Processing the Charlie Kirk assassination has been difficult, especially seeing people celebrate the death of someone for their beliefs regardless of whether you agreed with him.
• When someone is killed for their beliefs, it's bigger than one person—it's an attack on free speech
• Life's fragility is a sobering reminder that we aren't guaranteed tomorrow
• Having courage to speak your mind should never cost anyone their life
• Revenge, hate and more violence only continues the destructive cycle
• We must decide whether to let anger consume us or find a better way forward
• We can debate strongly while still maintaining our shared humanity
• Cherish your loved ones and be present because tomorrow isn't promised
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Episode Transcript
Charlie Kirst's assassination happened one week
ago today and it still hurts.
My name is Raul.
I own a podcast studio here inPearland I've been feeling some
type of way the last few days Inmy head.
I've had so many thoughts andhad so much going on.
You know, it's just it hurts tosee a lot of you guys celebrate
the assassination of a man, afather, a husband, I guess
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because I like to believe thebetter in everyone.
I like to believe that we're ina better place in this world,
and it kind of proved to me thatwe're not.
It was actually kind of scary.
You know, I have older girls, Ihave a young baby, a young baby
that her name is Charlie, andyou know it just it hurt.
Like I say, maybe I live in myown world and I think positive
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thoughts, rainbows and fuckingbutterflies, but that's who I am
and that's how I live my life.
I just wanted to leave y'allwith this quick message Charlie
Kirst's assassination happenedone week ago today and it still
hurts.
And it hurts not because I'm youand him personally, but because
of what it means when somebodygets killed for what they
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believe in.
That's bigger than one man.
That's an attack on all of uson free speech, on the right to
stand up and speak your mindwithout fear, and I think that's
why it hits so hard.
It's a reminder that life isfragile.
If it can happen to him man, itcan happen to anybody.
Now, whether you agree withCharlie all the time or not, you
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got to respect the fact that hehad a voice and he used it.
That kind of courage should notcost anyone their life.
And, I'll be honest, I wastwisted up.
Sadness, anger, confusion itmakes you want to lash out.
But listen, that's not theanswer.
Revenge hate, more violence.
That's not the answer.
Revenge hate, more violence.
That just keeps the circlegoing.
So here's where I land.
(01:47):
We gotta decide who we're gonnabe.
Are we gonna let anger eat usalive or are we gonna find a
better way forward, built onrespect, even when we disagree?
If you're hurting right now,you're not alone.
I'm right there with you.
Lastly, guys, I'm gonna leavey'all with this, all right.
What happened to Charlie Kirk?
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It's heavy, it's tragic, butit's also a reminder.
A reminder of how fragile lifeis and how important it is that
we don't let hate win.
We can disagree, we can debate,we can even go back and forth
Strong, but we can't losehumanity in the process.
So tonight, hug your family,call a friend, be present,
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because tomorrow is a promisedand, as for all of us, we're
going to keep this conversationgoing.
We're going to keep showing uptogether.
That's all I got, guys.
Thanks for listening.
Take care of yourselves andeach other Till next time, as
always, charlie Mike.
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