1. Blaming a murder victim for his own death.
2. Fomenting ethnic, racial, or religious animosity.
3. Declaring a group of Americans incompatible with civilization.
4. Directing sectarian panic at specific politicians.
5. Comparing your opponents to Nazis.
6. Advocating violence.
7. Invoking a religious mandate to execute people.
8. Proposing to liberate an assailant.
9. Organizing a rally that led to a violent attack.
"In the coming weeks," Saletan observes, "officials who have eulogized Kirk as an exemplar of free speech and constructive debate"Trump, Vance, Bondi, Miller, and others"plan to roll out a program to hobble, intimidate, and silence the administration's critics. In the name of thwarting violence, they'll try to impose a regime of investigations, prosecutions, tax penalties, and other harassment."
He offers some good advice:
"Each time they blur the line between speech and violence, calling somebody's words "incitement" or "terrorism," ask yourself: Did they call it that when Charlie Kirk did it? If not, fight them like ----. Nonviolently, of course."
