We can condemn political violence and Kirk's murder while also condemning Charlie Kirk for the rotten, vile hatred he fomented. Consider what Kirk said about Black women leaders and affirmative action. Assailing affirmative action "picks" Joy Reid, Michelle Obama, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Kirk said, sickeningly, "you do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken seriously" without affirmative action. "You had to steal a white person's slot." Kirk was an equal opportunity hater who called Martin Luther King, Jr. "awful," and "not a good person," while insisting, "We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s." The legacy Kirk leaves behind burns on, a flame of reactionary anger and bigotry that keeps this country at a boiling point.