In addition to that reverential tribute, Gilbert had one more thing he wanted to get off his chest.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\nHe spoke about the different viewpoints that have been circulating the Internet since Kirk was fatally shot on Wednesday (Sept. 10), and said he was troubled by the faction of people who have celebrated or made light of the incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t. care if you\u2019re left, right, Black, white, who you wanna be today or tomorrow, whatever the f\u2013k,\u201d Gilbert continued, \u201cYou never celebrate an act of cowardice like that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re one of those people that poked fun or celebrated his death in the last few days, I hope for your sake you don\u2019t make the mistake of doing that in front of men like me,\u201d the singer continued.<\/p>\n
Gilbert saved his strongest condemnations for the people who would pick up a gun and shoot someone they disagree with, as well as those who perpetrate mass shootings at schools.<\/p>\n
A mass shooting at Colorado\u2019s Evergreen High School took place the same day that Kirk was assassinated.<\/p>\n
Gilbert\u2019s message to those \u201ccowardly\u201d enough to commit such crimes was simple: \u201cI hope you meet Jesus by any means necessarily.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Kirk, a conservative commentator and the founder of Turning Points USA, held and widely proclaimed viewpoints that many saw as hate speech.<\/p>\n
Per\u00a0The Guardian<\/em>, Kirk opposed the Civil Rights Act, condemned a supposed Democrat goal of making the U.S. \u201cless white\u201d and once said that Black women \u201cdo not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously\u201d without affirmative action initiatives.<\/p>\nReuters<\/em>\u00a0reports that Kirk often took strong stances on divisive issues: He frequently espoused anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-immigration viewpoints, and claimed that liberals were using Islam to destroy America.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
He was staunchly anti-abortion, and\u00a0said\u00a0in 2024 that if he had a 10-year-old daughter who got pregnant via rape, he would force her to carry the pregnancy to term.<\/p>\n
In the wake of his death, many social media users highlighted one particular quote on gun violence that Kirk gave in 2023. That\u00a0statement\u00a0was that it was \u201cworth it\u201d for the country to have \u201csome gun deaths\u201d each year, in order to preserve the integrity of the second amendment.<\/p>\n
Kirk was polarizing. To those that agreed with his viewpoints, he was beloved for his energy, his conviction, his faith and his method of engaging with America\u2019s youth.<\/p>\n
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Reuters<\/em>\u00a0reports that Kirk often took strong stances on divisive issues: He frequently espoused anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-immigration viewpoints, and claimed that liberals were using Islam to destroy America.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He was staunchly anti-abortion, and\u00a0said\u00a0in 2024 that if he had a 10-year-old daughter who got pregnant via rape, he would force her to carry the pregnancy to term.<\/p>\n In the wake of his death, many social media users highlighted one particular quote on gun violence that Kirk gave in 2023. That\u00a0statement\u00a0was that it was \u201cworth it\u201d for the country to have \u201csome gun deaths\u201d each year, in order to preserve the integrity of the second amendment.<\/p>\n Kirk was polarizing. To those that agreed with his viewpoints, he was beloved for his energy, his conviction, his faith and his method of engaging with America\u2019s youth.<\/p>\n