California governor and prominent Democrat Gavin Newsom has posted this tweet on the murder of rightwing activist Chrarlie Kirk at a college in Utah today, and I agree with every word:
Kirk was no angel. He was an archetypal bully - smug and self-righteous, with a cruel mouth. But I'm sorry he was murdered. Not only for the reasons Newsom stated - which are essential to civilized society and individual human decency - but also because of what the repercussions will be.
Yet the brainless vicious bitches over on the comments section of Joe.My.God.'s blog are whooping it up in celebration. YOU STUPID JERKS. Your attitude is as disgusting as anything that ever came out of Kirk's mouth. You are not on some higher moral plane. You are down there in the gutter with all the other self-righteous ratbastards of the world. Cold-blooded murder is never a cause for celebration.
But I'll stop right there - the morality of all this, regardless of which side you are on, is obvious to any decent adult. A society where it's okay to just shoot anybody you disagree with is not a society I wish to live in.
I despised Kirk's hateful words and attitudes towards gays and all others who weren't just like him - I thought him an arrogant SOB just like the ones who beat, bullied, and humiliated me in high school, and were unkind in more subtle ways later on. But my thoughts tonight are with Kirk's widow and two small children; no one should have to go through a tragedy like this, regardless of politics or religion.
From the Sermon on the Mount:
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