The left killed and are unknowingly celebrating the death of their metaphorical modern day idol.

There is almost nothing the left can agree upon. Almost no one historically that they can like, because as soon as anyone compliments anyone from the past, another leftist or redditor (redundant I know) is bound to point out something “problematic” that they said, believed or did because to their shock the common beliefs of the past thousands of years don’t line up with with their hyper post-modern reprobate Marxism.

There is one sole exception that I’m aware of, the golden poster boy that everyone loves, including leftists. That is Mr. Rogers.

Mr. Rogers, because he treated everyone with kindness, human dignity and was never divisive, represents a sort of resistance-less, toothless general tolerance and acceptance of everything to them. They probably choose not to consider the fact that if Mr. Rogers could see into the 2020s, he’d be disgusted by the left, but the time in which he lived, allows a crystalized idealized version of him to be their hero.

In their imaginations, Mr Rogers would kindly and gently affirm “transgenders” because after all, all that “transgenders” want is to be recognized as legitimate and not be dehumanized, at least that is their claim. Despite the fact that “transgenderism” is not legitimate and feeding it only does harm, there’s also the fact that their goals have been proven to be far more sinister and far-reaching than that stated goal. This is besides the point, because regardless, Mr. Rogers represents who they think the 21st century man should be. Speaking in a way that does not ruffle feathers, doesn’t particularly make waves, generally adheres to “kindness” (as they define it in liberal rooted foundations) above all else, without consideration that a man’s “kindness” towards sin is the least kind thing you can do to someone.

It’s no wonder that this imagined version of who Mr. Rogers would be today the left’s idol because the left has the belief system of demons, but the maturity of children. They would imagine Mr. Rogers tickling their ears when it comes to their horrendous beliefs, while also appealing to their sensibilities as overgrown children.

Now that I’ve established generally why Mr. Rogers is beloved by the left, let’s first do a thought experiment of what would happen if Mr. Rogers were to be magically transported from the 1960s, to the 2020s, equipped with a Twitter account like any celebrity. This thought experiment is key to establishing the point that in killing and celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk, they are unknowingly celebrating the death of who they think their idol is, Mr Rogers.

If Mr Rogers were magically transported to the year 2025, it would not be long before he would be asked, either by reporters, fans, or anyone else, his various political views, such as things like Palestine vs Israel, transgenderism, MAGA.

Now, we know by numerous examples that there is only a single answer Mr Rogers could give to stay beloved by the left. That is a complete and resounding whole hearted agreement with everything the left agrees with.

If Mr Rogers simply said, I don’t like to talk politics and I focus on helping young people with their self esteem, the left would respond, “Silence is making a statement! Staying silent while literal genocide is happening in Gaza is a dogwhistle. You either condemn it or you’re supporting it”

If he tried to with “transgenderism” give the most liberal answer a Christian man could give, by kowtowing to man rather than God and the Bible, they would still hate him if his answer even contained a grain of Bible in it, and they would say he supports a bigoted religion that oppresses “trans” people even if they give him credit for a generally “nice” answer.

I believe Mr. Rogers would still treat people with dignity and humanity and would be kind, but the fact is the only modern day Mr. Rogers the left would adore is one that 100% aligned with all their values and wholeheartedly espoused them. I think we can agree that there is a nearly 0% chance that Mr Rogers would be that way if he were transported decades into the future, even if he was fed plenty of indoctrination on these bizarre ideas.

So finally to the point. The parallels between Charlie Kirk and Mr. Rogers are actually quite numerous.

They both spoke with gentleness, kindness, and dignity to their fellow man. They were both men of faith, although Mr. Rogers was not someone to look up to necessarily as a Christian example. Mr Rogers didn’t believe in “speak[ing] overtly about religion in order to get a message across” and studied other religions including Catholic mysticism, Judaism, Buddhism, and other faiths and cultures” [Source: Wikipedia]. That’s in stark contrast to Charlie Kirk and the word of God which says DO SPEAK, and always proclaim the gospel of Christ and the word of God.

Charlie Kirk’s dignity that he showed to people he talked to is far more admirable than Mr. Rogers. He would have people completely opposed to him and all things he valued and he would tell the crowd who would laugh at the person to quiet down and that the person should be commended for stepping up and doing the difficult thing they’re doing that is being willing to engage in ideas.. He would respond with others’ hatefulness with firm, loving, truth. He had more edge than Mr. Rogers, but he should. Being a Christian isn’t about being soft, it’s about being gentle, peaceful, loving, strong and brave in the Holy Spirit and that power to behave that way is available to all who believe in Christ regardless of any human factors that they possess.

Mr. Rogers' gentle and passive tone is not as inspiring as the left raises it up to be when you consider he was mostly dealing with children who are not at all oppositional or hostile, and he rarely dealt with oppositional adults either. We’re not privy to how he acted when he did come across oppositional adults, but generally he was a beloved celebrity in a time when it was much easier to not be controversial as his time didn’t make stating basic truths enough to be turned into a pariah.

Charlie Kirk did live in this time and exemplified the qualities the left appears to admire in Mr. Rogers, that is compassion and dignity.

Yes Charlie Kirk laid out the boundaries of compassion, and said where you should not have compassion, or how compassion gets twisted. He wasn’t afraid of speaking on controversial issues including race which is the most taboo issue in America. So the comparisons aren’t perfect, but these differences are what make him better than Mr. Rogers, not worse. He had Mr. Rogers general compassion and kindness, while remaining strong and brave in the truth. The latter is what got him killed. But I can’t think of anyone who better reflects the general value the left apparently admires about Mr. Rogers without finding someone who claims to be a Christian or conservative, but compromises with many liberal ideas in order to be more palpable to the people.

In terms of conduct, patience, and gentleness with hostile people you will be hard pressed to find someone who did it better.

I wonder if Mr. Rogers would have been as composed, patient and loving with the extremely hostile college students Charlie Kirk interacted with, and yet they celebrate Mr. Rogers, but killed and celebrated the death of Charlie Kirk.

I’ve compared him throughout this article to Mr. Rogers but the similarities are only half true. I compared him because to the degree there are similarities, it is effective because Mr. Rogers is the left’s ideal man. In reality, Kirk is better compared to Christ. So you don’t misunderstand or think I’m making a blasphemous statement. All men, including Charlie Kirk are sinful and God alone is sinless. But the Bible tells us to be imitators of Christ and few if any public people have been, at least if appearances can be trusted, better imitators of Christ than Charlie Kirk, so it’s no surprise that they suffered the same fate.

When I said they killed their hero because Charlie Kirk is in some ways a modern day Mr. Rogers in his demonstration of love, that was only half true, because what they really love about Mr. Rogers is not compassion, gentleness, peace or patience….if that’s what they valued, they would have valued Charlie Kirk. What they truly value about Mr. Rogers has the appearance of those things but does not lead on truth.

Truth was not his platform, a general liberal sort of kindness to children was and the left have the maturity of children.

As the Bible says if Christ was of the world, the world would have accepted Him. That is why when you have leftists give their version of Jesus, it’s just a guy who accepts everyone and is ok with anything you do. They turn Jesus into Mr. Rogers. But Jesus was the way the truth and the life, and the world hates the truth. The world suppresses the truth in unrighteousness, so death is the only logical response to truth for the world.

This is why Charlie Kirk died and why his death is celebrated.