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Cory Alpert Former White House staffer September 14, 2025 — 1.35pm

Irrespective of what views you may have held about American conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, he should still be alive today and tweeting out the worst thoughts known to man.

But more than one thing can be true at the same time. On one hand, political violence of any kind is abhorrent and should be condemned. On the other, Kirk was one of the chief architects of the violent political culture that ultimately claimed him.

Over the course of a decade, Kirk stood as close to the centre of the machine as possible, doing everything he could to destabilise and fragment American politics. His willingness to spew hate and encourage his large following to distrust, if not

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