'We don't reward hate with hate': Students fight back after teacher calls Charlie Kirk 'garbage' * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff

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Students at a Rhode Island high school have responded to one of their teacher’s vitriol against slain civil-rights leader Charlie Kirk by starting a chapter of Turning Point USA in his honor.

Fox News reports on the controversy at Barrington High School and spoke to Brayden Ryan, vice president of the new Turning Point USA chapter.

“What inspired me personally to start this Turning Point chapter was the teacher at our school said after Charlie Kirk’s death. He made a TikTok about how he has no remorse over him and how he was a hateful person,” Ryan said Tuesday.

Kirk was assassinated Sept. 10 at Utah Valley University. Shortly afterward, social studies teacher Benjamin Fillo posted a video saying that Kirk “hated the LGBTQ community” and “hated women’s rights.” Fillo said that Kirk “thought he proved how tough he was with his words. … What a piece of garbage. Look what happens. … Bye, Charlie!”

Fillo currently is on administrative leave over the incident. Here is his video:

Ryan told Fox News: “I feel like we should give space to other students, a free and safe space to other students, other conservative students, to speak their own personal values, such as their religious beliefs and their political beliefs.”

Caleb Kaplan, president of the Turning Point USA chapter, says part of the opposition the new club has received includes a petition drive to reinstate Fillo.

“I’m not going to name any names out of respect, but they have been campaigning or making petitions to get the teacher that we spoke about back in a position,” Kaplan said.

“We don’t reward hate with hate,” added the high-school freshman. “All we do is we push harder and we try to recruit more people to join.”