Since the September 10 murder of Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old husband, father, and right-wing social media influencer who headed Turning Point USA, public discourse about his ideology, influence and religious identity has dominated social and news media platforms. Kirk has been remembered by people who loved him, people who despised him, people who benefited from his affection, and people who suffered harms from the views he championed.

All of this is normal, not extraordinary. It is customary to eulogize the people we like after they die, and customary to criticize people we do not like. The deaths of people we like grieve us. The deaths of people we dislike should not make us insensitive to the grief of others. We can, and should, have empathy for the people who grieve the deaths of pe

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