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(WIB) – Recently, I was alerted by the Washington Association of Black Journalists (WABJ) of the firing of Washington Post opinion columnist, Karren Attiah.

Her offense? A post to her personal Bluesky social media account quoting the words of the conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

With her firing, she joined a slew of now-unemployed critics of Charlie Kirk, who have been fired for a variety of comments that range from simply reminding the country of Kirk’s own words to social media posts praising his gruesome Sept. 10 assassination. Some have been fired for pointing out that refusing to deeply mourn Kirk’s death is not the same as advocating for gun violence.

While no one should be making light of how Charlie Kirk died, we also certainly c

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