As the #Trump admin wages the broadest attack on #CivilRights in a century, & the shared societal values of #multiculturalism & tolerance recede, using Kirk’s knack for vigorous argument to excuse the re-emergence of unabashed #bigotry in #mainstream #politics feels both frightening & perilous.

#Oklahoma, of course, is a deeply red state. But in the wake of Kirk’s death, individuals & institutions across the nation moved not just to condemn his killing & political violence, but to venerate him. It was unsettling to many to see politicians from across the political spectrum speak with reverence about a man who espoused the #racist #GreatReplacementTheory, which argues that #white Americans are being systematically replaced by #multiculturalism & by #brown & #Black #immigrants;