Charlie Kirk explains why Turning Point USA invites ideological opponents to college campuses. He argues that if their ideas were weak, the left would refuse to host them, and that open disagreement is essential for credibility. Kirk lets dissenters speak first, believing the collision of ideas drives Western civilization.
We say at Turning Point USA, if our ideas were so bad, then the left should allow us to come on campus and nobody would show up.
Or just, we would be refuted. That's exactly right. You— I suspect you do this, I know I do this, and I'm sure you do this. If you differ with me, come first. Front of the line. Yes, go to the front, to the microphone.
It's policy at every one of my speeches. I want the disagreement. Yes. I pursue it. Yes. And it gives us credibility. It gives us credibility, but this is why I do what I do. I do it because maybe I'll learn something, or maybe they'll learn something, or maybe millions of other people will learn something new. And the collision of ideas is what made Western society. When you have a monolithic train of thought, it deteriorates an individual's ability to think and to process information.
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