It's just interesting to me that Charlie Kirk of all people is causing a revolution in human empathy

There are so many other people who receive no empathy from much of the world, like the homeless, the mentally ill, illegal immigrants, the people of Gaza, Sudan, Afghanistan...even those in prison. Of course plenty of people DO have empathy for those people, but you're not going to see so many different people go out on a limb for them the way the world has rallied around Charlie Kirk, a man who himself was skeptical of empathy. By all means, feel empathy for people you disagree with. That is a good thing. But consider that it isn't just famous, opinionated people who deserve empathy. There are many people we see on a daily basis that we write off and dehumanize and that will continue to go under the radar, and may be much harder to feel real empathy for and to imagine their situations and lives.

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Hayley16 · F

I think people were affected one way or another because his assassination was all over the internet. We watched him murdered. We watched his wife become a widow. We watched his children lose their father. We watched his parents lose their child.
America is not easy. Freedom is even harder.
Stand next to someone who says things that you would spend your life opposing and makes your blood boil and wish them no harm and even be willing to defend their right to say it and stand in front of them against others to wish them harm.
THEN you can say you live in the land of the free.
I did not agree with a lot of what he said, but he didn’t deserve to die because he said it.
No more than someone who disagreed with him would deserve to die.