There was scant time to digest the horrifying news before battle lines were drawn around how one should react to it.

On Wednesday, a suspect currently in custody allegedly shot and killed popular conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, cofounder and star attraction of Turning Point USA.

In the wake of this disturbing tragedy, a maelstrom of finger-pointing and recrimination surged through social media, raising the core temperature of a divided America amid an already markedly tense year.

While some, like President Trump, were quick to paint the outspoken Kirk as a martyr for free speech, supporters of the slain provocateur began demanding consequences for those speaking freely about Kirk in ways that they deemed inappropriate.

In the name of free speech, people had to be punished for exe

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