Promoting Tolerance

 During recent events, Charlie Kirk, an American conservative political activist was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University due to his political views. The shooting happened during one of his campus events. After his killing, there was a wide spread of reactions through out social media. Many people were upset, while others were mocking it or making comments praising the act. He was the founder of Turning Point USA , which is a political organization that promotes right-wing values among students. He is also the host of the Charlie Kirk Show and is well known on social media due to his bold and controversial views. 

He would go to college campuses and speak in front of a crowd about politics that are happening in the world. His main thing would be where he had an open microphone where anyone could step up and debate the things happening in the world. He had very strong political views and he would allow students the opportunity to debate and try to change his mind on his views. His whole goal was to make people think hard and most of the time he would make people question their views and rethink things. Most of the students that would speak to him had good points but would crack under pressure when Charlie would ask a simple question. I think this was one of the things that society did not like. 

The tolerance theory says that we don’t need to ban certain laws because society has already figured out a way to handle certain things. In this case, many people have many different opinions. Charlie Kirk was very controversial and many people didn’t agree with the things that he believes in. Charlie did something that not many can do, which is to stand up and talk about his political beliefs to a public audience. He had used his freedom of speech right, and regardless of whether people agree dead with his, he has every right to express his views. Society didn’t like that so therefore he was shot and killed. I think that some of society didn’t like or agree with a lot of the things that he stood for and believed in, so they decided to take matters into their own hands. It is scary to think that one person chose to silence him through violence because they did not have the same political views is tragic and deeply alarming.

I personally do not agree with a lot of Kirk’s views, however, I believe that we have these amendments to protect people. We have the freedom of speech solely for the purpose of speaking and saying what we want, but some people don’t like it when people don’t agree or have differed beliefs. I think that this case is the perfect example of promoting violence.

In conclusion, the death of Charlie Kirk is a hard moment for our country. It forces us to think about the importance of protecting the freedom of speech. Whether our political views match someone else’s or not, every person has the right to speak and should never be silenced by society.