A father, husband, and son was shot and killed for daring to speak his mind. And the reaction to the man’s death on the part of people I formerly identified with, namely liberals and intellectuals, has caused me to repudiate any association I may once have had with that community. At best, the responses of some on the left to Kirk’s death were in exceedingly poor taste. At worst, those responses desecrated his memory and caused undue pain and suffering for his family.
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