The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

It's absolutely awful what happened to Charlie Kirk, but enough with the whitewashing. Two things can be true at once: 1) Kirk's assassination was a grave tragedy and 2) Kirk was an awful person. That doesn't mean he deserved to die. He didn't. But it also doesn't mean he deserves to be treated like a saint. He wasn't.  Here are just a few of his quotes: - “We must also be real. We must be honest with the population. Having an armed citizenry comes with a price, and that is part of liberty... We need to be very clear that you’re not going to get gun deaths to zero. It will not happen. But I think it’s worth it. I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year, so that we can have the Second Amendment." - “I can’t stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new age term that does a lot of damage.” - “They (Black people) were actually better in the 1940s. It was bad. It was evil. But what happened? Som...

I'm sadly stunned whenever I see a celebrity's name trending on Twitter and read posts by people wishing ill upon the individual. I've seen this with regard to musicians, movie stars, comedians, and especially politicians. Most recently, this happened with regard to staunch right-winger Charlie Kirk, who had been reportedly taken to the hospital due to back issues. His name started trending #1 on Twitter and the nasty comments followed. This is disgraceful to the highest level. I don't care how much one may despise another, you should never wish ill upon them. A person's health and well-being go above and beyond politics. It's about humanity. These individuals may be treated like works of fiction over the computer, but they're actual human beings, with friends and families who care about them. Everyone has the right to form an opinion and similarly, everyone has the right to disagree with another's opinion. But no matter how much you may disagree w...