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Sep 11 from https://www.nytimes.com/section/technology

Opinion | Charlie Kirk and America’s Fragile Fabric

To the Editor: Re “Charlie Kirk Dies After Being Shot on a Utah Campus” (front page, Sept. 11): The news and commentary that so quickly followed the assassination of Charlie Kirk capture what makes this moment so troubling. The immediate calls for vengeance on the right, and even celebration by some voices on the left, show how fragile our civic fabric has become. Political violence does...

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Sep 11 from https://www.404media.co/

Opinion | Charlie Kirk and the Future of Political Violence

As Emily Jashinsky, a Washington correspondent for Unherd, put it on X: “Charlie Kirk is a fixture of the Gen Z social media diet. People feel like they know him. This will hit very, very close to home in ways we are not prepared for.” That is exactly right. When an assassin shot Kirk, that person killed a man countless students felt like they knew, and the assassin killed him on a college...

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Sep 10 from https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed in Utah; manhunt for shooter ongoing

“I am deeply disturbed by the shooting in Utah. Doug and I send our prayers to Charlie Kirk and his family,” former vice president Kamala Harris said on social media. “Let me be clear: Political violence has no place in America. I condemn this act, and we all must work together to ensure this does not lead to more violence.”

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