I honestly don’t know what to say about this. From Jeb Lund at The Nation:
The bad news is that Charlie Kirk is dead, but the good news is that he’s now part of the curriculum. It’s been my understanding from people opposed to tearing down memorials to treasonous slavers that the most effective means of teaching people is via statuary—and my alma mater, the New College of Florida, is leading the way, with the announcement that private donors will be paying to place a statue of the late right-wing influencer on campus.
That’s the liberal arts school recently taken over by the right wing under the tutelage of one of their chief propagandists Christopher Rufo.
Oklahoma has an initiative to put statues of Kirk on every campus in the state.
Obviously, most of this is cynical manipulation. They are creating a martyr out of someone who most of the country had barely heard of (or not at all) as an avatar for their people to gather around. Cardinal Dolan compared him to St. Paul. Some are even imbuing him with supernatural powers:
And I kind of get the feeling that Trump isn’t really all that happy about it. After all, he’s the star and all this attention on Kirk almost makes him look better than Dear Leader. He’s supposed to be the guy with the statues, right? These MAGAs had better watch their step.