Charlie Kirk
Three days ago the outspoken right-wing organizer Charlie Kirk was brutally murdered. There are those calling for repression against those viewed as his left wing opponents. Repression is not the answer. Repression is an authoritarian response. America has, at least up until now, prided itself on avoiding authoritarianism as retribution for heinous acts. In the words of George Packer, “words are not violence, violence is violence.” Let’s keep these two concepts distinct from one another. Violence (in all its forms) is not a solution for political positions that we find disagreeable.