“How did we become a generation of sociopaths?”: UFC’s Sean Strickland reacts to Charlie Kirk's death

Political activist and author Charlie Kirk was shot dead while he was at an event in Utah Valley University on September 10. Following the news, Donald Trump, JD Vance, and other TV personalities shared their prayers and thoughts. Meanwhile, mixed martial artist Sean Strickland posted a self-recorded video on Instagram, explaining his reaction. He said:

“I am on Twitter and somebody says, ‘Hey, did you hear that Charlie Kirk got shot?’ And my gut reaction was like, ‘No, I f*cking didn’t but I am excited.’ Like I felt this little dopamine spike in me where I am like, ‘Dude, want to see the video.’ And I seen the video... real bad, real bad, but I still kind of excited from it.”

He said people have become desensitized, almost sociopathic. Strickland mentioned that he was recently in a park when a dog belonging to a homeless person dropped a ball on his feet. Angered, he wanted to harm the boy. He introspected on how he was wrong to get excited about Charlie Kirk’s murder, saying:

“And I have to ask myself, ‘How did we become a generation of sociopaths?’ And then I think about the 90s, and I think about the early 2000s. I think about the second Iraq war and I think about how the government, you know, linked up with video games to make Call of Duty. We stay up and until f*cking all hours or the night with our friends shooting each other.”

Sean Strickland’s statement explored in light of Charlie Kirk’s death

Sean Strickland said that through games and popular media, guns and wars have been portrayed as 'cool.' According to him, this ended up manipulating people into becoming sociopathic consumers. He said:

“It’s so sad we let these people ruin America and its like taking the soul from us. They took God from us. They have taken everything from us. We are just mindless sociopathic consumers. I don’t know how to fix it but I don’t know man. It’s just sad and frustrating.”

Sean Strickland said he was excited to see how the events surrounding Charlie Kirk’s death would turn out, but soon realized that the way he was feeling about it was not right. He mentioned that it was almost as if he were no longer connected to humans.

Meanwhile, as per the latest updates from BBC, a student from the university, Porter Lafeber, said he was in Charlie Kirk’s vicinity when the shooting happened. In his words, Lafeber said:

“I was filming him, I cut my video and then I just heard this shot. Initially you don’t really realise what's happening until it’s happened. Charlie falls off his stool, everyone starts panicking, running in different directions.”

Porter Lafeber explained that it was an uncertain situation because no one knew if it was safer to be inside or outside, or if the shooter was still looking for more people. He said people were hiding everywhere, even in corners and elevator shafts, which made for a scary moment.

Lafeber shared that he had been a big admirer of Charlie Kirk for a long time and had planned to attend the Utah event for weeks. He said Kirk was seen as a political role model for his generation.

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