Frederick Douglass knew the cost of speaking truth to power. In the 19th century, angry mobs tried to silence him with fists, bricks and clubs. He stood on platforms across America proclaiming the God-given right of liberty, even as men threatened his life.

“Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist,” Douglass once said . He understood that liberty is always under attack. He knew that mobs – whether armed with clubs or guns – cannot stand the power of free speech grounded in truth.

In the 21st century, the weapons have changed, but the spirit of hate remains. What mobs with sticks and stones could not do to Douglass, a gunman’s bullet has now done to Charlie Kirk.

Kirk was more than a conservative commentator. He inspired millions

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