Charlie Kirk's Death & The Dangers of Its Backlash Locally

We're already living in unsure and divisive times fueled by engineered hatred and political extremism. Every day it becomes clearer that much of our stress, fear, and uncertainty is being manufactured at the highest levels. We've lost our ability to have real discourse and are sliding deeper into chaos.Charlie Kirk's tragic death cannot become an excuse for more violence.

Yet it seems as though it is inevitable that tensions will rise and people will feel emboldened to take emotional action. Not only because of their sadeness, but by the instant casting of blame from the current President on to his only opposition... the Democrats. Not only is this use of rhetoric divisive but is dangerous. not only for democrats but for anyone that trust that our president would never lie or woefully distract his base from the covering up of his wrong doings.

the amount of hate speech is rising across our nation and have been more frequently and more clearly drawn to outline people's beliefs from both sides of the political spectrum. Events like Charlie's death will cause reactions among those who take his doctrine to heart and believe that the only outlet for their emotions will be to taking action against the "other side" that they have spent their lives training to hate.

When you put into perspective the history of this area its hard to ignore the Peekskill Riots that occured in 1949. as far away as this may seems, its uncanny to see the parallels between the energy of the racial/cultural tensions being mirrored and concavely enlarged by the slippery rhetoric of an administration that does anything and everything under the sun keep their narrative accept have ethics , morality or even a shred of humanity.

With this all playing out in our country, this event could prove a spark strong enough to light the powder keg that has long looked for an excuse to explode again; terrorizing people of this community based purely on hate and misinformation.

While I unequivocally condemn his assassination, I equally condemn the harmful rhetoric he promoted - his attacks on women's reproductive rights, his claim that the Civil Rights Act was a 'huge mistake,' his disparagement of Martin Luther King Jr., and his argument that gun deaths are an acceptable price for the Second Amendment.Violence is never the answer, no matter how dangerous someone's ideology.

But we must be clear: Kirk's worldview was antithetical to equality, civil rights, and women's bodily autonomy. His death doesn't erase the harm his rhetoric caused to marginalized communities.Right now, we need to reject both political violence AND the hate-filled ideologies that divide us. Take care of your neighbors - all of them, regardless of who they are or what they believe. We need honest conversations about building a society based on equality and justice, not one that rolls back decades of civil rights progress. Please stay safe, let anger dissipate before acting, and choose rational, slow thinking over quick & retaliatory emotional reactions. The world is at a crossroads, And wow some of us are still standing. Still trying to decide which path is correct. Many others are sprinting towards one side or the other without realizing that a road that is less traveled and may not be paved yet in this country must be the way forward and not the options that are scattered in front of us.