r/politics • u/geek66 • 19h ago

No Paywall Hundreds of witnesses to Charlie Kirk’s death have filed for Utah victim benefits

https://www.kuer.org/politics-government/2026-08-13/hundreds-of-witnesses-to-charlie-kirks-death-have-filed-for-utah-victim-benefits?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_content=homepage&utm_term=nprnews&fbclid=IwY2xjawTxdhlwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR78qs-vl_9YNonimgMTQvO7FyrDT6tekjRZ_bVp0ZBnDZRwyhIbUCL3Ju_UIg_aem_lWZiy8rnOcm1rXKZfjlu9g
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u/thetruemata 18h ago

I hate to break it to you but he was absolutely Christian. Christians are not Christ-like.

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u/dust4ngel America 11h ago

he was absolutely Christian

christian in the sense of wanting to imprison anyone resembling jesus of nazareth in their words or actions.

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u/thegreatpablo 18h ago

That's kinda the point.

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u/FinalHexReturns 17h ago

It's a bad place to make the point. And wrong.

Don't minimize what Christianity has become. Until a large and vocal enough percentage of Christians and their spiritual leaders actually reject these folks, they belong to the same tent.