Before I write anything else today, I want to offer my condolences to the family of Charlie Kirk.
I never sought out his content, but thanks to algorithmic manipulation, advanced data harvesting and other digital poisons in the social media swamp, I – just like you – have been exposed to the guy’s head, voice and incredibly stupid ideas and methods on social media for the last 10 years or so.
I guess that’s why I – while still in shock over his assassination – rolled my eyes and sent off a tweet when I saw that Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt was following the leader and ordering all flags to be lowered to half-staff in Kirk’s honor: