Ezra Klein on Charlie Kirk:
“You can dislike much of what Kirk believed and the following statement is still true: Kirk was practicing politics in exactly the right way. He was showing up to campuses and talking with anyone who would talk to him. He was one of the era’s most effective practitioners of persuasion. When the left thought its hold on the hearts and minds of college students was nearly absolute, Kirk showed up again and again to break it. Slowly, then all at once, he did. College-age voters shifted sharply right in the 2024 election.
“That was not all Kirk’s doing, but he was central in laying the groundwork for it. I did not know Kirk and I am not the right person to eulogize him. But I envied what he built. A taste for disagreement is a virtue in a democracy. Liberalism could use more of his moxie and fearlessness. In the inaugural episode of his podcast, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California hosted Kirk, admitting that his son was a huge fan. What a testament to Kirk’s project.”
“Kirk and I were on different sides of most political arguments. We were on the same side on the continued possibility of American politics. It is supposed to be an argument, not a war; it is supposed to be won with words, not ended through bullets. I wanted Kirk to be safe for his sake, but I also wanted him to be safe for mine, and for the sake of our larger shared project. The same is true for Shapiro, for Hoffman, for Hortman, for Thompson, for Trump, for Pelosi, for Whitmer. We are all safe, or none of us are.”
Charlie Kirk, a champion for conservative youth and a devoted Christian, has passed away at the age of 31. He will be remembered for his unwavering faith, his dedication to family, and his influence on a generation of young conservatives.
@enosarris Torres or black and pages or Happ… truly goes back to discussion on mondays pod about projections vs if you believe the kids will carve out bigger role than proj
@enosarris curious to hear your POV on davis and Westburg so far... both have lacked pop (in terms of barrel and ev). Minors fools gold or too small of sample?
@enosarris@burress_nathan Bryce has a 70 fastball per FG, so curious to see how high his stuff+ is there, how high is bobby miller now that we have that stuff+ number? he seems closer than tiedemann given age/level, is he the number 1 NA pitcher now with all these recent callups?
@enosarris@CzerniakEric even though ryne has above average fb, slider and change while jamo and schmidt have only one above average pitchers (and they are off speed not fb) Curious to your reasoning?