No, Words are Not Violence

A bad social media post is not a shot in the neck

Let’s get it straight. A political assassination is worse than words on a social media post. There are no words that will ever be just as bad. And yet, the outrage by the Left yet again trounces any outrage (there was none) after the death of Charlie Kirk.

No, Rob Reiner’s murder by his psychopath son and Charlie Kirk’s assassination by a Leftist fanatic who echoed the words of the Left when he shut him up for “spreading too much hate” are not the same.

There is no direct line between Trump and Nick Reiner, at least not that we know about. Unless Rob Reiner’s singular obsession with Trump for the past ten years made him less present in dealing with his son, then there is no connection.

All we know is that the other two Reiner kids seem to have inherited their mother’s gentle disposition, while Nick seems to have inherited his father’s hotheaded temper. The difference is that Rob Reiner aimed it at Trump, and Nick Reiner aimed it at his father.

Nick Reiner was a wrong one. There were signs throughout his life that he was violent, threw tantrums, and that his parents could not control him. His murder was personal, not political.

But make no mistake, even a disgusting, vile tweet by Trump that is cold as ice, and hurts a lot of traumatized people, is nothing — and I mean nothing — compared to a bullet in the neck to shut someone up.

Two extreme ends of the spectrum - a guy who says something bad versus a guy who uses a gun to shut him up. And this is why Trump supporters remain loyal to him.

Which society do you want to live in? One where we might dislike but can tolerate people saying awful, hurtful things, or one where we forbid it and even go so far as to shoot someone to shut them up?

I don’t think the Left understands the difference between sticks and stones and words. If we can’t even survive words, how can we survive anything else?

I have always believed Trump’s purpose was to shake up the Left’s strident control of language, reinventing words to soften the trauma of real life - and it’s killed their ability to tell great stories, funny jokes, or even journalism. We sweat one wrong word. Even my mother came at me for calling a cleaning person a “maid.” That’s insulting, she said.

Yeah, well, what about a bullet in the neck? Not as bad? And if the answer is, of course, it’s as bad, why did so many of them feel like it was allowed to say the most vile things about Charlie and his widow, Erika? The “good words” and “good speech” people could not help themselves, and no one said a thing on that side. Not a thing.

The Left even now is bragging about how they’ll celebrate Trump’s death. And why? Because of words. WORDS. They believe what Tyler Robinson believes, that Charlie’s words were dangerous, like Trump’s words are dangerous. No, words are not dangerous.

Words or speech can lead to violence in that they dehumanize whole groups of people, as we saw with Hitler. Words can convince people to hate someone (like Trump), and that can lead to violence. Two assassination attempts on Trump because of words.

Even if he says offensive things, he’s the one who took a bullet.

They’ve treated Trump like Hitler for ten years because of words, ignoring the six million dead. They call him a dictator and a fascist because of words, even though there is no body count on Trump’s watch and no, January 6th doesn’t count. Violence comes from hate and dehumanization, which is coming mostly from one side.

So far, we’re not seeing a wave of violence against Trump’s targets. No one is hunting down Rosie O’Donnell. Illegal immigrants aren’t being murdered or attacked. No, it’s the Right that’s being attacked. Why? Because the Left wants to silence them. Why? Because of words.

Words did not kill Rob Reiner. A violent, out-of-control lunatic did. Words did kill Charlie Kirk. The assassin said so himself, “he spread too much hate, and it could not be negotiated down.” Know the difference.