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I do not find it hard to condemn political violence. To me, to say that Kirk should not have been murdered is the easiest thing in the world. No one should be shot, be they rightwing influencers, or schoolchildren, or grocery shoppers, or churchgoers. It is easy for me, even, to show sympathy for the humanity of Charlie Kirk, who, for everything else he was, was a human being who has now been robbed of the opportunity to learn, grow, and repent. But such commitments " to human life, to nonviolence, to a faith in the possibility of redemption and reconciliation " need not lead us to lie to ourselves about Charlie Kirk. The same values that make us horrified at his violent death are the ones that should embolden our commitment to defeating the politics he worked for in life.