It is long past time to aggressively expose those celebrating Charlie Kirk’s assassination, followed by a righteous blacklisting.
My values haven’t changed. I still oppose the left’s blacklists and cancel culture for the same reasons I always have. I am and always will be a due process and free speech extremist. Blacklisting people over unproven allegations or for holding opinions (even vile ones) is immoral and un-American.
This is different.
Why—because they assassinated one of the good guys?
No.
The difference is that they are justifying, celebrating, and by extension, encouraging political violence.
When you celebrate a political assassination, you have crossed the free speech red line. Nothing in the First Amendment protects speech that encourages violence. Blacklisting people