Hey YouTube, uh, Alex here and this is an unfortunate video that I'm going to be making today.
In this video, I want to discuss the unfortunate tragedy that occurred today with Charlie Kirk in Oram, Utah.
And I typically try to stay away from political topics because I think that it can be quite divisive.
Uh but unfortunately today there is this instance of what I think most people would describe as political violence.
And whether you agree or disagreed with Charlie Kirk's political views, I think that we can all agree that it is a great tragedy when someone loses their life.
And I don't wish this circumstance on anyone.
I imagine that his children and his widow are going through a very difficult time right now.
And I ask that everybody keep them in your thoughts uh because they're really just having uh the worst day of their lives right now to be completely honest.
Um, that being said, uh, you know, I've had a few people message me today, um, asking, you know, do you think that this is the start of greater division in the US and do you think this will lead to uh, more instability?
And I have to share my thoughts on it because uh this is not only deeply tragic for uh Charlie Kirk and his family, but also for the United States.
You know, one of the things that I talked about in a recent video was that we have freedom of speech.
Uh but this kind of incident contradicts what I made as far as a claim.
I claimed, "Oh yeah, you, you know, we have freedom of speech." But then you see this guy who uh says some things that some people deeply disagree with and he uh he he experiences encounters great tragedy and loss of life.
Uh so I do think that this could be the start of more instability, more issues, more people.
um you know, you've got the potential for uh basically this to continue to result in sort of shock waves.
I think uh it's very unfortunate.
I once again I don't I'm not discussing that I want for political division.
Actually, I wish we could all get along to be honest.
But um as far as just the result, I think that you will start to see more division and conflict as a consequence of this tragedy and more people will consider becoming e expats.
I think that you saw this in other countries.
You see this in other countries that are have devolved into great tragedy.
You saw this in Vietnam.
uh you've seen this in other countries uh not just in Southeast Asia but also in other parts of the world where there was um great tragedy preceded by um a similar experience I think it was World War I where a leader in Austria was taken out and it basically precipitated really serious conflict and uh I could see if things escalate from this point that uh especially I think now once again I'm politically homeless but uh if you have conservative viewpoints and you feel that you are not safe to express your views I could see some of these people deciding you know what I can't speak my mind I could be the victim of great bodily harm or loss of life I'm going to make a choice to move to a uh country that has more in line with my values where I can express socially or economically conservative viewpoints and the um that are in line with the prevailing culture or belief system in that country.
uh because there's, you know, if we're divided 5050 in the United States, if half pe half half the people in the US generally agree with the viewpoints that Charlie Kirk espoused, I think you could agree that the other half heavily disagreed with the views that he espoused.
And it's uh it's deeply tragic.
Once again, it's very very unfortunate.
I I hate it for him.
I hate it for his family.
But I think that alongside this, you're going to see people that are like, I don't want um I don't want to risk uh similar circumstance happening to me.
Of course, I understand he's a public figure.
I understand he's quite famous compared to the average person.
He's much more wellknown.
But, you know, there unfortunately there are a lot of sick people out there that are um that are somehow trying to see something positive in this.
And I don't see anything positive in this.
And if you see those kind of sick people, your fellow Americans, uh taking joy in this kind of tragedy, it really doesn't inspire confidence in the long term.
Um, you know, for me it definitely adds to my thoughts about, man, like if things devolve, maybe uh I I should expedite my my process overseas.
I'm uh once again, I'm politically homeless, but it just seems like there's, you know, if the situation evolves, there could be people that uh get caught up in these kind of extreme circumstances that have nothing to do with it.
Um, and yeah, so um I just uh I hope everybody can keep uh his family in their thoughts and hopefully there's uh this doesn't escalate into uh further issues.
I think that the asalent is still on the run.
I think there's a manhunt going on in the greater Salt Lake City, South Salt Lake City area.
uh Utah County specifically.
I'm have acquaintances or even friends who are from Utah and um I know that they're probably worried for their close friends and family who might be in the area might have to be on lockdown because this type of a a psycho individual you know while they this may this was probably targeted you know somebody who's willing to do this is unhinged is not uh thinking clearly is not somebody who uh can um somebody who's not making good decisions and that's putting it extremely lightly that's understating it.
Uh really somebody who's very deeply dangerous and disturbed and does not deserve freedom.
Um, so yeah.
Um, I think if this does escalate, I think you'll see more people uh I it seems like with each election you get people of one persuasion of the one political persuasion or the other uh wanting to leave it.
When Trump got re-elected, I think you saw a lot of people on the left talk about I want to go to Canada.
I want to go to Mexico.
I want to go to some other country.
Uh that that may offer some respit from this.
I think when you saw Biden got elected, uh it seemed like there was a pretty a big like outflow of expats to certain more of what you could call um socially conservative countries like uh and I'm not going to name any specifically.
I try to stay out of the politics of other countries.
Uh but I think there's something to be said about people who feel that their views are not wellreceived.
That there are lots of people hostile to their viewpoints or their ideas.
um to go and seek out places or people or communities where uh they might be they they perceive that uh they'll be more accepted that people will not uh have such such hostility toward them uh be willing to even harm them.
So anyway guys I'm going to go ahead and wrap this up.
I just wanted to comment on this because it's, you know, a lot of people reached out to me tend to try to stay away from these issues, but when people reach out to me asking for me to comment on it, um there's there's a lot of people that want my take on it.
And uh like I said, there's there's no uh I take no joy in this and I would hope that none of my audience does either.
That uh people are uh extending some empathy, some sympathy uh for this um for not just like this, not just Charlie Kirk's family, but also his community.
He's as far as I know, he was a father, husband, a son, and uh in, you know, whether you agree with his views or not, he really meant a lot to a lot of people.
And I think that even if you disagree with his views, I hope that you can separate that disagreement or the dislike for what he believed in, what he spoke about, what he discussed, and um just uh have some compassion for for this situation.
So anyway, thank you everyone for watching.
Hope everyone has a good day wherever you are and look forward to talking soon.
Bye-bye.
