"The highest-profile casualty of this crusade is now-former Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah, who announced Monday morning that she was fired by the paper today for a series of social media posts deriding gun culture and "inaction" by "white America" to do anything about the gun violence epidemic. On her Substack, she wrote that the Post said her social media posts were "unacceptable," "gross misconduct," and endangered "the physical safety of colleagues.""
"Yet his admirers, from the powerful Stephen Miller to the obscure folks who run a website called "Charlie's Murderers," want to silence not only the handful of random folks alleged to have celebrated Kirk's death (I have literally not seen a single social media post like that) but those who have described, accurately, his racist, homophobic, sexist, antisemitic, anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant views, blasted to all who'll listen."
Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was brutally murdered last Wednesday, allegedly by a 22-year-old Utah man with a rifle and an immersion in Internet "meme" culture. Kirk had been eulogized by some for his commitment to free speech and his confrontational debating style. Many of Kirk's admirers, including high-profile figures like Stephen Miller and operators of a website called "Charlie's Murderers," have attempted to silence critics and target people who accurately described Kirk's racist, homophobic, sexist, antisemitic, anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant views. Media figures have faced job losses after criticizing gun culture or linking hateful rhetoric to violent acts.
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