"This is one of the many reasons I am saddened by any death; each of us is loved and death robs those who love us. To rejoice in death is to curse love, whether it is the death of Charlie Kirk or the slaying of people in a boat off the coast of Venezuela. I think people should remain silent rather than rejoice in death but will say more about this below."
"Vice President Vance (and fellow Buckeye philosopher) urged people to report Kirk's critics to their employers to get them fired. Like most on the right, Vance once professed to be a champion of free speech and once said "We may disagree with your views, but we will fight to defend your right to offer it in the public square." Vance and others on the right also spent years condemning what they called "cancel culture.""
A person lost a father to cancer and describes the persistent ache of waiting for calls that will never come. The writer empathizes with Charlie Kirk's family's jagged emptiness after Kirk's killing and notes Kirk's children were deprived of forming memories with their father. Rejoicing in death is condemned as a curse on love, and silence is preferred over celebration of death. After Kirk's killing, some rejoiced online while others condemned the murder yet criticized Kirk. Retaliatory campaigns followed, with Vice President Vance urging reporting critics to employers, despite prior free-speech claims.
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