World leaders at UN shocked by 'macabre response' on social media to Charlie Kirk's death | Fortune
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World leaders at UN shocked by 'macabre response' on social media to Charlie Kirk's death | Fortune
""sick expression of joy for the crime committed against an innocent person,""
""the best confirmation of that.""
""less by ideological but much more by emotional hate driven differences.""
""Such a development devastates in a deepest and clearest way the world political community much more than conflicts with clear and visible actors,""
Several world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly referenced reactions to conservative activist Charlie Kirk's slaying as evidence of deeper fissures in global society. Serbian President Alexsandar Vucic denounced what he called a "sick expression of joy for the crime committed against an innocent person" and said the reactions were "the best confirmation of that." Social media displayed both mourning and celebration after Kirk's Sept. 10 death, prompting a national discussion about free speech. Public backlash led to multiple firings and efforts by conservative activists to identify and target users whose posts they found offensive. Vucic said the reactions were driven more by emotional hate than by clear ideological lines and warned that such developments devastate the world political community.
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