Posted on 09/12/2025 8:12:46 AM PDT by MtnClimber
The assassination of Charlie Kirk was unlike anything any of us on the Issues & Insights editorial board have seen in our lifetimes.
Kirk didn’t hold any political power. He wasn’t rich. He didn’t call for or incite violence. He was a young man of strong beliefs who enjoyed debating other young people on the big issues of the day.
And for that, he was brutally murdered.
You’d think this would cause even his fiercest critics to stop for a moment and take stock in what just happened. If only out of consideration for his wife and two young children.
Instead, we’ve seen an orgy of mindless – no, not mindless, outright evil – celebration.
We will not link to any of the ugliness peddled by vermin who infest social media platforms.
Suffice it to say, they have eagerly raised their hands to be counted as among the most despicable human beings ever to exist.
Very well. Now it’s up to the rest of us to act on this information.
Employers should scrub social media and immediately fire – or refuse to hire – anyone they find who publicly celebrated Kirk’s execution. Colleges should expel them. Tenants should refuse to rent to them. Neighbors and friends should shun them.
Along these hopeful lines, the State Department yesterday issued a warning that foreigners found praising or making light of Kirk’s assassination risk having their visa applications denied or being deported. A website has also popped up that is collecting examples of leftists celebrating Kirk’s murder.
This isn’t about censorship. This is about consequences. This isn’t about retribution. It’s about accountability.
We aren’t calling for authoritarianism. We simply want communities to uphold the most basic standards of civility.
To wit: Anyone who delights in the public execution of an innocent civilian, and who is willing to broadcast their delight to the world, should have no place in a civil society.
We can no longer afford to do nothing while this death cult gathers strength.
The RINOs are quivering because they’ve made a career out of raking in $$$$$ to oppose the left but only chanting “tolerance” at us and viciously opposing anyone who might be effective on our side.
They only have themselves to blame.
At the very least give them the J6 treatment.
“{Go after ANTIFA and those who fund them as a terror organization.”
This is an terror organization that needs a good beating from the Hells Angels.
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