Recent years have seen then-presidential candidate <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;Donald Trump&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://reason.com/2024/07/15/trumps-defiance-of-an-assassins-bullet-reaffirmed-populist-appeal/&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://reason.com/2024/07/15/trumps-defiance-of-an-assassins-bullet-reaffirmed-populist-appeal/">Donald Trump</a>, Supreme Court Justice <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;Brett Kavanaugh&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/27/politics/kavanaugh-roske-arrest-warrant/index.html&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/27/politics/kavanaugh-roske-arrest-warrant/index.html">Brett Kavanaugh</a>, and <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: 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But the killing of prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk somehow seems more dangerous, because it is.&nbsp;&nbsp;

May we all live long enough to see a world in which politics matter far less. {ai:summary}Recent years have seen political violence—from attacks on Trump, Kavanaugh and lawmakers to the murders of Hortman and Thompson and damage to Tesla stores.It argues that Kirk’s killing would be more dangerous, because it is. #politics

J.D. Tuccille: Charlie Kirk was a private citizen. His assassination puts us all in peril

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