begins with "bull." They could have found a way to set aside ten seconds for that elementary show of respect.

It seems, though, that British students, at least the ones that The Daily Sceptic's Joanna Gray spoke to, are reacting in a much saner manner. We can hope that this reaction to Charlie's murder is more widespread in Britain than we may have once thought.

Editor's Note: President Trump is fighting to dismantle the Department of Education and ensure America's kids get the education they deserve.

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