A caller to UK radio station LBC has highlighted what she she called the “hypocrisy” of the far-right’s views on free speech vs hate speech in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death.

Caller Abigail rejected claims that US right-wing pundit Charlie Kirk, who was shot dead in Utah last week, was simply a “family-values man,” instead highlighting his history of anti-LGBTQ+ and racist comments.

Speaking to the London radio station’s Vanessa Feltz on Friday (12 September), Abigail said: “This ‘family-values man’ said gay people are an error [and] transgender people are mental. So, apparently, free speech is only acceptable if you’re on the right.”

Kirk was shot in the neck during an open-air debate at Utah Valley University on Wednesday (10 September). Moments earlier, he had responded to a questi

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