Yes, it's a poor analogy. Taylor swift is a megastar at the top of her industry. Everyone has heard her music and seen her in ads, even if you didn't ask to. Charlie Kirk was one of many conservative speakers, and plenty of Trump voters never heard him speak. That's not a criticism of the man, just the reality of how reputations get blown out of proportion for the media's purposes.
A better analogy would be David Hogg: a young man who could appeal to the younger generation in his own party, and who could engage in fiery rhetoric at times but also tried to engage with the other side.
Fair points. I was looking at it more from the perspective of star power and name recognition at such a young age. Also the fact that Taylor Swift causes irrational excitement among her followers and went out of her way to more or less endorse Kamala for president.
I assumed that pretty much the vast majority of conservatives knew about Charlie. I oscillate between center left (e.g pro abortion with few restrictions, in favor of assault weapons restrictions etc) and center right (e.g pro second amendment, pro free speech, against DEI etc) and disagree with Charlie on a lot of things but even I found his videos useful and enlightening.
Regarding Charlie being just one of many conservative speakers, that’s like saying Taylor is just one of many singers.
And David Hogg is no where close to being there yet. He capitalized on the horrifying stoneman shootings to propel himself to some name recognition but I don’t think he (or Harry Sisson who I find similar to Hogg) could hold a candle to Charlie on a debate around our constitution, history etc.
A better analogy would be David Hogg: a young man who could appeal to the younger generation in his own party, and who could engage in fiery rhetoric at times but also tried to engage with the other side.