British teen says urine, glue chucked at him while trying to carry on Charlie Kirk's legacy in UK
A 17-year-old British conservative activist known as "Young Bob" online says he has received death threats and has been violently attacked while championing Turning Point UK’s message.Thomas Moffitt’s latest ordeal...
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A 17-year-old British conservative activist known as "Young Bob" online says he has received death threats and has been violently attacked while championing Turning Point UK’s message. Thomas Moffitt’s latest ordeal erupted on Nov. 20 at the London School of Economics (LSE) after he was invited by the university’s Conservative Society to discuss the need for socially conservative values in Britain. "We were invited on to speak about socially conservative values. Within about an hour, people were taking pictures with us, some people were genuinely debating in good faith," Moffitt told Fox News Digital. "Then afterwards, outside of that hour frame that we had some decent discussions, we had a bunch of masked-up activists, firstly, trying to steal our materials, and then secondly, trying to protest with a megaphone." YOUTH LEADERS MOURN 'THE GODFATHER OF CAMPUS CONSERVATISM' CHARLIE KIRK FOLLOWING ASSASSINATION He said angry demonstrators also mocked the death of Charlie Kirk , the founder of Turning Point USA and a central figure in conservative youth politics, while trying to remove the group from campus. "In their eyes, it must have just been seen as them trying to commit some sort of humiliation ritual," Moffitt added. "We’re trying to continue Charlie’s fight here in the U.K." ‘FEARLESS’ TOUR TAKES CHARLIE KIRK’S FREE SPEECH MISSION TO COLLEGES NATIONWIDE He called the protesters' chants "a very demoralized way of essentially mocking the death of a great man." Kirk, who founded TPUSA in 2012 to mobilize young conservatives, was shot and killed earlier this year while addressing an audience on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Over time, Kirk's outreach has inspired international chapters, including Turning Point UK and Turning Point Australia. CHARLIE KIRK’S DEATH GALVANIZES BLUE STATE STUDENT TO STOP 'HIDING' HER FAITH, POLITICAL BELIEFS Kirk previously spoke in Britain at events such as the Oxford Union, encouraging conservative student activi…