The Same Poisoned Root – Watts Up With That?

By Terry L. Headley

Imagine this: You wake up to news that a conservative speaker — a man who spent his life advocating for faith, family, and freedom — has died under suspicious circumstances. Within hours, the radical left floods social media, not with condolences, but with celebrations. They mock his memory, sneer at his beliefs, and rejoice in his death. Some even openly say the world is better off without him.

What you’re witnessing isn’t just politics. It’s not disagreement. It’s not protest. It’s evil — and it’s rooted in the same godless, anti-human philosophy that animates much of today’s radical climate movement.

Make no mistake: the death of Charlie Kirk (or any similar figure, God forbid) and the violent celebration that follows aren’t isolated phenomena. They are symptoms of a deeper rot that’s infected the American left — a nihilistic worldview that despises God, America, truth, tradition, and life itself.

The Root of the Rot

Today’s climate radicals scream about “justice” and “equity” — but what they’re selling isn’t justice. It’s judgment. Not the righteous kind, either. It’s the judgment of man playing god, condemning the world as irredeemable and demanding its destruction so they can build their utopia — or more honestly, so they can wallow in its ruins.

These aren’t your granddad’s conservationists. These aren’t the folks who wanted to preserve hunting land or keep rivers clean. No, these are militant zealots who believe mankind is a virus and the Earth would be better off without us. And when they look at people like Charlie Kirk — Christian, conservative, pro-America — they see the enemy.

They don’t want to debate us. They don’t want to win us over. They want us erased.

That’s not hyperbole. That’s not partisan talk. That’s the worldview of radical environmentalism: that humans are the problem, Christianity is a myth, America is evil, and history is a crime scene.

The Shared Creed: Nihilism Dressed in Green

Let’s draw the connection plainly.

The radical left — whether climate anarchists, Antifa militants, or campus mobs — all spring from the same poisoned well: cultural Marxism with a green coat of paint. It’s the old religion of revolution and resentment, now disguised as “climate action” or “social equity.”

They don’t believe in God, so they worship the Earth.
They don’t believe in salvation, so they demand reparation.
They don’t believe in sin, so they invent crimes like “carbon privilege.”
They don’t believe in forgiveness, only cancellation.
They don’t believe in redemption, only rage.

What does that have to do with celebrating the death of a man like Charlie Kirk?

Everything.

Because when you teach a generation that truth is oppression, that tradition is hate, that gender is a construct, and that humans are the disease — what kind of fruit do you expect to grow?

They burn cities in the name of “justice.”
They blockade roads and throw soup on paintings for “climate.”
They vandalize churches and pro-life centers in the name of “rights.”
And when someone dies who stood for what is good, true, and eternal — they laugh.

Why? Because their belief system is fundamentally anti-Christian and anti-human.

From Gaia Worship to Gulags

Let’s be honest: the radical climate movement isn’t about science. It’s about control.

They don’t want to reduce carbon — they want to reduce you. They want fewer people, fewer babies, fewer farms, fewer cars, fewer freedoms. They worship the Earth, but they hate the people God placed on it. They hate your truck, your house, your Bible, your job, your kids. Most of all, they hate your freedom — because it reminds them of a moral order they rejected long ago.

Think I’m exaggerating?

• Climate activists openly call for “degrowth” — a euphemism for economic collapse.
• They demand carbon reparations, forced migration, and wealth redistribution on a global scale.
• They shut down power plants and pipelines while insisting we replace baseload generation with wind that dies when the sun sets and the wind calms.
• And they tell us, straight-faced, that this is “progress.”

Meanwhile, they ignore the real pollution pouring from China, the slave labor in Congo digging up cobalt for their EVs, and the carbon footprint of their own private jets to Davos.

Why? Because it’s not about the environment. It’s about ideology — a green excuse for red revolution.

Climate Martyrs vs. Conservative Corpses

Now let’s circle back to the spiritual ugliness we saw when Charlie Kirk was killed — or, in the real world, when any conservative voice dies or suffers tragedy. The response is always the same:

• When Rush Limbaugh died, they trended “#RestInPiss.”
• When Antonin Scalia passed, they cheered.
• When Steve Scalise was shot, they excused it.

Compare that to how they react when one of their own — a climate radical who chains himself to a pipeline or lights himself on fire in front of the Supreme Court — dies for the cause. He’s hailed as a martyr. His death is “tragic,” “heroic,” “a wake-up call.” They write poems. They start hashtags. They demand policy changes.

But if a Christian dies defending the unborn? Or a conservative dies defending the Constitution?
Crickets. Or worse — mockery.

That’s the divide we’re living in: a spiritual war, not a political one.

Reclaiming the Moral Ground

We must be clear-eyed about what we face.

This isn’t a debate over emissions targets or energy portfolios. It’s a war of worldviews — and one side believes human life is sacred, while the other believes it’s disposable.

One side says man is made in the image of God.
The other says man is a carbon-emitting parasite.
One says America is a miracle worth preserving.
The other says America is a cancer worth cutting out.
One says the answer is faith, family, and hard work.
The other says the answer is rage, retribution, and revolution.

And unless we reject that poison — boldly, publicly, and unapologetically — we will lose more than political debates. We will lose our country. We will lose our souls.

What We Must Do

• Call it what it is. Stop pretending these people are just “passionate” or “misguided.” They are radicals with a godless agenda.
• Defend truth without apology. We don’t need to moderate. We need to man up. Say the truth: fossil fuels built the modern world, and Christianity built Western civilization.
• Raise our children to stand. Homeschool them if you can. Teach them the Constitution, the Gospel, and how to use their voice before the world silences it.
• Build our own platforms. The mainstream media is lost. Universities are lost. Start Substacks. Build churches. Fund independent schools. Make noise.
• Pray like warriors. This is not a political movement. This is a spiritual insurgency. Put on the full armor of God.

Conclusion: Choose This Day Whom You Will Serve

The same ideology that sends mobs to block traffic and vandalize statues also cheers when a conservative dies. The same spirit that demands you turn off your gas stove and bow to climate hysteria also demands you shut your mouth, abandon your faith, and surrender your country.

This isn’t about carbon. It’s about control. It’s about chaos. It’s about evil.

And it’s time we say no.

America will not be saved by moderates mumbling about bipartisanship. She will be saved by patriots who know what time it is — and who still believe in the God of the Bible, the power of the Constitution, and the sacredness of every human life.

Charlie Kirk knew that. And whatever your opinion of him — agree with his politics or not — his life stood as a rebuke to the darkness now rising.

The people who laughed at his death aren’t just tasteless. They are dangerous. And if we don’t drive them out of power and influence, they will make sure we’re next.

This is a moment of choosing.

Choose truth.
Choose life.
Choose America.

Before it’s too late.

Terry L. Headley, MBA, MA, for the American Coal Council. 

The Hedley Company is an energy communications and research firm that helps clients tell the truth about power—clearly, credibly, and fast. We specialize in coal, natural gas, and grid reliability, producing message frameworks, data-driven reports, investor and policy decks, and earned-media programs that move opinion and outcomes. Founded by T. L. Headley—former communications director for the West Virginia Coal Association and the American Coal Council—the firm blends newsroom discipline with industry know-how, using county-level data, RTO dynamics, and policy analysis to inform decisions. From crisis response to long-form research, The Hedley Company turns facts into strategy and strategy into wins. Based in Ona, West Virginia.  

This article was originally published by RealClearEnergy and made available via RealClearWire.

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