For an alternate viewpoint, see “Counterpoint: Post-Humus Lionization of Kirk Is an Abomination.”

In the annals of history, free speech has always been a double-edged sword. It’s the lifeblood of our Constitution, the core mechanism by which ideas clash, truths emerge and society thrives. What happens when that sword turns lethal? When the cost of speaking out isn’t lost revenue or livelihood, but a bullet to the neck? That’s the grim reality we face with the murder of Charlie Kirk.

Kirk paid the ultimate price for free speech, forcing America to confront a chilling question of how far we let the enemies of open discourse go before drawing the line, or even better, holding it.

Kirk was no stranger to controversy. For years, he crisscrossed college campuses, debating progressive orthodo

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