But what makes this parallel feel most apt is how nervous I am about drawing it. The comparison seems straightforward: The person who was murdered was a representative of a hateful ideology, the person thought
to have killed him was a deluded young man who may have tried to oppose that hatred in the most destructive manner imaginable. And yet something in the transformed landscape of this country tells me I’m not supposed to say so.

Masha Gessen wie immer treffend über Parallelen zwischen dem Mord an Charlie Kirk und dem Mord, den die Nazis als Vorwand für die November-Pogrome nutzten:
I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger – The New York Times

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