When we hear the word assassination, most of us think back to the 1960s — JFK, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr. It feels like something that belonged to that turbulent era, not to ours. One would think assassination was left behind with the grainy black-and-white footage of King’s funeral.
But the truth? Assassination hasn’t gone anywhere. It’s not just history. Around the world, leaders, reformers, and even journalists are still being silenced. In 2007, Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto was killed in broad daylight. In 2021, Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in his own home. Violence against visionaries is still alive — only the headlines have changed.
The meaning here is sobering; assassination isn’t just about taking a life, it’s about trying to kill a voice, an idea, a movement. And yet, if history proves anything, it’s that ideas don’t die so easily. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, but his “I have a dream” still echoes across generations.
Figures like Charlie Kirk, or anyone else with a platform, remind us how divided perspectives can be in shaping what “truth” looks like to different people. The challenge isn’t to silence those voices, but to create a world where disagreement doesn’t have to lead to destruction — where even sharp debates can coexist with respect for human life.
You lived and live…. @Charlie Kirk
