Charlie Kirk

How do you react to a horrible event that is not really a surprise and in fact expected? The Left has been ramping up, not only the rhetoric, but also violence. It was only a matter of time until something like the assassination of Charlie Kirk occurred.

Like all such events, it was immensely clarifying. While all decent people condemned this as a horrible political assassination, those on the fringe, including some in the media, celebrated. It is amusing to see the inventors of cancel culture complain about people being fired for celebrating political assassination, or claiming Krik deserved what he got. Evidently, they cannot see the difference between saying “men cannot become women” and “I support political murder.”  Democracy depends on the former and cannot survive the latter if it becomes the norm.

It is also clearer how some on the far Left can hold such opinions. They have a truly warped view of reality. For years, they have claimed the Right-wing commits far more violence than the left-wing. Now we see how. CBS reporter Kaitlan Collins, interviewing Ted  Cruz on Tuesday, still tried to claim we don’t know the motive for the murder. Jasmine Crocket said that the murderer could not be Left-wing because they don’t like guns and thus would not be able to make that shot. Some even tried to claim he was ultra-MAGA. 

The ”studies” that claim there is more Right-wing violence have an expansive definition of what is Right-wing and an extremely narrow definition of Left-wing. The riots during the summer of love were anti-government, Right-wing violence because one person was on the Right. In contrast, the killing of a police officer during the riots was undetermined. Actual motives were often irrelevant; if a killer had any connection to the  Right, it was right-wing violence. A child molester murdereding his victim was Right-wing violence because the murderer had a swastika tattoo. However, with the murder of a CEO, there was not enough evidence to call it Left-wing. In short, there was a clear double standard. I have even heard many say the arson attack on Josh Shapiro’s home show was right-wing. Yet the arsonist was a far-Left pro-Palestinian supporter. I will leave it to you to determine why he was attacking a Democratic Governor. 

The far Left not only has an anti-semitic problem, but it has an assassination culture. Look at all the people celebrating Kirk’s death. Look at those outside the courthouse in New York to support the assassin of a CEO. 

Sometimes the Left-wing violence is explicit, such as the assassinations of Kirk, the shooting of Scalise by a Sanders supporter, the attempted assassinations of Trump, the multiple school shootings by transgender activists of Christian schools, the attacks on Teslas, etc. On the Right, you have Jan 6^th.

I have a rule that has proved pretty effective. The longer it takes for the Media to report a motive, the more likely it is that the perpetrator is on the Left. When you have right-wing violence, the Media reports it early and often. Look how frequently they continue to bring up Jan 6^th and how often they have lied about it, such as claiming police officers were killed. They make it a point to get every Republican on the record condemning the act. The main storyline is danger on the Right, and all are guilty by implication.

Yet here we are a week later,  same media that is so quick to report about the danger on the Right, is unsure of the motive,  doing reports on how touching the text messages are between the assassin and his roommate talking about the killing, this was not politically motivated but was a young man defending is first love, and, of course, blaming Trump for even mentioning the rhetoric of the Left because that is not unifying.  

I have thought since the beginning that this was a watershed moment. I have been encouraged by the response so far. The far Left is showing its true colors, which do not look good. The Right is more unified. There are no riots or calls for violent retaliation, but instead claims that this has to stop. Political violence is never acceptable in a democracy.

We taped our podcast on Kirk, which will come out next Tuesday if all goes well. We call on people to stop the hate and reach out and open a dialogue with someone who disagrees. As a starting point, we suggest one question: Why do you believe what you believe? Then, listen. In short, it is basically what I argued for in Seeking Truth.