More on Charlie Kirk

We should be careful when interpreting current events. No, those markings on the bullet castings were not some sort of trans thing. Wall St. Journal reporting, notwithstanding.

If I don't see multiple ~media reporters~ columns about the extraordinarily irresponsible Wall Street Journal report from yesterday morning — and their extensive promotion of that inflammatory report — you all should just pack up and go home.

Correct, Chris Geidner. The NYT did have this:

How Law Enforcement Got the Man Suspected of Killing Charlie Kirk 

F.B.I. leaders touted the immense federal deployment assigned to find the assassin. But their big break came with a single tip — from the suspect’s own family.

People have ridiculed how the FBI, whose hiring/firing tactics of late are so bad that they are subject to a lawsuit, handled things after the shooting. The purge, including "DEI hires," has struck there, too. Since DEI is a good thing, that is a problem. 

I would not have judged them too harshly if it took more than a day or two to catch the shooter. These things can take time. Still, they open themselves up to criticism in multiple ways. 

The right, from Trump on down, was in high dudgeon that the left incited murder. Every allegation is a confession. Charlie Kirk regularly said incendiary things. If you complain, they will taunt you for being triggered. Or claim innocence.

It turns out the shooter is not the stereotypical left-winger. To quote Heather Cox Richardson:

Robinson had recently had a conversation with a family member about why they didn’t like Kirk’s viewpoints. Robinson appears to have admired the “Groypers,” led by Nick Fuentes, who complain that more mainstream organizations like Kirk’s Turning Point USA are not “pro-white” enough and have publicly harassed Kirk in the past.

Now, Rep. Mace is talking about forgiveness. Trump, of course, was never really too concerned. I suppose the death of Ivanka or Barron might warrant some. Why would Charlie Kirk? He moved on to trucks when asked about how he was feeling:

I think very good. And by the way, right there, you see all the trucks, they just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get, as you know, for about 150 years, and it's going to be a beauty. It’ll be an absolutely magnificent structure. And I just see all the trucks. We just started so it'll get done very nicely and it'll be one of the best anywhere in the world, actually. Thank you very much.

Imagine if Biden rambled on about trucks after being asked about the ... well, we know. Like the weeks of concern about his bad death and crickets after Harris crushed Trump, who had a horrible debate that was ridiculed while it took place. 

One person said we should just forget Charlie Kirk, providing a vignette from Ancient Rome. Kirk is someone we should only remember if we want a really bad example. He wasn't someone I thought about too much before. Many have never heard of him. 

Martyrdom talk or references by liberals honoring him as a great debater or something are bad. Just forgetting him is probably asking a lot. He has been too successful for the right to just forget him. 

Many of these things anger me. The sloppy media reporting, hypocrisy, Trump horribleness, and so on. 

For now, we wait and see what happens in this case specifically. And we try our best to do right.