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Missing the Point About Charlie Kirk

Sep 30, 20251 hr 2 minSeason 8Ep. 2
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Episode description

Ben Burgis addresses the controversy about the article he and Meagan Day wrote about political violence and free speech after the Charlie Kirk assassination, all of the ways the most tedious and unhelpful people on the Left found to miss the point, and the broader perils of this moment.

Read the original article:

https://jacobin.com/2025/09/charlie-kirk-murder-political-violence

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