Conservative activist Charlie Kirk may have been murdered for expressing opinions, but he wasn’t murdered by opinions — he was murdered by a rifle-wielding assassin. That’s important to keep in mind as the national debate that Kirk’s murder has spawned over issues of free speech and violent rhetoric continues unfolding.

Even in America there is such a thing as unprotected speech; shouting “fire” in a crowded theater is the classic example. But some voices on the political right are suggesting this heinous assassination should become grounds for stifling left-leaning speech that comes nowhere near that standard.

This is dangerous and more than a little ironic, given that these are many of the same voices that have long claimed free speech as a conservative mantra. It also twists the f

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