Charlie Kirk, a champion of classic, civilized debate was gunned down in cold blood Wednesday, and things have changed forever.

What the 31-year-old Kirk had been doing since he was a teenager was tirelessly placing himself on a stage so that he could talk and debate with people face to face. His approach stood in stark contrast to the political discourse on Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and TikTok videos in which people learn politics with a shot of dopamine, which leave no room for people to consider disagreement.

For people under 30 who were interested in politics and who came of age in these tumultuous past ten years, Kirk was a towering presence.

Across the English-speaking world, people first started hearing about Turning Point USA during their undergraduate degrees. Some wou

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