Editor,
On Sept. 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. His death is a shock heard across the country and an absolute national tragedy. Charlie was the founder of the student organization Turning Point USA, focusing on motivating students and changing the narrative on college campuses (about 850 chapters nationwide).
The responses from the left on Charlie’s assassination have been appalling. One example is MSNBC host Matthew Dowd accusing Kirk of being “a very divisive and polarizing figure” and that “Charlie deserved it.” Dowd was fired by MSNBC. The shooter, Tyler Robinson, accused Charlie Kirk of spreading hate. Bullet casings had engraved anti-fascist messages such as ”Hey Fascist, catch!” Democrats started the fascist hoax and continue to name people on the right (especially President Trump) as fascist, racist, extremist, Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, etc. These are hating words and often times the definitions of these words do not even match how these words are being used.
I am disgusted as I have observed demonstrators holding signs with many of these words in Coupeville and elsewhere as they are admonishing people who do not agree with their ideology. Dr. Drew Pinsky (physician, author, media host) notes this as “statactic terrorism” — using words that are shocking and outrageous with the purpose of dehumanizing people. Using these words in inappropriate ways can also lead to lone wolf killers like Ryan Robinson.
The recent violence across our country must end! People on the left in their attempt to suppress speech of people who do not agree with their ideology need to cool the rhetoric. It might help for them to look back at the Biden administration with their many examples of the left suppressing free speech.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox said in regards to the Charlie Kirk assassination, “This is a watershed moment in our history.”
Charlie Kirk was a Christian who espoused family values, morality and truth. Kimberley A. Strassel noted in the WSJ, “He debated people’s positions – not their integrity. He talked to ensure we keep talking.”
Ken Evans
Freeland
