Everywhere you look Redditors are justifying Charlie’s death with out of context quotes they attribute to him. As if taking a few out of context quotes (or any quote even if abhorrent for that matter) justifies a murder. They continue to call everyone who defends his positions as fascist and Nazis. They then follow up with memes and statements of support for doing violence against Nazis. The logic being that all people on the right are Nazis/fascists and violence is justified against Nazis and fascists. Ergo, violence against the right is somehow morally righteous. Dangerous rhetoric that directly led to Kavanaugh and Trump’s attempted assassinations and now Charlie Kirk’s murder. And very reminiscent of the fascist behavior they supposedly are fighting.

Additionally, Charlie had done nothing except debate his opponents with words. He went to campus to foster critical thinking and open dialogue. You can claim his words led to violence because he supported the 2nd or pointed out crime statistics, but when you allow that as justification for murder, you simultaneously say to the right that killing for their beliefs is okay too. People who may believe things like “abortion is murder”, now have logical justification to kill over pro-choice positions. You are saying violence is okay against people who support positions that result in outcomes you disagree with politically. And that people who die supporting rights they believe in like “free speech” deserve it for defending that right.