You can always measure a person’s character by how they treat people when they are down.
Now, I am not one to pull punches when someone passes or has been killed, but I would never kick a person when they are down.
Sadly, that was the norm yesterday in the media, with one MSNBC personality losing his job over his comments.
There are a lot of words you could use to describe Charlie Kirk, and I think polarizing is a fair word to use in this context, as it describes why he became someone's target.
The media took things a step further, however, with many anchors calling him divisive, but that is how they viewed him due to the meaning they attached to his words.
He was “divisive” in their eyes because he talked about a lot of uncomfortable facts, and he did so fearlessly despite the prevailing cancel culture.
Media figures used a lot of words we could never use to describe a polarizing figure on the left, and quite frankly, more than one should have been fired.
Matthew Dowd is neck deep in the Republican swamp, and he was, until recently, a contributor on MSNBC.
After the assassination, Dowd implied that Kirk deserved what happened, stating that Kirk was "one of the most divisive, especially divisive younger figures in this, who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech or sort of aimed at certain groups. And I always go back to, hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions."
He continued, "I think that’s the environment we’re in, that the people just -- you can’t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have, and then saying these awful words, and not expect awful actions to take place. And that's the unfortunate environment we're in.”
When I saw that segment, his comments, as well as the show host's, sickened me, especially because I know if the shoe were on the other foot, we would all be censored had we uttered anything remotely similar about a liberal figure or Democrat.
You guys know I am not a fan of MSNBC in any way, shape, or form, but I will give props to the network's president, Rebecca Kutler, who soon fired Dowd for his comments and owned up to the report.
She stated, "During our breaking news coverage of the shooting of Charlie Kirk, Matthew Dowd made comments that were inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable.”
Kutler continued, "We apologize for his statements, as has he. There is no place for violence in America, political or otherwise."
Kirk energized youth involvement in politics on both sides of the aisle. He loved talking to those with opposing views, both to educate and to promote the idea of both sides talking rather than spewing rhetoric and attacking based on clickbait headlines. It was shameful the way he was being portrayed by people who were simply looking to cash in on his death.
