The most eye-opening thing about Charlie Kirk’s death was how openly people like Hannah Ferguson stated that violence is “sometimes necessary” against people whose beliefs she calls extremist. She was glad his messaging would stop, said he caused more harm than good, and claimed he empowered the violence that killed him. By extension, this would mean she’d excuse the attack on Helen Haines if she had the wrong opinions. This is a mainstream opinion on the Left now. Words are violence, so people are entitled to defend themselves with physical violence. It’s so mainstream that even when asked to correct, she still defends it. It’s so mainstream that the morning after a sitting MP was deliberately run down outside her office and left critically injured, mainstream breakfast TV booked Ferguson to lecture everyone about the need to “turn the temperature down.” There is no negotiating with people who think your life is negotiable while their opinions are not.