"We must not valorize his life. We must not sanitize his hate. Not now. Not ever."

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/we-must-not-posthumously-sanitize

@garlandkey

Two things can be true: 1. Charlie Kirk didn't debate his ideas as part of a democratic society, he promoted violent fascist ideology that would end democracy, take away people's rights, and kill people. 2. Charlie Kirk, like every human, had the right to live and not be shot.

He dedicated his life and career to creating a violent society based on the idea you can oppress, lock up, and kill people if they aren't like you. And he died in that world he helped build.

"Pay Your Respects" by Mattie Lubchansky
https://thenib.com/pay-your-respects/

Political violence is never acceptable, says fascist country dominated by political state violence at every level, against every oppressed group, both within the country and around the world.

All the best people get more radically leftist the older they get because they are learning from experience instead of building more layers of denial and delusion.

Are we the baddies? Undeniably, yes.

One way neoliberalism paves the way for fascism is by perpetuating myths of scarcity. The fascists blame scarcity on scapegoats (migrants, etc). The left points out scarcity is artificial, and for profit. Neoliberals deny this fact, and fascism grows with no united resistance.