Social Media Is Not Real Life

Charlie Kirk’s murder is a horrible tragedy. It doesn’t justify tyranny. Don’t let bad actors on X make you believe most people feel otherwise.

On Wednesday, a gunman murdered conservative activist Charlie Kirk as he spoke at a college in Utah. This shooting is shocking and appalling; acts of political violence threaten pluralism and democracy, and they degrade all of us. I fear for what’s to come in response.

What I’ve already seen is a total social media shitshow. The worst people of every pol…