
An account of Charlie Kirk’s murder that ignores the victim, the perpetrator, and the motive is no account at all.
Yesterday afternoon, officials within the State of Utah confirmed beyond any reasonable doubt that the murder of Charlie Kirk was an act of political violence. The facts are as follows: A young man whose ideological views had become increasingly left-wing killed another young man who was famous for his conservatism. That the two men differed in this manner was not incidental to the event, but its cause. In a confession to his lover, the killer submitted that he had “had enough of” the victim’s “hatred,” and wished to end his life so that he could no longer promulgate it. “Some ...