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‘Helter Skelter’, MAGA and Charlie Kirk

‘Helter Skelter’, Maga And Charlie Kirk &Raquo; Are We Experiencing A New Charles Manson Like Helter Skelter 1 Scaledby C J Waldron

In July of 1969, Los Angeles was in the grips of terror following a series of brutal murders. After an extensive investigation, those crimes were attributed to Charles Manson and his cult of followers. Their rationale for committing these horrendous crimes was that they wanted to ignite a race war where the Black community would rise up and murder their White oppressors.

Manson’s plan was to have he and his followers hide out in the California desert while the massacre of the white population took place. Once the Whites were eliminated, Charlie and his followers would emerge and take control, reasoning that the Blacks were too ignorant to govern themselves and would look to Manson for leadership.

They named this imagined race war Helter Skelter, after a song by the Beatles that they somehow reasoned was giving them the blueprint to start this uprising.

Today’s Helter Skelter

Manson’s followers numbered only a few dozen. Imagine if they had much larger numbers, say in the millions, with a mercurial leader egging them on and you have the MAGA cult. The murder of Charlie Kirk may be the impetus to launch the MAGA version of Helter Skelter, but instead of the entire white population, it would be those on the left who would be facing extermination.

Throughout history, there have been several “powder keg” events that resulted in launching some of the most intensely violent periods in our past. The assignation of Archduke Francis Fedinand was viewed at the starting point of World War I. The bombing of Pearl Harbor was the last straw into drawing America into the Second World War. And then there were the false flag events, such as the fire at the German Reichstag, which the Nazis used as a reason to persecute the Jewish population, resulting in the murder of millions.

Those on the right are already using Charlie Kirk’s murder as a reason to persecute anyone who speaks less than glowingly of Kirk’s accomplishments, or those who are using his own words to “smear his Legacy”. People are being fired from their jobs for posting negative comments on social media, which is essentially denying them their First Amendment rights.  Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth is vowing to punish any member of the military who makes a negative comment about Kirk,

They are using it to launch their own Helter Skelter.

The Radical Left

Even before his body was cold, Donald Trump and his minions, both in and out of government, laid blame for his murder on the “radical left”. South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace, in referring to the murder, declared “Democrats own what happened”.  She said that the shooter should get the death penalty and blamed transgender ideology for the crime.

Her words were echoed by several right-wing lawmakers and amplified on right wing media outlets.

Even after it was revealed that the alleged shooter was a white male, whose Family is pro-MAGA, they continued with their accusations. They claimed we are a nation at war, not with some hostile foreign power, but from the enemy within.  They assert that it was woke that caused Charlie Kirk’s death.

Yet it is entirely possible that the enemy within is buried in the MAGA movement itself. Right wing influencers Nick Fuentes and Lara Loomer are among those who believe that Charlie Kirk wasn’t sufficiently MAGA. They wanted more aggressive, and more violent, actions against Democrats like the QAnon conspiracy theory that, on Inauguration Day 2021, Trump and his followers would have risen up to take back the reigns of power and hold on-the-spot public executions of Democratic lawmakers, including President Biden, Vice President Harris and even Hillary Clinton.

They called it The Storm.  Charles Manson called it Helter Skelter.

A Darker Motive?

But what if there was an even darker motive behind the murder? What if the alleged shooter, Tyler Robinson, was also upset with the pace of Charlie Kirk’s movement? And what if the entire incident was a plot to prevent Kirk from becoming the heir to MAGA?

Donald Trump isn’t getting any younger. Rumors about his Health are becoming more rampant as the scarring on his hand and swelling of his ankles indicate a far more serious medical condition. His death would certainly result in a power struggle for control of the MAGA movement, and Charlie Kirk, with his legion of followers, was in a prime position to take the helm.

Could Tyler Robinson have been radicalized by these far-right elements into committing the crime? If so, we may see another Jack Ruby style execution, as we did when Ruby shot the alleged assassin of John F. Kennedy, before the truth is revealed. Like the unreleased Epstein files, we may never know the actual truth.

We may be facing our own Helter Skelter.

Bob Gatty Author, Podcaster, Blogger

For many years, Bob Gatty worked as a writer, editor, and communications consultant, based on the Washington, DC area with a focus on government and politics. He began at The Pittsburgh Courier, an African American weekly, covering crime and the courts. His salary was $55 per week before moving on to two local Pennsylvania dailies. At age 24, he began reporting for United Press International covering state politics in Pennsylvania and then New Jersey, where he was UPI’s state capitol bureau in Trenton.

Tempted by the allure of Washington, DC and big-time politics, at age 29 Bob became press secretary and chief of staff for two Congressmen – first Republican Edwin B. Forsythe, and then Democrat James J. Florio, who later became governor of New Jersey and until his recent death was a frequent podcast guest and co-host of Bob’s NFN Radio News podcast (now called Lean to the Left).

After seven years on Capitol Hill, Bob opened a communications business in Washington, first providing political media consulting to candidates and then freelance Washington coverage for business and trade magazines, plus creative communications services for trade and professional associations, including social media. This work involved articles and analyses of key governmental developments affecting businesses, such as the food and Health industries, retailing, and the environment.

His work as a communications consultant to trade and professional associations included launching and editing association publications, providing website content and social media assistance, and covering conferences and conventions.

Bob retired from G-Net Strategic Communications in 2016 and moved to Myrtle Beach, SC, where he launched his blog site, first called Not Fake News, now known as Lean to the Left.

Hijacked Nation
In August, 2020, Bob and co-author Chris Waldron, one of Lean to the Left's most loyal and prolific contributor, published "Hijacked Nation-Donald Trump's Attack on America's Greatness," a two-volume compilation of blogs regarding Trump's presidency and the consequences for our nation. A followup volume was published by Luna Global Media in September 2024. It is available at https://amzn.to/4ePrTF7 .

In all three volumes, blogs from Not Fake News and Lean to the Left create a virtual play-by-play of key actions of the Trump administration and Congress. For more information, please visit https://leantotheleft.net/books/, and visit Bob's Author's Page on Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/stores/Bob-Gatty/author/B08C7HWXZ5?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=4e603563-7251-4074-b54d-40800c4ce40a.

The Lean to the Left Podcast
The Lean to the Left podcast provides commentary and interviews with newsmakers and others with interesting stories to tell. Video and audio podcasts stream twice weekly on major channels. More info at https://podcast.leantotheleft.net.

The Lean to the Left YouTube Channel
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