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We are living through a dangerous moment when a political protest movement that started as an anti-authoritarian rally now counts among its ranks people who openly cheer violence against those who disagree with them. Megyn Kelly’s recent conversation with Emily Jashinsky hammered this point: what began as street theater has metastasized into threats, celebrations of murder, and a casual contempt for the rule of law. This isn’t exaggeration or partisan hysteria — it’s what ordinary Americans across the country have been watching unfold on their feeds.
The shock that united decent people across the aisle was the assassination of Charlie Kirk while speaking at a university event, a crime that should have awakened every American to the real-world consequences of political dehumanization. That killing was not a theoretical risk — it happened in broad daylight, in front of thousands, and reminded the nation that violent rhetoric has real-world victims and grieving families. Nobody who values liberty can brush off an assassination as just another political provocation.
Predictably, as the shock rippled through campuses and comment sections, some on the left crossed a moral red line by openly celebrating or defending the killing, forcing institutions to act. The University of Arkansas recently fired a law professor for social media posts that defended celebrating Kirk’s death, and dozens of faculty and staff have faced scrutiny for similarly vile comments. When educators and public servants begin to normalize rejoicing at murder, we are witnessing an institutional rot that threatens the next generation’s moral education.
The rot isn’t confined to anonymous posts. Videos and eyewitness accounts show instances where protesters and even people who work in public schools mocked the idea of a conservative being killed, treating it like a punchline rather than a national tragedy. Those grotesque displays — teachers making pistol gestures at their own necks, rallies where opponents are dehumanized — are meant to send a message: conservative lives don’t matter here. That is an ugly, un-American creed that should scandalize every parent and voter.
Nor are these rallies all peacefully civil. Earlier this year a “peacekeeping” volunteer at a No Kings protest in Salt Lake City fired their weapon during an altercation, fatally wounding an innocent bystander and raising grave questions about the movement’s organization and safety protocols. Whether by celebratory rhetoric or chaotic violence, the No Kings demonstrations have repeatedly shown how quickly protest can become pathology when organizers and local elites refuse to insist on restraint and responsibility.
The nationwide “No Kings” mobilizations are large and persistent, and their high-profile incidents make this a national story — not a local flare-up. Millions of Americans have watched organizers shuffle between claims of peaceful intent and episodes of intimidation, property damage, and deadly mistakes, and they are rightly asking whether the leadership of these movements tolerates, encourages, or even celebrates lawlessness. Patriotic conservatives see hypocrisy when government and academia lecture the right about “violence” while tolerating left-wing mobs who cross the line.
Conservatives aren’t asking for censorship of dissenting views; we are demanding that decent people, institutions, and the press call out barbarity when they see it. There is no neutral ground between defending the sanctity of human life and normalizing murder as political expression. If America is going to survive as a republic, we must reassert the principle that every citizen — regardless of politics — deserves safety and the presumption of humanity.
This moment calls for clarity and courage from ordinary Americans: defend free speech and peaceful protest, absolutely, but refuse to normalize a culture that celebrates assassination and demonizes neighbors. Stand with families hurt by violence, insist on accountability at universities and in the media, and vote for leaders who will restore law, order, and common decency to our public life. America deserves better than this, and patriots of every background should demand nothing less.
