Charlie Kirk
Three days ago the outspoken right-wing organizer Charlie Kirk was brutally murdered. There are those calling for vengeance against his left-wing opponents. Retribution is not the answer. Retribution, especially that dealt through the use of violence is an authoritarian response. America has, at least up until now, prided itself on avoiding authoritarianism as a response to 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 are different from the ones that we may hold.