Sean Penn Says ‘We Need’ People Like Charlie Kirk in Politics to Inspire ‘Debate’ and ‘Compromise’: ‘We Gotta Fight it Out’

In a recent interview with The New York Times, Sean Penn shared his thoughts on the recent death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Although the “One Battle After Another” star said he disagreed with “almost everything” Kirk believed in, he maintained that “we need” people like Kirk to promote open discussion on social issues.

“We need that debate,” Penn said. “We’ve gotta fight it out and find a compromise. [Acts of political violence] do come into fashion, and the way we kill the fashion of it is people of conscience on both sides recognizing that if somebody really believes something, that’s your friend.