Tag: political-violence
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After Political Assassination
I still feel quite sad and down today. I have seen many thoughts on where we are as a country and how the assassination of Charlie Kirk yesterday makes our state of things even more precarious. I do not wish to participate in a doomsday sort of reflection, but I can’t help but think that…
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Today is another step change
Today, there was an assassination attempt on Charlie Kirk. This is horrific. It’s devastating. And, unbelievably, there will be mixed emotions on the internet about it. This kind of political violence has the signatures of “last days of the empire” type events. Political actors who think there’s nothing left to do than burn it all…