Do left-wing politicians, the chattering class, and the talking heads really believe their lies will go undetected , or do they simply not care?
Every time a major political figure is attacked or assassinated, the truth doesn’t even get a chance to breathe before the progressive democrat spin machine kicks in. And nowhere is this clearer than in the case of Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
From the moment the news broke, progressive democrats and their media propagandists began scrambling to frame the assassin as a conservative, leaning on half-truths about his family, his upbringing, and his background in the LDS church. Convenient, tidy, and politically useful. But the emerging facts tell a different story, one the media doesn’t seem eager to emphasize.
According to prosecutors and even his own family, the suspect in Kirk’s murder had been moving steadily leftward in recent years. His politics had shifted in line with progressive democrat causes, especially around LGBTQ+ issues. He was reportedly in a relationship with a transgender partner and, in all likelihood he is gay since there is a strong correlation between people in the furry fandom and LGBT / trans / queer identities.
In other words, far from being the caricature of a gun-toting conservative zealot, the man’s recent trajectory looked far more like the product of progressive democrat queer radicalization than anything connected to his childhood or religious upbringing.
So why the rush to portray him otherwise? The answer lies in the way narratives are manufactured. When a tragedy strikes, the first voices to frame the story often win. Accuracy becomes secondary to speed, and the goal isn’t to seek truth, it’s to control perception. Corrections rarely travel as far as the initial headlines, and once people form an impression, it’s hard to undo.
It’s not always outright lies. Sometimes it’s the selective emphasis of convenient details, in this case, the assassin’s conservative parents and religious background, while burying or ignoring the inconvenient ones, like his political shift or personal life. The result is a distorted picture designed to blunt the uncomfortable reality that the threat to Kirk didn’t come from the right, but from the very movement that claims to stand for tolerance.
Do they think no one will notice? Probably not.
They simply don’t care. In their calculus, the political utility of the initial narrative outweighs the eventual cost of being exposed. By the time the truth comes to light, the public has already absorbed the first version, the outrage has been harnessed, and the fundraising emails have gone out. Mission accomplished.
The bigger problem is what this cycle does to trust. Each time a story is spun, each time facts are twisted or suppressed, more people become convinced that the press and political elites don’t just get things wrong — they deliberately mislead. And in the long run, that corrodes the very foundations of a functioning democracy.
The Progressive Propensity to Lie
If there’s one constant in modern politics, it’s the progressive democrat’s willingness to bend, twist, or outright ignore the truth when it suits them. Progressive democrats have perfected the art of narrative over accuracy, and their media propagandists happily play along. When reality doesn’t fit the script, they don’t pause to reconsider, they simply rewrite the script.
Take any flashpoint event: a riot, a campus protest, or a political assassination. The first instinct is not to wait for facts but to frame the story in a way that advances the progressive democrat cause. Victims are either lionized or vilified depending on their politics. Perpetrators are painted as either tragic products of society or sinister extremists, depending on what moves the narrative forward. The facts are secondary, often disposable.
This is why, in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, progressives immediately tried to claim the killer as one of the right. They clung to his conservative upbringing, his family’s GOP roots, and his LDS background, all while downplaying his sharp political shift leftward, his gay identity, and his relationship with a transgender partner. These details didn’t fit, so they were ignored, delayed, or buried under a flood of convenient half-truths.
It’s not an accident. It’s a habit. Progressives know that most people only read the first headline or hear the first talking point. By the time corrections trickle out, the lie has already done its work. And even when exposed, there’s little shame — because for them, truth is a tool, not a standard.
Bottom Line
In the final analysis, the assassination of Charlie Kirk isn’t just about one man or one act of violence. It’s about the dangerous ease with which lies take root, the eagerness of powerful voices to shape them, and the casual indifference to whether the public ever learns the truth.
Lies and more lies. That’s the currency of our time.
We are so screwed.
— Steve
