After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the empathy industry reminds America that words are violence, silence is violence, and also please stop noticing contradictions.

OREM, UT — The nation’s leading advocates of empathy clarified Wednesday that free speech remains absolutely sacred, provided the people they disagree with are done talking forever.

"Democracy depends on robust debate," said an adjunct professor of Nonviolence, pausing to like a post labeled DING DONG above a photo of the deceased. "Which is why it’s crucial that certain voices stop speaking. Only then can the conversation begin. So really, this was a community de-escalation." She teaches Conflict Resolution 101.

On social media, guidance counselors, DEI directors, and assorted compassion professionals posted confetti emojis while celebrating the removal of a man they couldn’t out-argue. Pastel graphics reading LOVE WINS were interspersed with threads about how debate is inherently violent unless everyone agrees first. When asked if cheering a murder might itself be hateful, many replied, "Wow. So you’re anti-free-speech now?"

In a televised roundtable titled "When Speech Pulls the Trigger," experts agreed the solution is "more dialogue," immediately followed by a list of topics that cannot be discussed. Viewers who noted the contradiction were reminded that noticing contradictions is a form of aggression.

Cable panels labored toward nuance. "This shows the danger of pointed arguments," one host sighed, "where a person’s rhetoric tragically caused someone else to pull a trigger several hundred feet away." Another wondered aloud if the shot might have been "symbolic," a kind of community note delivered at high speed. The word "murder" was not immediately available for comment.

A campus statement affirmed an "unwavering commitment to diversity of thought," then added a helpful asterisk: Diversity excludes thoughts that make us uncomfortable, because discomfort is violence, which we oppose violently. The statement was later updated to include a somber candle emoji.

Outside the venue, a local man shook his head. "They’re gloating that a guy who argued for the right to self-defense died from violence," he said. "By that logic, firefighters who die in fires disprove fire extinguishers." He was promptly flagged for "whataboutism" and escorted to a Reflection Tent where he could reflect safely and at length.

A newly formed Coalition for Tolerance, Inclusivity, and Necessary Silence (TINS)—outlined next steps. "We dream of a painless society where everything is free and effort is optional," said a spokesperson identifying as Deputy Assistant People’s Therapist, 3rd Class. "We keep missing utopia because of fascists - currently defined as ‘people who disagree.’ Once they’re gone, paradise begins. If paradise doesn’t appear, we probably missed a few."

By nightfall, vigils combined signs declaring SILENCE IS VIOLENCE with signs declaring SPEECH IS MURDER. As some observers noted the contradiction, fact-checkers rated this "problematic but true."

University officials promised a campus dialogue on tolerance - topic list to be released once all disallowed topics are removed. In closing remarks, a senior administrator summarized the lesson: "The most compassionate society is the one where we never have to hear you."

The assassination of Charlie Kirk is symbolic of the Left's desire to murder the political life of civil society. It is personal and it is meant to be. Those who would Rule are always at war with the political life of a civil society.

There will be no political life Next Tuesday, only the echoes of Party slogans reverberating off the hills of front groups, thus giving the illusion of many voices. This gives comfort to Rulers.

The Party™ of Tolerance™ will not tolerate tolerant dissent. Just like the Religion of Peace™ will not tolerate different religions living peacefully by their side.

It’s not about agreeing or disagreeing with Charlie. It was a political assassination targeting our most cherished Constitutional freedom. Anything less than an out of hand, zero qualification condemnation of this murder is unacceptable. After reading some of the rot on social media, I can thank Charlie even in death for outing evil scumbags in the Party of love and tolerance.

I can thank Charlie even in death for outing evil scumbags in the Party of love and tolerance

The Bluesky Retards are well represented and look to have a good chance of taking home Team Gold in the Biden Cognitive Deficit Games this year.

I still maintain that, when I'm stood up against that pockmarked wall, I can turn to the useful idiots on either side and say: "See, I told you so..."

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