I intentionally did not add any commentary below the cartoon I posted on Friday evening. I wanted the cartoon to stand alone, and not have its impact diluted by my fretting that I had drawn the hand too large, or discussing how my first thought had been to put Charlie Kirk's own statement that "I think it's worth [it] to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment" (April 5, 2023 at Talking Points USA Faith event, Awaken Church, Salt Lake City UT).
Having thought better of making the cartoon about that quotation, rather than join the crowd posting it all over the internets, I decided to address the cliché that follows so many major gun incidents (right after "thoughts and prayers") that "This Is Not Who We Are."
Clearly, it is who we have become.
Just the same, out of respect to Mr. Kirk, I am refraining from empathy for him, for his family, for his fans, and for his admirers.
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