The Schloss-Blog looked up the definition of "Hate Speech," and Charlie Kirk's name kept coming up. 

The Schloss-Blog looked up the First Amendment. It protects "hate speech," so killing someone over it is not justifiable.

Per the NY Times:

Hate Speech includes racial, ethnic and religious epithets, calls for racial or religious intolerance and false statements about racial  or religious groups. Holocaust denial is the most common example." 

For now though, according to right-wing extremists, it's Jimmy Kimmel.

But what about inciting violence? The First Amendment does not protect incitement, but the Supreme Court has defined that term narrowly, requiring a likelihood of imminent violence. Mere advocacy — of violence, terrorism or the overthrow of the government [i.e. Jan. 6] — is legal. The words must be likely to produce violence or lawlessness right away.

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As John Olive wold say though, 'And now, this:" ABC's turn to suck up: two merger/acquisitions pending: ESPN and NFL Networks and Nexstar buying Tegna in a $6.2 billion deal.

So, Kimmel's gone.

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So, getting back to that crossroads where Hate Speech meets Free Speech, here's Charlie Kirk on race:

If I’m dealing with somebody in customer service who’s a moronic Black woman, I wonder is she there because of her excellence, or is she there because of affirmative action?

– The Charlie Kirk Show, 3 January 2024

If I’m dealing with somebody in customer service who’s a moronic Black woman, I wonder, is she there because of her excellence, or is she there because of affirmative action?

– The Charlie Kirk Show, 3 January 2024

If you’re a WNBA, pot-smoking, Black lesbian, do you get treated better than a United States marine?

– The Charlie Kirk Show, 8 December 2022

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And here's Charlie Kirk on racial intolerance:

Happening all the time in urban America, prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people, that’s a fact. It’s happening more and more.

– The Charlie Kirk Show, 19 May 2023

And, upon boarding a flight: If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like, boy, I hope he’s qualified.

– The Charlie Kirk Show, 23 January 2024

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OH, there's more...

Kirk openly embraced Christian nationalist language, claiming that liberty was only possible with a Christian population—a narrative tying freedom to demographic dominance, a cornerstone of supremacist logic 

And finally, on the 2nd Amendment:

In 2023, he declared that “it’s worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights,” subsequently framing gun deaths as a tragic but acceptable price for liberty.

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This is who was being celebrated by the Trump Administration at his funeral today in Arizona.

I truly grieve for his wife and young children. They don't deserve to grow up without a father. 

Hey Charlie, rest in peace. but hold your piece.

America deserves better than the racist, religious discrimination you dispersed.

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In conclusion, the Schloss-Blog also looked up percentages of political violence committed by the "left" versus those committed by the "right."

Guess what?

According to PBS: Based on our own research and a review of related work, we can confidently say that most domestic terrorists in the U.S. are politically on the right, and right-wing attacks account for the vast majority of fatalities from domestic terrorism. It's not even close.

What happened to Charlie Kirk never should've happened, NEVER! But it exacerbates the unfortunate trend in political violence.

Nine of 14 right-wing men accused of attempting to pull off a violent kidnapping of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, were convicted.

Minnesota State Speaker Melissa Hortman and husband Mark were shot and killed in their home, allegedly by right-winger Vance Luthor Boelter, 

The Schloss-Blog wonders, what's next - a Democratic socialist as mayor of New York City?

Nah, no chance.

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Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you, Emily.

More Sunday night on my Radio Free Phoenix rock 'n' roll show.

About the mayor of Neew York thing ... no, wait...