martyrdom

Whatever costs—in time, money and potentially even personal liberty—these legal actions bring may be more than offset by the halo of martyrdom conferred on the defendant.

"They told us that the world had become infidel and godless, and only martyrdom would take a person to heaven," he says.

But amidst this massive effort to manipulate his image into martyrdom, the biggest voices on the right are exploiting Kirk’s death for their own agenda.

"This is now where his martyrdom was established," he said, reflecting on his school.

“No, man, there’s going to be millions of bold voices raised up out of the sacrifice and martyrdom of Charlie Kirk.”