Hugues Tremblay

A great mentor once told me that the greatest insights usually come from noticing what's not there. You know what I notice? Never once since Charlie Kirk was assassinated have I worried about the possibility of riots, burning of cities, "autonomous zones" or violence in the streets. And this is for a decent family man murdered in cold blood for his political opinions. In the summer of 2020, all of those things happened across America and many other countries too. Over a career criminal who died in a police interaction with a negligent and careless cop. Politicians kneeled, media organisations held minutes of silence and billions were given to BLM in the very days that their supporters burned down entire districts of American cities and killed people to "fight racism". To this day there has not been a shred of evidence presented that George Floyd's death had anything to do with racism. So no, I don't believe either party has a monopoly on political violence. We've seen left wing politicians attacked and killed too. It's just as awful and just as wrong. But I also think it's worth noticing what's not there and thinking about why.