r/askanything • u/Vert_der_Ferk25 • Sep 02 '26

Political Question Why am I supposed to be impressed with who Charlie Kirk was?

He was a paid professional debater. He went to a college campus, set up a tent and cameras, and engaged with amateurs who had no experience doing what he did. And the right loved him for it. His media team would then cut clips of him scoring points against amateurs, and they would push them out on all their social media feeds.

Isn't this like LeBron James going to a campus and setting up cameras while he played pickup games against kids who, at best, were on the college team but more likely dabbled in basketball, but were no match for the expert? And then what would people think if LeBron's media people cut clips of him dunking on these young amateurs and pushed them out as "highlights"?

"LeBron's TOP 10 Most SAVAGE College TAKEDOWNS šŸ‘€šŸ”„"

"COCKY College Kid gets OWNED By Lebron James! Follow for morešŸ‘‰"

"LeBron James SHUTS DOWN 3 Arrogant College Students Best DUNKS Compilation"

"1 NBA Hall of Famer vs 25 Amateur College Students (Feat. LeBron James) | Surrounded"

Isn't Kirk's legacy just sad?

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u/bee_justa Sep 02 '26

Charlie Kirk was no LeBron James.

Just sayin...

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u/Fun_Masterpiece9464 Sep 02 '26

He puts on a show and gets ā€œboardsā€ haha Iā€™d compare him more to aā€¦ Enes Kanter..?

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u/Message_10 Sep 02 '26

Yeah, searched for this comment. This is more like a reasonably competent D3 athlete, who had a looooooooooot of funding, competing against unprepared D3 athletes, and then having "final cut" of the game afterwards. Any time that he had to debate people who knew how to debate / knew how his style of debate was a sham, he got his ass handed to him. Watch the debates from--Cambridge? Eton?--it's delightful.

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u/SortSvart Sep 02 '26

Itā€™s more like a D3 athlete competing against high school or gym randoms. Charlie Kirk wasnā€™t even that good at debates and the college freshman he often debated werenā€™t even informed or active in politics. Thatā€™s why he so desperately avoided debating other political content creators on the left.

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u/slate1000 Sep 04 '26

Interestingly, he was scheduled to debate Hasan Piker a couple weeks before he was klld. Would have been a pretty epic debate imo.

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u/Socosoldier82 Sep 04 '26

LeBron James was no Michael Jordanā€¦