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Defining a Woman: Biology vs. Identity
Charlie Kirk opens by stating a woman is an adult female with XX chromosomes. The students respond that a woman is someone who identifies as a woman, leading to a back-and-forth about the need for an objective definition. Kirk challenges the circular reasoning of defining a woman by self-identification alone.
Tensions and Insults in the Debate
The discussion becomes confrontational, with insults exchanged about patriotism and political views. Kirk points out the irony of people who claim to hate America but refuse to leave, emphasizing the country’s freedoms. The students accuse Kirk and his organization of fascism and corporate influence, which he denies.
Democracy and the Constitution
Kirk questions the students on the role of democracy in American founding documents, noting that the word “democracy” does not appear in the Constitution or Federalist Papers. He explains that the founders favored a republic with checks and balances rather than pure majority rule, distinguishing democracy from representative government.
Social Norms and Gender Roles
The conversation shifts to dating norms, with Kirk asserting that men should always pay on dates and that feminism’s push for egalitarianism undermines traditional gender roles. He encourages women to expect to be provided for, framing it as a recognition of their value and importance.
Encouraging Youth Engagement
An 11-year-old named Dakota expresses interest in politics and asks for advice. Kirk recommends studying at Hillsdale College, emphasizing the importance of taking charge of one’s education and preparing to contribute to America’s future.
Video Transcript
[00:00] It's not about the the cell. It's not
[00:02] about No, no, no. I'm speaking. No, I'm
[00:04] speaking. No, I'm speaking. No, I'm
[00:05] speaking. No, I'm speaking. No, I'm
[00:06] speaking. One more time. No, I'm
[00:08] speaking.
[00:11] [Music]
[00:12] >> Hello everyone. I am Charlie Kirk,
[00:14] founder of Turning Point USA, and uh I
[00:16] am surrounded by 20 woke college kids.
[00:19] Uh a woman is an adult female with XX
[00:21] chromosomes. You tell me what is a
[00:22] woman?
[00:23] >> I think a woman is somebody who
[00:24] identifies as a woman.
[00:25] >> Got it. So that's not a definition.
[00:27] That's like saying a table is something
[00:28] that identifies as a table. Give me an
[00:30] objective definition.
[00:31] >> No, it's not. A table is an object.
[00:32] >> Well, tell tell
[00:33] >> a table can't identify as anything. It
[00:35] doesn't have you have to give me an
[00:37] objective definition of what a woman is.
[00:39] >> If I decided right now that I wanted to
[00:41] identify as a woman, I would be a woman.
[00:43] >> Okay. But that's not that doesn't answer
[00:44] the question.
[00:45] >> I know. But right now I'm a man, right?
[00:46] So if that happened right now, I would
[00:48] be a woman. The thing is once once a
[00:50] person makes the decision to identify as
[00:51] a woman. That's a separate issue. What
[00:53] is a woman?
[00:54] >> That's the definition.
[00:55] >> No, I know. But you have to tell me what
[00:57] >> a person who identifies themsself as a
[00:59] woman.
[00:59] >> But you have ident how do you know that
[01:01] they are that thing?
[01:02] >> How do I I don't need to know what they
[01:04] I can ask them if I want to know.
[01:06] >> But there needs to be you need to tell
[01:07] me what that thing is though.
[01:10] >> Somebody who we're not getting anywhere.
[01:12] >> No, that's important because it's like
[01:14] saying a giraffe is a thing that looks
[01:15] like a giraffe or a coyote is a thing
[01:17] that looks like a coyote. It's called
[01:18] circular reasoning. You have to give me
[01:20] a actual definition.
[01:22] >> I don't have to. I I did give you a
[01:23] definition.
[01:24] >> No, no, no. said that a woman is
[01:26] something that thinks they're a woman.
[01:27] That doesn't give me a definition.
[01:29] What's your name?
[01:30] >> Uh, none of your business,
[01:31] unfortunately. But
[01:32] >> Okay. Hello. Nice to meet you. None of
[01:33] your business.
[01:34] >> Thank you. I appreciate it. So, do you
[01:35] love America?
[01:37] >> Yes, I do.
[01:38] >> I hate America.
[01:39] >> I
[01:40] [Music]
[01:41] [Applause]
[01:42] [Music]
[01:46] Every state in the USA should be an
[01:49] independent country. What do you think
[01:52] of this?
[01:53] >> Off your mic, dude.
[01:54] >> Well, I I just first have to ask. Since
[01:56] you hate the country, do you plan to
[01:57] leave
[01:57] >> that? What do you mean by that?
[01:59] >> Do you plan to go live in another
[02:00] country?
[02:01] >> Oh, I do not.
[02:02] >> Oh, you're an idiot.
[02:03] >> Let Let me tell you something.
[02:04] >> Your face is an idiot.
[02:05] >> America is the only country where even
[02:08] those who hate it refuse to leave.
[02:10] >> That's how you know you live in a great
[02:11] country. Do you feel uh proud of
[02:14] yourself for debating college kids um
[02:17] who are unprepared to speak in front of
[02:19] an audience like yourself?
[02:21] >> Uh hold on, hold on, hold on. Um you're
[02:24] 30 years old. We we can agree you're 30
[02:26] years old, right?
[02:29] >> Do you think that's a little bit silly?
[02:31] >> Are you a voter?
[02:32] >> I am a voter.
[02:33] >> Oh, so I vote and you vote. So I'm
[02:34] talking to voters of this country that
[02:36] will determine the future of Western
[02:37] civilization. That's what I'm doing
[02:39] here, too.
[02:41] >> Yeah.
[02:42] Wait, hold on. How is it any different
[02:43] than a professor talking to you?
[02:45] >> Than a professor talking to you?
[02:46] >> Who? Who are you?
[02:48] >> Well, enough important enough for you to
[02:50] come up to a microphone.
[02:52] >> You're a stoastic terrorist.
[02:53] >> What is that?
[02:54] >> You're targeting a minority group.
[02:56] You're targeting trans people
[02:57] specifically.
[02:58] >> What is a woman?
[02:59] >> What is a That's a stupid ass question,
[03:01] dude. That's a dumbass question.
[03:02] >> What is a woman, college student?
[03:05] >> What is a woman? Oh, you're talking to a
[03:06] college student instead of like, I don't
[03:07] know, someone who's has media training.
[03:09] They can't answer what a woman is. It's
[03:11] not a trick question.
[03:13] >> What is a woman?
[03:14] >> Identifies as a woman.
[03:16] >> What is that thing? You can't answer the
[03:18] question with the question.
[03:21] >> It's like saying what is the sun? The
[03:22] sun is something that looks like the
[03:23] sun. What is a woman?
[03:27] >> No, you can't answer the question. Yeah,
[03:29] define the woman without saying woman.
[03:30] >> You create a company that's like like
[03:33] close to being a fascist and then like
[03:36] how am I Let's go through this. How am I
[03:38] a fascist?
[03:40] >> Dude, like you can you name one thing I
[03:42] believe that's fascist. Um, you believe
[03:44] that like
[03:46] >> you
[03:51] >> But I'm such a bad fascist. I let the
[03:54] people who disagree in open mic to talk
[03:55] to me for two hours uninterrupted.
[03:57] >> Okay.
[03:57] >> I'm an awful fascist.
[04:00] >> I'm more like a free speech liberal the
[04:01] 1970s, not a fascist. But I just want to
[04:04] say Turning Point USA is a evil company
[04:07] that was funded by thousands of fracking
[04:11] companies and that just
[04:12] >> No, it's not thousands, but we do have
[04:14] some frackers that give us money, but
[04:16] >> Yeah. And then all all it is is making a
[04:19] rich
[04:19] >> from fascism to fracking.
[04:21] >> That's all it is. That's all it is.
[04:23] >> Okay. Again, I'm happy to have a debate.
[04:25] I can see you're getting kind of fired
[04:26] up. So why why are we evil? Like we're
[04:29] we're having a nice discussion. All of a
[04:31] sudden you're calling me like It seems
[04:33] like you just want the rich get even
[04:35] more rich. Like
[04:37] >> we haven't talked about the rich at all.
[04:39] I mean, so do you you don't even know my
[04:41] positions on this stuff.
[04:43] >> Do you view democracy as an American
[04:44] value as something that's very important
[04:45] to the fabric of this country?
[04:47] >> No. Where is democracy in the US
[04:48] Constitution?
[04:49] >> Oh, okay. So, are you
[04:50] >> No, no, hold on. Where is the word
[04:51] democracy?
[04:52] >> I don't think the word democracy is in
[04:53] the
[04:54] >> So, where is the word democracy in any
[04:55] of the founding fathers?
[04:56] >> A lot of the founding fathers had
[04:58] extremely elitist viewpoints around who
[05:01] should hold on. I just want you said the
[05:02] word democracy. So I want to get back to
[05:04] our roots.
[05:05] >> Where is democracy mentioned in the
[05:07] federalist papers, the constitution or
[05:09] the declaration?
[05:10] >> I think it's good that this country has
[05:11] moved away from things that were
[05:13] explicitly believed by the foundation
[05:14] the federalist papers and it's mentioned
[05:16] negatively as a problem. So you ask me
[05:18] is democracy a fundamental American
[05:20] value? I say no because I go back to our
[05:22] roots and Hamilton Madison and Jay.
[05:25] >> Oh I know that Hamilton was
[05:27] anti-democracy.
[05:28] People thought that people should be
[05:29] owned as I want to be clear. I am I am
[05:32] pro-representative government, but I'm
[05:34] not pro-democracy. That's a big
[05:36] difference and that distinction is
[05:37] important. But you asked very
[05:39] specifically about democracy, which is
[05:41] not an American value. It never has been
[05:43] and never should be. Cuz what is
[05:44] democracy? Democracy is majority rule no
[05:48] matter what.
[05:49] >> That there's no provisions of checks and
[05:51] balances, no inalienable rights, no
[05:53] separation of powers, pure if the
[05:55] majority gets it, the majority wants it
[05:57] as quickly as possible.
[05:58] >> I don't advocate democracy. I do
[06:00] understand that we live in a
[06:01] representative like we live in a
[06:02] republic and I understand
[06:04] >> under no circumstance ever should a man
[06:06] ever let a woman pay for a date like
[06:08] ever. No,
[06:09] >> even on the third, fourth, fifth for
[06:11] anything.
[06:12] >> Okay. Well, let me period.
[06:13] >> What world are we living in?
[06:14] >> Well, hold on a second. I agree with
[06:16] you. If I'm dating a girl, I would pay
[06:19] for everything.
[06:20] >> Everything?
[06:20] >> Yeah. Everything. However, I could see
[06:23] for other people that might be in a
[06:25] different financial position. You know,
[06:26] you pay for 10 dates and then she's
[06:28] like, "You know what? I want to treat
[06:29] you. It's totally different. No, no.
[06:31] What we're the what we're talking about
[06:33] is like, oh, we're going to alternate.
[06:35] Like, what if you're serious and she
[06:36] wants to take you out to something for a
[06:38] nice dinner and you might, by the way,
[06:39] if you have the intent to marry, you're
[06:40] already like kind of blending finances.
[06:42] Like, I get that psychologically, but
[06:44] like if you're like, oh, we'll take
[06:46] turns like, oh, well, you know, you pay
[06:48] this time, I pay this time. What's your
[06:49] advice to a girl who's who the guy she's
[06:52] currently seeing, he says that,
[06:53] >> oh, do not marry that man.
[06:55] >> But here's the thing. I feel like they
[06:56] should always break offer.
[06:58] >> But they should offer. They should pull
[06:59] out the credit card a woman. Of course
[07:01] not.
[07:02] >> Just to offer.
[07:03] >> No. No. By the way, no. No. This is this
[07:04] is this is feminism. Feminism is that
[07:07] you have to be this like
[07:08] self-independent. This is not a nice
[07:09] gesture. It's you trying to be like
[07:11] egalitarian. No. You as woman should
[07:13] want to be provided for. In fact, you
[07:15] should have an expectation that you as a
[07:18] woman are so important and so critical
[07:21] and so necessary and beautiful that it
[07:24] shouldn't even be a question. Yes,
[07:26] ma'am. How are you?
[07:27] >> Uh, good. How are you?
[07:28] >> What's your name?
[07:28] >> Uh, Dakota.
[07:29] >> Nice to meet you, Dakota. How old are
[07:31] you?
[07:31] >> I'm 11.
[07:32] >> Amazing. Give it up for Dakota being
[07:33] here today.
[07:36] >> So, I'm pro-life. I'm a fiscal
[07:39] conservative
[07:41] and I know I want to get into politics
[07:43] when I grow up. I don't want to get into
[07:46] massive depth for a political science
[07:48] degree. What concrete steps can I take
[07:50] now in order to achieve the goal of
[07:52] doing my part to make America great
[07:54] again?
[07:55] >> Oh, great.
[07:58] You should go to Hillsdale College, the
[08:01] America's greatest college, and start
[08:02] studying now. Start taking classes,
[08:04] reading books. You have to be in charge
[08:06] of your own education. And the fact
[08:08] you're thinking like this at 11 uh is a
[08:10] great sign. God bless you, and the
[08:12] future is very bright. Thank you.
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