Charlie Kirk is gone, killed in a tragic act of violence. And here’s the lesson I take, more than anything else: we as a society need to re-embrace the values of free speech.If someone is repulsive to you, the way to deal with them is not by banning them, not by silencing them, not by prosecuting them into oblivion. The way you deal with bad ideas is with better ideas. You out-argue them. You expose them. You overcome them with your intelligence and your courage.You don’t beat evil with more evil. And Charlie Kirk is not a martyr. Calling him a martyr would be like calling someone who set off fireworks a martyr when they die from fireworks. He spent his career justifying gun culture, even celebrating it—and in the end, he was killed by the very violence he defended. That’s tragic. But it also doesn’t elevate him into sainthood. He was a human being, with a family, and he died. That deserves empathy.Then there’s the bigger picture: the Supreme Court. Its credibility has collapsed under the weight of partisanship and politicization. It was once seen as a safeguard of the Constitution; now it is treated like just another political branch. That erosion of trust is dangerous for everyone, left and right.So in this moment, two truths must stand together: reject violence, embrace free speech. Argue, don’t kill. Debate, don’t ban. And hold every institution, from courts to Congress, to the standard of principle—not power.#freespeech #democracy #charliekirk #gunviolence #maga

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