I want to go out on a limb and predict that the tragic death of Charlie Kirk will lead to protests and riots and chaos in the street. 

However, it will not be led by Republicans outraged by the assassination of that great and good man. 

It will – as it almost always has been – the work of Democrats, Democratic Socialists and those even farther out on the left wing of America’s political spectrum. 

Please mark my words here. Charlie Kirk’s assassination will trigger violence, as it so often does, on college campuses. Maybe this weekend, almost certainly next week. There will be many – paralleling George Floyd, for instance, or the Ferguson riots in St. Louis – that started around an individual or a specific and narrow location. 

Friday – yesterday as I write this – I saw the first inklings of the progressive left’s actions.

Don’t take my word for it. 

Here’s what NBC, one of the vanguard far-left “mainstream media” has to say about this:

Following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk this week, educators across the country have found themselves facing swift termination or potential discipline after allegedly sharing opinions on social media about the killing.

The more biased “industry media,” such as edweek.com, had this to say in an article’s headline:

          Teachers Across the U.S. Get Suspended or Fired Over Posts Linked to Charlie Kirk

The article is biased – considering its advocacy role in the “teacher vs. administrator” battle, that’s understandable.

It’s a short article and well worth reading.  Here’s how they make teachers the victims:

Teachers have been among those who are alleged to have posted controversial and inflammatory comments about Kirk—prompting widespread doxxing, disciplinary actions in several states, and warnings from state officials to educators about inappropriate online statements.

The resulting firestorm has raised questions of teachers’ online speech rights and responsibilities during emotionally charged and politically divisive events.

More involved in political “free speech” issues – supporting colleges and universities that support free speech only for designated groups – none of them conservative – are publications like Rolling Stone:

People are losing their jobs for criticizing slain ‘free speech’ advocate Charlie Kirk.  Journalists, publicists, and college faculty have been fired after calling the right-wing influencer a divisive figure and making light of his assassination.

The conversation around the assassination of right-wing activist and Donald Trump ally Charlie Kirk on Wednesday during a campus event at Utah Valley University has been fiery, to say the least.

Graphic footage of 31-year-old Kirk, being fatally shot in the neck has gone mega-viral, inflaming passions on all sides. The public has imagined a full spectrum of deranged political motives for the killing. Prominent members of the MAGA movement are using Kirk’s death to call for a “civil war” with leftists they accuse of inciting violence.

These were the increasing outpouring of statements and public comments by the news media, as well as academics, who are writing and making provocative statements about the failings of Charlie Kirk. Especially triggering are comments about how much Kirk deserved execution because of his bold statements in favor of:

Looking back over recent violence-in-the-streets issues, there is a pattern that affects our society.

If it holds true, and I think it will, we’ll see violent rioting, on campus, especially colleges that stand up in favor of civil discourse – the last thing the far left desires.   

We can expect suspended or terminated faculty members to become martyrs – around whom the rallying cry will trigger tens of thousands – or more – college students to march, violently, against any person or college who stands up against the vitriol and hatred already being spewed out against Charlie Kirk, and against anyone who dares mourn him.

The pattern will follow that set by the “four dead in Ohio” riots based on a tragic shooting of protesters at Kent State University in the spring of 1970, or the Black Lives Matter riots much more recently.

Almost inevitably, the right will do something that is, in terms of society, “right,”  but which outrages the Left.  Using anti-hate speech policies and laws, faculty members who speak out without a care for the consequences will be sanctioned for what will be, accurately, hate speech.

Then the Left will go crazy – again almost always beginning on campus – with violent rioting justified as “protesting.”  The media will inevitably call the bloody, fire-breathing riots “almost always peaceful,” and … we’re off to the races.

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Ned Barnett is a prolific writer and a regular content contributor to American Thinker.  A long-time political activist – he worked with the late, great Lee Atwater in President Ford’s reelection campaign, along with many candidates for the US Senate, the House of Representatives and state Governors. Earlier this year, Ned ghost-wrote a campaign bio for a candidate running for Governor in the Midwest. 

When he’s not being “political,” Ned ghostwrites books – 19 published so far.  Ned also writes and publishes his own books as well – 41 and counting. He helps writers as a co-writer or writing coach. He helps authors “self-publish” their book, as well as promoting their books, which he’s done since 1982. For more information, contact Ned at 702-561-1167 or nedbarnett51@gmail.com.

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