Over the weekend I posted a protest song called “Charlie Kirk Was a Jerk.” Was he a jerk? I didn’t know the guy. But it appears that he used divisive vitriol as a means to wealth and stardom.
The song is really less concerned with Kirk’s business and rather with The First Amendment. After Kirk was assassinated, dozens of people were fired and canceled for their comments about him. I haven’t read all of those comments. I assume some went too far. I’d guess others were fairly innocuous as was Jimmy Kimmel’s who was canceled by ABC.
Kirk himself used his First Amendment rights to say some pretty shitty stuff about almost every race known to Earth. He called people names, wished people dead, and displayed blatant racism. He bought a mansion and several sports cars with his proceeds. He made money from descension.
That is truth.
You don’t have to dig too deep to find examples. Kirk used hateful rhetoric to make a fortune, and he did it in the name of Jesus. In other words, he used God’s name in vain for his own purposes. If I recall correctly, Jesus turned tables for such behavior in his day.
I didn’t write a song about Kirk out of hate. I wrote it to make a point. He used his freedom of speech to spread ugly ideas to our nation’s most vulnerable and moldable citizens, the youth. Nobody tried to stop him from using his First Amendment rights, twisted as his messages were.
But in the days after his senseless assassination, if anyone responded in a way that people of opposing opinions disliked, they were quick to be silenced and even fired from jobs. This is not only hypocritical, it’s unAmerican.
The First Amendment is the cornerstone of democracy. Without it, I believe our nation would likely slide into political chaos and/or a clear dictatorial form of government.
I encourage you to stand up for your freedom of speech. I don’t encourage you to use hateful rhetoric but rather speak truth. Sometimes the truth may appear hateful to those who disagree with us, but it’s still truth.
So, here’s the song. Although Kirk said all of the things I mention at one point or another in his journey, my paraphrasing, for the sake of rhyme, might create some generalizations. But the song doesn’t include some comments that Kirk made that were even worse than the ones mentioned.
I wrote the song as a protest song to those trying to squash people’s Freedom of Speech. I think Kirk actually would have supported that grand idea.
Charlie Kirk Was a Jerk
Charlie Kirk was a jerk and you can’t prove me wrong
He may be dead but things he said will keep on living on
So I decided to quote a few in a little protest song
Well, maybe I’ll paraphrase for the sake of rhythm and rhymeBlack pilots aren’t qualified
Black women are thieves
We never should have passed the Civil Rights act
And God hates democracy
MLK was a bad person
Palestine doesn’t exist
Transgender people are an abomination
We should have public executions televised and quickCharlie Kirk was a jerk and you can disagree
But his rhetoric was a bunch of shit, so go ahead and fire me
For practicing my freedom of speech in the land of the free
Some people say Charlie got exactly what he asked forHe said guns are worth the cost
Of the death of innocent kids
He said empathy was a made-up word
George Floyd was a scumbag on the skids
He said Jews are all Marxists
Gays should be stoned to death
Women should submit to men
And democrat women will all die childlessCharlie Kirk was a jerk and he will be forevermore
His own words were so absurd, he was an attention-seeking whore
Called himself a Christian but greed was at the core
Go ahead and fire me, I dare youCharlie Kirk was a jerk and you can’t prove me wrong
So I decided to write it down in a little protest song
There you have it. “Charlie Kirk was a Jerk.”
My educated guess is that we could find as many republicans celebrating the deaths of their perceived enemies as the few democrats who might have gone a bit too far in their responses to Kirk’s death.
What’s different is the sense of wanting to cancel people’s opinions and a near declaration of war against our freedom of speech.
Let’s stay in touch. – dse
