It is said that a crisis brings out the best in people. Unfortunately, as we’ve seen in the past week, it also brings out the worst. Once again, we see the worst among us celebrating another cold-blooded murder of an innocent man in broad daylight. Why? Because hate is used as justification for violence. Hatred of the person, hatred of the ideas, hatred of the words.
On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk, CEO and founder of Turning Point USA was assassinated at the Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. The reaction from the radical and extremist left has been nothing short of disgusting. According to one left wing extremist who celebrated the murder, “You need conservatives to be afraid of getting killed when they go to events.”
While the vast majority of the United States and the rest of the world condemned this horrific act and offered sympathy to his family, a far too large number engaged in sickening public displays of celebration and praise for the actions. Many of those involved are in positions of trust and authority over the lives of others including teachers, professors, students, administrators, clerks, doctors, nurses, lawyers, judges, politicians, pilots, authors, law enforcement, fire fighters and even the military.
The response to this vitriol from the civilized world has been swift and brutal. One source tracking the publicly available information has collected over 50,000 reports of celebrations and approvals for the killing. To date there have been hundreds of terminations, suspensions, expulsions along with arrests for acts of violence and vandalism. Repercussions have included cancellation of contracts, concerts, events and travel visas, not just in the US but around the world.
Those who are being called out are claiming this is unlawful since their words are protected speech under the First Amendment and that they were simply expressing a different opinion on the assassination. What they are missing is your freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences. The First Amendment protects your right to free speech from government censorship, NOT from any consequences of your hate and hate inspired speech and actions.
Well guess what, it doesn’t matter. Businesses, schools, courts, law enforcement and the military are correct in not wanting to be represented by individuals who believe killing someone because they don’t believe what you do is appropriate. They can justifiably question whether these individuals know basic right from wrong, and seeing their endorsement of homicide is a massive red flag. Are these the people you want making decisions in your business, for your students, for your children, for your patients, for your customers, for your safety?
Of course, no crisis would be complete without the gun control extremists chiming in. As always, before the deceased’ body is even cold, they were calling for more gun control since the ONLY way (in their minds) to prevent this kind of so-called “gun violence” is to implement universal background checks, red flag laws, assault weapon bans, and eliminate campus carry and open carry laws.
Does it matter that even in the most restrictive, draconian implementation of all these laws it still wouldn’t have stopped this crime? No, of course not! But that doesn’t matter in gun control fantasy land. Only that you have THESE laws in place so you can implement the NEXT, even more restrictive set of gun control laws.
Remember, gun control does absolutely nothing to increase public safety and the answer to fix that shortcoming is always to implement more gun control.
This horrific incident has awakened significant interest in Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA and the values he argued for. Where many had sat on the sidelines and not gotten involved, they are now stepping up to be heard. Turning Point USA has already received over 32,000 requests for new chapters in colleges and high schools in the United States.
Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s widow, was just named the new Turning Point USA CEO. Among the statements she has made are:
“You have no idea the fire that you have ignited within this wife. The cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle cry.”
To those who hate I will say only this. You have every right to your hate and to express your hatred, just don’t expect the rest of the world to support you and your views. If you find yourself ostracized from civil society, it is no one’s fault but your own. Your right to free speech does not mean you are free from consequences.
Perhaps it’s time you stopped listening to the rhetoric spewed out by the political ‘leaders’ who call on you to do their dirty work, then sit back and deny any involvement in promoting violence.
Bob
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