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Charlie Kirk’s Assassination, American Violence, Unhinged, Right Wing Rhetoric and the Ovewhelmingly Compassionate and Conciliatory Response From Black America!
The assassination of Charlie Kirk — the founder of a youth political movement that helped revolutionize modern conservatism — at Utah Valley University on Wednesday is a tragedy. His killing is also part of a horrifying wave of political violence in America. Mr. Kirk was a husband and father of two small children. He was revered by numerous conservative college students. Now, suddenly, out of nowhere, his life was taken from him. One could be hard pressed to name many conservative political personalities in America who were more well-known or popular among the political and conservative right. As the founder of Turning Point USA in 2012, he was savvy enough to develop the outfit into the most successful conservative youth organization in the United States.
Admittedly, when I first heard the news, I was on the way to my exercise class; a message emerged on my cell phone. I was shocked! I literally said, “Lord, I hope that he is not seriously hurt!” A few minutes later, the reports from news outlets began pouring in announcing that Charlie Kirk had been assassinated. To put it bluntly, for the remainder of the day, I was pretty much emotionally drained. Mind you, this is a person…
