Charlie Kirk’s death was tragic. Political violence is never acceptable.

But I’ll be honest—I’m at a loss for why he’s being venerated as some kind of American saint. He went out of his way to stomp on many of the ideals this country holds dear. He attacked the Civil Rights Act, dismissed Martin Luther King Jr., and regularly painted fellow Americans as enemies instead of neighbors. He poured gasoline on American culture while wrapped in the cross, and that dissonance is hard to ignore.
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