(Washington) For the radical American right, Charlie Kirk died in “martyr” and any criticism targeting the conservative activist must be punished: in recent days, dozens of people have thus lost their jobs after a simple message on social networks.
This is the case of Laura Sosh-Lightsy, an employee of a public university in Tennessee, in the south of the United States. On Wednesday, just after the 31 -year -old influencer’s influencer, mowed on a university campus, she writes on Facebook: “Haine generates hatred. Zero sympathy. »»
In the process, a republican senator, Marsha Blackburn, denounces the publication: “This person should be ashamed (…). She must be fired from her post ”. Immediate effect: the university announces the dismissal.
In an ultra-polarized country, stuck in political violence, many of them track the detractors of Charlie Kirk online. The Trumpist youth rack was as much adulated as in a pro-armes, anti-abortion, anti-migrants or its virulent rhetoric on ethnic minorities.
They comb the accounts of the acerbic comments: “Download their profile photo, compare it with their LinkedIn profile, find their workplace, call their employer and leave Google reviews”, enjoins conservative influence Joey Mannari.
Since Wednesday, employees of public schools, firefighters or even soldiers have paid the price for this climate of denunciation, being brutally returned to their work.
The assassination of Charlie Kirk was however unanimously condemned by the American political class, on the right and on the left. But President Donald Trump, just hours after the facts, pointed out the influence of “the radical left”.
His Minister of Defense, Pete Hegseth, ordered his services to identify any member of the army who would have mocked or delighted with the assassination of the herald of Christian and traditionalist America. A paradox for this republican power which continues to erect freedom of expression in supreme law.
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The US Under-Secretary of State, Christopher Landau, told him that “foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome in our country. I was disgusted to see some on the social networks rent (…) or minimize this event, and I asked our agents to take the appropriate measures ”.
“Do not hesitate to share with me such comments formulated by foreigners,” he added.
Arrested Thursday evening, the alleged murderer, Tyler Robinson, is suspected of having engraved messages with anti -fascist tone on the cartridges of his hunting rifle. What label it as a “far left” killer for a large part of the American right.
A teacher from Oklahoma, in the south of the United States, wrote: “Charlie Kirk died in the same way he lived: by bringing out the worst among people”. Since then, the teacher has been the subject of an investigation by the Ministry of State Education who described his words as “heinous”.
Far -right activist Laura Loomer, who is reputed to have the ear of the Republican President, has become the spearhead of this offensive aimed at silenced the criticism of Charlie Kirk.
Supporting screenshots, she denounces for example on her social networks an official of the natural disasters (FEMA), who declared on Instagram to be “in mourning for this racist, homophobic and misogynist” Charlie Kirk.
Response from Laura Loodor, who shares the LinkedIn profile of the detractor: “These people hate us. They have nothing to do in the cogs of the administration. »»
After this message, the employee was placed on forced leave for his comments “revolting and inadmissible,” the agency said in a statement.
On Saturday, Turning Point, the youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk, announced that a great national tribute ceremony would be held on September 21 in Glendale, Arizona. The place chosen is a stage of capacity exceeding 63,000 places.
