Podcast Summary: Human Events Panel on Left Wing Violence

Human Events Daily with Jack Posobiec – December 11, 2025

Overview

This special episode of Human Events Daily assembles a roundtable to discuss the threat of left-wing violence in America and the West. Host Jack Posobiec is joined by Dr. Charles Cornish Dale (“The Raw Egg Nationalist”), Tanya Tay Posobiec, and pollster Rich Barris (“The People’s Pundit”). In the wake of right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk’s murder, the panel analyzes the motivations, societal impacts, and psychological underpinnings of contemporary political violence from the left, while reflecting on historical parallels, poll data, and personal grief.

Main Participants

• Host: Jack Posobiec
• Guests:
  • Dr. Charles Cornish Dale (The Raw Egg Nationalist)
  • Tanya Tay Posobiec
  • Rich Barris (People’s Pundit, Big Data Poll)

Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The Context & Consequences of Charlie Kirk's Murder

• Jack Posobiec speaks emotionally about losing Charlie Kirk, describing the moment he learned of the murder and the persistent fear of copycat attacks on conservative figures and students. (05:00-05:56)
  • "It's all I can think about...what's going to happen when I get another comment in that another one of my friends got shot and killed out on some campus or out at some event or God forbid, one of these Turning Point students..." (04:27)
• Charles Cornish Dale notes public disbelief, misinformation, and the tendency to excuse or conflate the killer’s motives.
  • "Polling shows that a majority of Americans don't even think that Tyler Robinson killed Charlie Kirk. ... You’ve got people excusing the murder." (05:08)
  • Discusses who benefits—“Who benefits the most? The left, obviously benefit the most, by far.” (06:12)
• Panel consensus: The lack of a forceful response has emboldened the left, created fragmentation among conservatives, and left families devastated.

2. Polling Data: Acceptance of Political Violence

• Rich Barris unveils polling showing 40% of educated liberal Democrats think figures like Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump "basically deserve what they got" because of their views. (14:32-16:17)
  • “The left views words the same way that the rest of us view actual violence. ... They feel that responding with actual violence is responding in kind.” (14:32)
  • “The number one reason they picked for most responsible for Charlie's murder was Charlie himself because of the views he held.” (15:19)
  • Recalls the phrase: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me. The left doesn't understand that.” (15:44)

3. Ripple Effects on Families and Communities

• Tanya Tay Posobiec delivers a heartfelt reflection on the grief of Charlie’s widow, Erica Kirk, and the overlooked suffering of survivors’ families. (18:01-21:19)
  • “All the grief experts out there get to throw a couple mean tweets ... then go back to their normal life. ... Erica Kirk can never go back to her normal life.” (18:07)
  • "She had to stand up. She had to show her strong side and embrace everything that's been thrown at her while being the CEO of Turning Point USA..." (18:55)
• Jack adds behind-the-scenes observations of Erica’s pain, highlighting the community’s raw, ongoing anguish.

4. Political Violence as Psychological Warfare

• Charles Cornish Dale connects this to classic definitions of terrorism—violence intending not only to harm direct victims but to instill fear, compel behavioral change, and suppress dissent.
  • “That is what terrorism is. ... It isn't just about killing one person. It's about educating other people to change the way that they behave, to change the way that they think.” (21:53)
  • Cites Elon Musk’s heightened security and increased fear among public figures. (22:36-22:57)
  • “The left has got what they wanted. ... TPUSA has been disrupted. We've devolved into infighting, recrimination, and accusation…” (23:11)

5. The Pathology and Narrative of Leftist Violence

• Discussion on historical roots: Tanya narrates the murder of the Romanov family after the Bolshevik revolution, drawing parallels to the left’s willingness to justify violence in pursuit of ideology. (34:07-36:28)
  • “The parents, children. Even though children had...done no evil. ...They were brutally murdered.” (34:11)
  • “Violence became an acceptable means of changing the course of history.” (34:38)
• Educational Indoctrination: Tanya describes Soviet school history narratives portraying the privileged as oppressors and justifying revolutionary violence. (35:33)
• Charles Cornish Dale outlines a unique leftist “pathology”—leftist preference for the ‘out group’, reduced in-group loyalty, and a biological dimension possibly linked to testosterone levels.
  • “There are lots of studies that show, for example, that if you give men a dose of testosterone, they exhibit greater in group preference.” (41:00)
  • His new book: The Last Liberalism and the Death of Masculinity. (42:44)

6. The Left’s Perpetual Sense of Victimhood

• Jack and Rich explain that the left consistently sees themselves as victims—regardless of actual sociopolitical power—justifying preemptive or retributive violence.
  • “There’s no level of power or control over society ... where they still won’t feel that they are being victimized.” (30:35)
  • “The end game is constant revolution. Complete and total elimination of their political opponents.” (31:43)

7. Trans Community and Political Violence Trends

• Rich Barris presents polling that trans-identified individuals are more than twice as likely as any other demographic group to justify violence against those with "dangerous" ideas, approaching 70%. (44:26-46:17)
  • “Do some people hold beliefs that are so bad ... that acts of violence are justified against them? ... When you ask trans individuals ... almost 70% say yes.” (44:38)
  • “So there definitely is something there.” (46:17)

8. Failure of Official Response

• Panelists critique the lack of a decisive Trump administration response, noting the impact on right-wing morale and the emergence of conspiracy theories. (27:36-29:02)
  • “We all expected the Trump administration to have a more robust response...That didn’t happen.” (27:36)
  • “Why didn’t Charlie's murder mobilize the right?...There is now this void...” (28:43)

9. Personal Reflections and Closing

• Tanya: Speaks about Jack’s grief and her role in supporting him, providing a glimpse of the private toll political violence takes.
  • “He just looks somewhere far in the distance and just says very quietly, I just miss my friend.” (48:00)
• Jack: “Only one thing I’d want for Christmas. I want my friend back.” (49:54)

Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• "The left views words the same way that the rest of us view actual violence." – Rich Barris (14:32)
• “Polling shows that a majority of Americans don't even think that Tyler Robinson killed Charlie Kirk. ... You’ve got people excusing the murder.” – Charles Cornish Dale (05:08)
• “That is what terrorism is. ... It's about educating other people to change the way that they behave, to change the way that they think.” – Charles Cornish Dale (21:53)
• "She had to stand up. She had to show her strong side and embrace everything that's been thrown at her while being the CEO of Turning Point USA..." – Tanya Tay Posobiec (18:55)
• "The left has got what they wanted...TPUSA has been disrupted. We've devolved into infighting, recrimination, and accusation…" – Charles Cornish Dale (23:11)
• "The end game is constant revolution. Complete and total elimination of their political opponents." – Jack Posobiec (31:43)
• “Do some people hold beliefs...that acts of violence are justified against them? ... almost 70% [of trans individuals] say yes.” – Rich Barris (44:38)
• "He just looks somewhere far in the distance and just says very quietly, I just miss my friend." – Tanya Tay Posobiec (48:00)
• "Only one thing I’d want for Christmas. I want my friend back.” – Jack Posobiec (49:54)

Segment Timestamps

• [05:00 – 07:30]: Panel opens on Charlie Kirk’s murder & threat of copycat violence
• [14:32 – 16:17]: Rich Barris presents polling on left-wing attitudes toward violence
• [18:01 – 21:19]: Grief and social media attacks on victims’ families (Erica Kirk)
• [21:53 – 23:38]: Terror as psychological weapon; infighting post-assassination
• [30:35 – 31:43]: Left's perpetual victimhood and revolutionary endgame
• [34:07 – 36:28]: Soviet Union, the Romanovs, historical justifications for violence
• [39:06 – 42:44]: Biological underpinning of left-right values (testosterone, group preference)
• [44:26 – 46:17]: Transgender community: data on justification for political violence
• [27:36 – 29:02]: Failure of official response and the morale effect on the right
• [48:00 – 49:54]: Personal grief, support system, and closing thoughts

Closing

The episode is an emotionally charged, data-backed exploration of left-wing violence, its social and psychological roots, and the profound impacts on individuals and political movements. The panel integrates personal experience, survey research, history, and candid critique—making it not just a report, but a reflection on cultural trauma, the fragility of civil society, and the urgent need for an honest reckoning with ideological violence.