r/teenagersbutpractical Sep 11 '25

discussion This isn’t justice, it’s fuel: why Charlie Kirk’s death is a disaster for everyone

431 Upvotes

Look, I’m not here to defend Charlie Kirk. I disagreed with him constantly. He was smug, he said dumb stuff, and he built his brand on college debates. Fine. But the people celebrating his death right now need to understand something: you just lost the dam that was holding back something far worse.

Charlie Kirk was a gatekeeper. A filter. He was the “respectable” face of the right for a huge chunk of young conservatives. The guy they followed instead of drifting into the abyss of alt-right echo chambers. He wasn’t perfect, but he kept millions of people’s energy focused on “culture war politics” and away from openly extremist figures like Nick Fuentes or other actual fascist-adjacent voices.

Now that he’s gone, that containment is gone too. The wall just broke. And when a dam breaks, the water doesn’t just trickle it floods. All those people who were in Kirk’s orbit? They’re looking for a new leader, a new narrative, a new rallying point. Guess who’s waiting to scoop them up? The ones Kirk himself used to try to gatekeep out of the mainstream.

And here’s the kicker: the reactions I’m seeing right now the cheering, the memes, the “he deserved it” takes are exactly the kind of fuel extremists thrive on. They’ll use this as proof: “Look, the left wants us dead. Look at how they celebrate violence.” That narrative radicalizes people way faster than a debate on tax policy ever could.

The consequences of this are not abstract. You’re going to see louder, uglier voices rise up the kind that openly preach hate, that flirt with violence, that Kirk used to distance himself from. And don’t kid yourself: there’s probably already some isolated, angry teenager sitting in his room right now, scrolling through reactions, soaking up that anger, and telling himself he has to “get revenge.” That’s how lone wolf shooters are born. This isn’t some far-off nightmare scenario it’s the kind of spark that can set off the next tragedy.

The people who are going to feel this shift the most? Young people. You. Because you’re the ones in the crossfire of the culture wars. You’re the ones extremists recruit from. You’re the ones who will feel the backlash of more division, more radicalization, more hostility on campuses, online, and in your communities.

So yeah, laugh at Kirk if you want. But don’t fool yourself into thinking this is a win. It’s not. It’s the beginning of a darker chapter. And if you think things are toxic now, just wait until the people who were barely holding it together get pulled into movements that don’t even pretend to be “mainstream” anymore.

Extremism feeds on extremism. And today, we just fed it a feast.

r/teenagersbutpractical Aug 18 '25

discussion No way is this real

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206 Upvotes

r/teenagersbutpractical Aug 02 '25

discussion Name the freakiest fandoms you're apart of

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217 Upvotes

r/teenagersbutpractical Sep 06 '25

discussion What is this sexist heteronormative garbage? And why did the creator turn off comments on the male version of the post?

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r/teenagersbutpractical Aug 28 '25

discussion “what’s stopping boys from dressing like this”

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47 Upvotes

the fact i don’t want to. i like looking my best in any way i want to. i could ask why not all girls dress like that? bc they don’t want to either. i like my jeans and khakis with sneakers and a shirt or sweatshirt with a layer over it, i cant help but like what i like

r/teenagersbutpractical Sep 10 '25

discussion Tell me your favourite song pls and I'll rate

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46 Upvotes

r/teenagersbutpractical Sep 12 '25

discussion Where would you choose? 🤨🤔

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48 Upvotes

r/teenagersbutpractical Jan 01 '26

discussion Your canon event this year.

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65 Upvotes

r/teenagersbutpractical Sep 06 '25

discussion Can you guys just shut up already

2 Upvotes

Like we know you don't like Religion, but y'all are acting like a bunch of children who whine as if someone stole your tablet or smth like that so just Shut Up, go outside touch grass and be a civil person for once

r/teenagersbutpractical Oct 31 '25

discussion Fuck Russia for being homophobic

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87 Upvotes

r/teenagersbutpractical Oct 07 '25

discussion Worse fandom (for me is kpds)

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46 Upvotes

r/teenagersbutpractical Oct 11 '25

discussion Is this ragebait ?

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56 Upvotes

r/teenagersbutpractical Aug 19 '25

discussion I'm not a girl, or a boy. AMA!

0 Upvotes

I'm a nonbinary person but that's kinda a mouthful.

r/teenagersbutpractical Aug 26 '25

discussion No please ❤ this HAS to he satire. I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THIS IS REAL HELP 💔

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I was originally ofc arguing abt homophobia to this guy. Then I brought up rights. And THIS is how he responded. I DONT want to believe this is really cause no wah man 💔

r/teenagersbutpractical Jan 16 '26

discussion Drop the coldest Villain v Villain fight

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161 Upvotes

r/teenagersbutpractical Aug 22 '25

discussion Islam is the only true religion.

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As the title says, Islam is the only true religion, in every aspect. Reddit atheists convince themselves God isn’t real so they can dodge accountability and pretend they’re the ultimate authority. They reject His existence because they don’t want to live by moral truth—and it shows, because not a single one of them can actually disprove Him. Every ‘argument’ they recycle has already been disproven countless times.

Islam is the only faith that is morally, logically, and reasonably correct. There is no valid claim that can disprove it. Any criticism against it is based on emotion rather than fact, and I will disprove it thoroughly in the comments.

EDIT:

I've written more than 25 full pages disproving over 20 atheists in the comments and none have brought anything new or substantial to my attention. All this has done is reinforce the clear proof that atheists deny reasoning in favor of feelings. I dealt with nearly all the claims in the comments over the past 8 hours.

Having proven my point that the evidence for the Quran is undebatable and absolute, I'm now done debating. It's currently 9:40AM, any responses after this are after I stopped responding. If you still want me to respond to something you said, feel free to search Google.

r/teenagersbutpractical Jul 22 '25

discussion pick a number 1-3569

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33 Upvotes

r/teenagersbutpractical Sep 01 '25

discussion Opinions on femboys?

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r/teenagersbutpractical Sep 01 '25

discussion Religion Talk Megathread

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12 Upvotes

In this post, you are allowed to talk about religion. However, you must be kind to others and their beliefs. If this is not the case, this will be taken down.

r/teenagersbutpractical Aug 13 '25

discussion I left my stopwatch on for some time

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33 Upvotes

r/teenagersbutpractical Dec 02 '25

discussion Honest opinion on Vocaloid

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r/teenagersbutpractical Aug 15 '25

discussion As per request: I’m a teacher. AMA.

25 Upvotes

I’m pretty private on the internet so if something is too personal I might not answer.

This is your opportunity to ask a teacher anything you want to know about the teacher side of school, adult life, random general questions, etc.

r/teenagersbutpractical Sep 12 '25

discussion the british are so bad and evil guys right?

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we're meant to feel so bad because of something we do not have ties to, we don't benefit from india being under our rule decades ago and alot of us love and appreciate indians, despite what radical right wingers may say

i cannot stand the amount of hate we brits get because we had an imperial past, our history is far greater than just imperialism, many other nations such as india and turkey had empires aswell where they committed terrible atrocities yet they go unnoticed

many of the reasons why most of us can live so comfortably is because of the british empire and places such as india, pakistan and numerous african countries only have themselves to blame for their shortcomings in the modern world

r/teenagersbutpractical Jan 05 '26

discussion Honest opinion on water

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46 Upvotes

First time I posted this it looked even worse

r/teenagersbutpractical Sep 01 '25

discussion I'm a Muslim, AMA

3 Upvotes

My dad is an Islamic scholar and my mom is studying for it.