In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, a peculiar phenomenon has re-emerged: the casket caveat. Instead of simply condemning the dreadful murder of a young man, many eulogies to Kirk are laced with qualifications. Clods of faint praise scattered over a fresh grave. ‘It’s regrettable that he was shot, no matter how much of a bastard he was,’ is the sentiment – or ‘We gather in solemn remembrance of a man who, though admired by many, really had it coming.’

A piece on Kirk’s murder, under the pseudonym ‘Lady Liberty’, drips with insinuations

Such weasel words have proliferated since Kirk’s murder, often tarted up as balanced commentary, but reeking of bad faith. Nowhere is this attitude more evident than in the latest issue of Private Eye . A piece on Kirk’s murder, under the pseudo

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