Ever since Pelosi’s husband was attacked and Trump got hit, I’ve been wondering if we were escalating into another period of horrific political violence. It appears it’s now. Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk was shot at an event in Utah. Details aren’t available right now except that he was shot in the neck and in the hospital. The assailant is in custody. I sincerely hope he fully recovers.
This is very bad and the last thing we need right now. All violence is wrong but political violence in a situation like this is going to lead to more tyranny. I guess we wait to see what the motive was but I have no doubt that the right is going to seize on this as a rationale for escalation.
Kirk is being elevated right now on television to the level of folk hero to all of America’s youth, but that isn’t quite true. He’s very popular on the right. But that doesn’t include the entire younger generation of Americans. I suppose that’s sort of inevitable but if there’s a time for both honesty and decency it is now.
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