After Kirk's killing a growing chorus of conservatives wants his critics ostracized or fired

"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. They're 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 activist's death to the firing or punishment of teachers,"

"As elected officials and conservative influencers lionize Kirk as a warrior for free expression who championed provocative opinions, they're 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. Such tactics raise a fundamental challenge for a nation that by many accounts appears to be dangerously splintered by politics and a sense of moral outrage that social media helps to fuel."

Conservative officials and influencers have launched campaigns to identify and punish people who disparaged Charlie Kirk after his death, targeting companies, educators, news outlets, political rivals and other individuals accused of promoting hate speech. The efforts have produced firings and disciplinary actions affecting teachers, an Office Depot employee, government workers and a TV pundit, with more dismissals expected. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy accused airline pilots of celebrating the assassination and demanded firings, and former President Trump said many on the left were already under investigation. The mobilization repurposes tactics associated with cancel culture and intensifies partisan divisions over acceptable political speech.

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