Dennis Prager Reflects on Charlie Kirk and 9/11

We remember a year since the murder of Charlie Kirk, and I'd love to get some of your thoughts on, um, on our dear Charlie.

You know, it is often said that nobody is really indispensable, but that's not true.

There are some indispensable people.

Charlie is an example of that.

He was just remarkable.

I watch his appearances at universities now a year after he was assassinated, and I marvel at his ability to respond, his breadth of knowledge, his, uh, decency, his eloquence.

Uh, there were, there were none like him, and I consider myself a really good speaker.

There were no- there was nobody like Charlie to handle young people the way he did.

We miss him terribly.

Uh, I don't know who can replace him, if anybody.

Clearly there has to be some successor or successors.

That's one big thought I have.

I miss him terribly.

As another one on a personal level, you know, Charlie visited me in my hospitals on a regular basis.

He dedicated his last book to me.

Uh, you know, I'm tempted to write a piece for The Wall Street Journal, and the title would be Charlie Kirk Dedicated His Last Book to a Well-Known Zionist.

[laughs] I think that would, uh, that would really arouse the antagonists.

Uh, a, a third thing I wanna say, it is revealed that certain of his text messages were annoyance with Israel.

The purpose of text messages for most people is to vent to their friends.

Uh, I know that they'll all get public, so I don't do that, but most people do.

But I certainly vent privately to my wife, to my friends, and if everything w- any of us said in annoyance privately were let out, every one of us would look bad.

That's the nature of it.

That's the point of venting, that you can say anything you want.

It's pure emotion, and that's fine.

You don't take that as policy.