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There is something grotesquely predictable about the way the national conversation has twisted after the assassination of Charlie Kirk — a tragedy that should unite Americans in grief has instead become a cudgel for the same coastal elites who helped create the rancid climate of intolerance. Kirk was shot while speaking at Utah Valley University on September 10, and the killing has exposed ugly fractures in our politics and our institutions. Too many on the left rushed to politicize the death before facts were known, turning mourning into a propaganda moment.
What has followed is an ugly parade of excusing and even celebrating political violence from corners of the left, and worst of all, the mainstream media’s casual shrug. Big names and platforms have amplified a fevered, vengeful rhetoric that borders on incitement — a lethal cocktail when mixed with the angry, alienated minds radicalized online. The toxic tenor of the reaction, including calls for “fight” rather than calm or restraint, proves conservatives’ warnings about the radicalizing power of leftist online mobs were not hysterical.
Meanwhile the media elite plays both sides: they preen about compassion while weaponizing language to delegitimize conservative grief and outrage. ABC’s decision to preempt Jimmy Kimmel after he criticized the political exploitation of Kirk’s death shows how fragile free speech is when it offends the right people in power, even as the same networks tiptoe around genuinely threatening rhetoric from the left. If the press wants credibility, it should stop running interference for radicals and start treating incitement the same, no matter who utters it.
The aftermath has also produced grotesque doxxing and digital vigilantism — not from conservatives but from opportunistic left-wing activists and their allies, who have flooded social media with targeted harassment of people they claim “celebrated” the assassination. This modern-day mob justice has real-world consequences: careers ruined, livelihoods under threat, and ordinary citizens terrorized for a few likes and retweets. If we value rule of law and civil order, we must denounce this witch-hunt mentality whenever it appears.
On top of the political rot, the tragedy exposed institutional failures that no partisan spin can paper over: campus security at Utah Valley University was woefully inadequate for a high-profile political event, with little in the way of rooftop surveillance, drone support, or sufficient on-site law enforcement. Conservatives have long warned that weakened security and a casual approach to safety invite catastrophe; now we are living the consequences. Universities that pretend to be sanctuaries of debate must start acting like they take citizen safety seriously.
Americans who love liberty must demand accountability across the board — from social platforms that enable radicalization, from universities that fail to protect speakers and students, and from a media class that flirts with double standards while stoking division. We should call for real prosecutions of violent threats, bipartisan oversight of platform moderation that actually targets violent rhetoric, and a return to civic responsibility in our public discourse. The answer to lawlessness is not a louder mob, it’s stronger institutions that protect every citizen, not just the ones favored by the media narrative.
This is a moment for conservatives to stand firm without becoming what we condemn. We mourn Charlie Kirk and we will fight for the safety of Americans and the freedom of speech that makes this country exceptional. If the left wants to disavow violence, they should start by cleaning up their own house — and if they won’t, hardworking patriots will hold them to account at the ballot box and in the court of public opinion.
