Conservative Christian media personality, Glenn Beck nailed it when he said: we're in the midst of a "great sifting." The assassination of Charlie Kirk, shot dead on September 10, 2025, at Utah Valley University by a 22-year-old radicalised by Left-wing rhetoric, should have been a unifying tragedy. Instead, it's exposed America's fault lines like never before. Vigils for Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA who mobilised a generation of young conservatives, draw bipartisan tributes. Yet the Left? They're too busy canonising Jimmy Kimmel as their parallel "martyr," suspending his show over a botched monologue that falsely painted Kirk's killer as a MAGA acolyte. Beck called it "gross and offensive," and he's right: It reveals a crowd more outraged by a comedian's pink slip than a young leader's murder.
This isn't just hypocrisy; it's a symptom of deeper rot. Kimmel's suspension by ABC, indefinite, after pressure from affiliates like Nexstar and Sinclair, and a nudge from FCC Chair Brendan Carr, isn't censorship. It's consequences for peddling lies during a national wound. But the Left's meltdown? It proves Beck's point: "You now know who the people are that celebrate death."
Charlie Kirk wasn't just a pundit; he was a force. At 18, he founded TPUSA, building it into a network of 2,500+ campus chapters that empowered conservative youth against campus cancel culture. His killer, Tyler Robinson, left a note railing against Kirk's "hatred," echoing years of Left-wing smears branding him a "racist, misogynistic neo-Nazi." Robinson's family confirmed his shift to radical Leftism, pro-trans views, and disdain for conservatives. Yet on September 15, Kimmel's monologue twisted this: "We hit some new lows... with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them." He accused Republicans of "scoring political points" off the tragedy, ignoring the shooter's own words.
The backlash was swift. Nexstar pulled the show from its ABC affiliates, calling Kimmel's remarks "offensive and insensitive." Sinclair followed, airing a Kirk memorial special in the slot. ABC caved, suspending indefinitely amid FCC scrutiny. Trump cheered it as "great news for America," while Beck framed it as divine sorting: "I'd like to know those who... have made me an enemy. They're not my enemies. They're enemies of God and God's principles."
Enter the Left's martyr machine. Ben Stiller tweets "This isn't right." Jamie Lee Curtis shares weepy quotes. Even Bill Maher, hardly a Right-winger, calls Kimmel "wrong," but blasts ABC for "Always Be Caving," invoking his own 2001 Politically Incorrect cancellation. X erupts with #FreeKimmel, posts decrying "censorship" outnumbering Kirk tributes 3:1 in the first 48 hours post-suspension. Obama weighs in, per viral clips, urging "dialogue over division." It's a parallel narrative: Kirk as the villainous provocateur; Kimmel as the silenced truth-teller.
But here's the rub: Kirk's "martyrdom" is literal, a bullet ended his life. Kimmel's? A ratings dud (his show barely cracked Nielsen's top 100) meeting market reality. As Beck quips, the Left's "concern" for Kimmel says it all.
Kimmel didn't stumble into controversy; he sprinted. His 2021 COVID monologue? "Vaccinated person having a heart attack? Yes, come right in... Unvaccinated guy who gobbled horse goo? Rest in peace, wheezy." It wasn't satire; it was a call to triage humanity by jab status, cheering denied care for the "pan-dimwits" who skipped the shot or tried ivermectin. Critics slammed it as cruel, yet Kimmel doubled down, shedding his apolitical funny man skin for Democratic activism, teary Obamacare pleas in 2017, and Trump "racist" jabs at the Oscars.
Charlie Kirk? He never peddled death-wishing "humour." Kirk championed life: anti-abortion rallies, faith-based conservatism, youth empowerment. He called out woke excesses without wishing hospital doors slammed on the unvaxxed. His legacy? A movement that outlasts him; TPUSA's COO Tyler Bowyer vows a 2028 grassroots surge in Kirk's name. Kimmel's? A show he once quipped "riddance" to losing Right-leaning fans over.
Now, post-suspension, Kimmel eyes a "new job" to "double down" on commentary, no apology for the Kirk lie, just defiance. That's the sifting: One man silenced by grief's reality, the other by accountability's market.
Beck ties this to a pattern: Left-wing glee at death met with campus celebrations. "Shout Your Abortion"? Heroizing procedures as empowerment. Luigi Mangione, accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer? Online fan clubs. Trump rally shooter Thomas Crooks? Leftists lamenting the miss. Kirk's death? X memes of "good riddance," doxxing campaigns against his critics' critics.
It's scary, Beck admits, but clarifying: "God will sort all that out. We just have to stand up... and never give in." Lies like "Kirk's own people killed him" circulate on fringe sites, but truth endures, relentless, peaceful, as Beck urges.
Kimmel's saga? Peak sifting. Hollywood's "free speech" for smears, not scrutiny. His suspension doesn't muzzle him, he can rant from unemployment, like the rest of us little people. Kirk's? It ended a voice that built bridges, not burned them.