Prove Him Wrong

Honoring Charlie Kirk’s courage, faith, and belief in open dialogue

Charlie Kirk built a movement on three simple words: “Prove Me Wrong.”

He carried those words across campuses and communities, setting up chairs and microphones, inviting anyone, friend or critic, to step forward and challenge him. He didn’t shy away from disagreement; he welcomed it. His courage was not just in what he believed, but in his willingness to hear others out, face them directly, and stand firm in his convictions without shutting the door on dialogue.

Now, in the wake of his tragic death, those words carry a new weight. His life was taken, but his challenge remains. And it’s not just prove me wrong anymore. It’s prove him wrong. Prove wrong those who believe violence can silence faith. Prove wrong those who think hatred will drown out courage. Prove wrong those who hope fear will stop us from speaking truth. Charlie Kirk’s life was cut short in a moment of violence that shook us all. But before his death, he left us with words that now ring louder than ever:

“We are in the right place at the right time.”

I won’t claim that I aligned with everything Charlie did or said. But that was never the point of his work. What set him apart was that he never dismissed those who thought differently — he welcomed them. He opened the door to discussion, even with people who came to challenge him, and he did it with conviction rather than contempt. In a world that so often punishes disagreement with division, Charlie believed in the power of dialogue. That spirit of courage … to listen, to engage, to stand firm while still welcoming others … is one of the legacies we must carry forward.

We are in the right place at the right time …

His killers, and the forces of darkness behind them, want us to think otherwise. They want us to believe the fight is futile, that hope is dead, that voices of faith and conviction can be silenced with a bullet.

They want us to give up. To despair. To lash out. To destroy ourselves.

But we won’t.

What I Mean by “Prove Him Wrong” …

To “prove him wrong” is not about rejecting Charlie’s belief that we are in the right place at the right time. It’s about rejecting the cynicism of his killers and showing that his words were not in vain.

• Prove them wrong by refusing to meet violence with violence.

• Prove them wrong by standing taller in faith, in family, in love of country.

• Prove them wrong by carrying forward the mission Charlie gave his life to — ensuring that truth is spoken, no matter the cost.

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The Right Place, The Right Time

Charlie said it because he meant it. We are in the right place. We are in the right time. His death does not cancel that truth — it sharpens it.

The measure of a man’s life is not how he dies, but what others do with the spark he left behind. If we carry forward with courage and grace, then his life was not taken — it was planted.

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A Call to Us All

Let us honor him not with rage, but with resolve. Not by sinking into hate, but by lifting one another higher. Let us prove that the ideals Charlie stood for — faith, family, freedom — cannot be assassinated.

The bullet that struck him was meant to silence. But it will echo instead.

Charlie Kirk said: “We are in the right place at the right time.”

Now it’s on us to prove him wrong — by showing that the right place, the right time, is wherever truth is spoken and courage is lived.

Rest in peace, Charlie. May your courage and faith live on in those you’ve left behind. To your wife, your children, and all who loved you , may you find comfort in knowing his voice still echoes, and his legacy will not be silenced.