Charlie Kirk has never received a warm welcome in the pages of this magazine. It doesn’t matter now. The assassination of Kirk is a tragedy. Morally, it is unjustifiable. Politically, it is cause for serious alarm. A larger spiral into political violence would be a catastrophe for the Left.
As of the time of this writing, no one knows the shooter’s ideology or motivations. But some key points are clear enough.
No one should be killed as punishment for political expression, no matter how objectionable. In addition to our basic abhorrence of violence, we are also proponents of democracy, which depends on free speech and open inquiry. Without them, collective self-governance is impossible and tyranny becomes inevitable. Imposing silence on political opponents by brute force, whether in the form of state crackdowns on dissent or lone-wolf assassinations of leaders, undermines a principle that democratic socialists have always held dear.
again I must ask
"would be a catastrophe for the Left"
proper noun Left - What left? Who? This is bad for people in the United States, yes, because of whatever retribution the Right will extract from the most vulnerable people in the country. But the Right is real, an actual movement, the Left does not exist. What exactly does this author think they are referring to? There is no left-wing movement in the US with any legitimacy or cohesion. Why are they constantly lying to us and themselves
they have fallen for the liberal idea that anyone who isn't a Republican is a communist/"rAdIcAl lEfT lOonY"
they know they are lying and push the above because they're aligned with the fascists
they are a dum dum