Speaking of Ilhan Omar, here is what she said about Kirk. "There are a lot of people who are talking about him just wanting to have a civil debate. These people are full of shit and it's important for us to call them out while we feel anger and sadness." She goes on to say Kirk downplayed the death of George Floyd. I would say that's backwards - much of the world overplayed the death of George Floyd. That does not mean I wished Floyd dead or thought he should die. It means that somehow a common criminal was turned into a saint.
Omar also accused Kirk of hateful rhetoric postings on social media. As an aside, that is rather ironic coming from Omar, who a few years ago made one hateful antisemitic comment after the next. But Omar's comment is a perfect example of the thinking of the Left - any comment that goes against their beliefs is deemed to be "hateful." Once given that designation, the Left follows it up with calling the person a Nazi or fascist or Hitler. Once that happens, they no longer view the person as a human being, and any action taken against that person can be justified.
Once I started looking into Charlie Kirk, I came across an online site called "Bluesky." Here are some of the comments I saw. "Do Ben Shapiro next." "Nice, can we do Ben Shapiro next?" "I hope they shoot Ben Shapiro next." "Can someone shoot Ben Shapiro next?' And, "J.K. Rowling next." Ben Shapiro is another young (albeit 10 years older than Kirk) conservative political commentator. Whereas Kirk was a religious Christian, Shapiro is a religious Jew. But many people on the Left have no respect for those who are religious. And, Shapiro, like Kirk, also likes to speak on college campuses.
Bluesky also had quite a few calls for the assassination of President Trump. There was an interesting article in the New York Post, quoting teachers from around the country. One teacher posed in front of a screen announcing Kirk's assassination and sang "G-d bless America." In Naples, New York, a teacher referred to Kirk as an "aspiring Goebbels," and added "good riddance to bad garbage." From Greenville, South Carolina: "America became better today. There I said it." From Iowa: "1 Nazi down."
A teacher with the DOD said this: "He was a garbage human. I won't mourn for him one second." And: "Fuck the high road," "Fuck that guy." From Baytown, Texas: "Could Kirk have baited just ONE too many people? Could this have been the consequences of his actions catching up with him." And from Cleveland, Ohio: the writer expressed the hope that Kirk "never finds rest and always suffer(s) in eternity." These are teachers. The people who are supposed to educate our children. Imagine what message they are passing along to their students - if someone says something that you find objectionable, they should be dead.
And this from a restaurant owner in Cincinnati, Ohio: "Good Riddance. What a piece of shit." After getting some backlash, the restaurant owner replied with this: "If you think threats of social media attacks on me or my business will in any way keep me silent about what I believe, you are sorely mistaken. I know exactly who I am and on what side of history I stand." I think that pretty well epitomizes the feeling of moral superiority felt by those on the Left. He will not remain silent, but it's fine that Charlie Kirk was permanently silenced. I am sure that none of these people see the irony in what they are saying. They call Kirk a Nazi, a fascist, a piece of garbage, or a piece of shit - based on what?
Based on the fact that they don't like what he says. Who exactly justifies murder based on one's speech? Fascists and Nazis. Could there be any better examples of the Left's loathing of free speech and the First Amendment and our Constitution? Then we have the antisemites, with the Anti-Defamation League reporting that since Kirk was murdered there have been over 10,000 posts on X blaming Israel. Just ridiculous given Kirk's strong support of Israel. Here is what Israeli P.M. Benjamin Netanyahu said of Kirk: he was a "lion-hearted friend of Israel."
No comments:
Post a Comment