After Kirk's killing a growing chorus of conservatives wants his critics ostracized or fired [View all]
BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey (AP) After years of complaints from the right about cancel culture from the left, some conservatives are seeking to upend the lives and careers of those who disparaged Charlie Kirk after his death. Theyre going after companies, educators, news outlets, political rivals and others they judge as promoting hate speech.
A campaign by public officials and others on the right has led just days after the conservative activists death to the firing or punishment of teachers, an Office Depot employee, government workers, a TV pundit and the expectation of more dismissals coming.
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As elected officials and conservative influencers lionize Kirk as a warrior for free expression who championed provocative opinions, theyre also weaponizing the tactics they saw being used to malign their movement the calls for firings, the ostracism, the pressure to watch what you say.
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