Do You Hear What I Hear?

“He’s been one of the most divisive, especially divisive younger figures in this, who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech or sort of aimed at certain groups. And I always go back to, hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions. And I think that is the environment we are in. You can’t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place. And that’s the unfortunate environment we are in.” This was how Matthew Dowd of MSNBC chose to describe the death of Charlie Kirk. Mister Dowd was fired from his job for his on-air comments and his bosses issued an apology: “During our breaking news coverage of the shooting of Charlie Kirk, Matthew Dowd made comments that were inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable," the statement said. "We apologize for his statements, as has he. There is no place for violence in America, political or otherwise."

That was how the left wing of our Fourth Estate chose to deal with the matter. 

For posterity's sake, here is a funhouse grab bag of just a few of the thoughts that the late Charlie Kirk chose to express with a microphone in front of his face, often with cameras rolling:

"The higher the building, the more liberal the voter  - conservatives live closer to the ground."

"One hundred million people were murdered in the last century under the banner of atheism."

“Maybe God spared Donald Trump’s life to test his church. Let’s be honest, the American church is a joke in this country. It is a church that is filled with cowards and people that call themselves pastors, but are really motivational speakers wearing skinny jeans with new sneakers that run ‘Ted Talks’ with rock concerts with organized parking and good coffee. If that offends you. Good.”

"I think that there are two sexes, zero genders and unlimited personalities, and what we used to call a personality disorder, we now call a gender disorder that we treat with body treatment when it should be brain treatment."  

"Having an armed citizenry comes with a price and that some gun deaths are unfortunately worth it to preserve Second Amendment rights."

In light of that last sentiment, it should be noted that when Mister Kirk was shot through the neck, he had just finished pontificating on his views about gun control beneath a tent that was emblazoned with the challenge: Prove Me Wrong. 

I would like to close by reiterating my opinion that I do not believe that any person deserves to be shot. I would agree that there is no place for violence in America. Political or otherwise. 

I'm not sure anyone is listening to that.