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JONATHAN TURLEY: Charlie Kirk wouldn't fire people who hated him, he'd win them over

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Fox News host Mark Levin shares what he had in common with Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on 'Life, Liberty & Levin.'

"Stand with Charlie!" That message spontaneously appeared throughout the world after the unspeakable violent attack by an extremist. No, it was not the response to the murder of Charlie Kirk this week

It was 10 years ago and referred to the killing of staff at the Paris-based satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. World leaders, including the French, German and Turkish presidents, joined a march for free speech despite their own speech crackdowns, including prior targeting of the magazine and the victims.

The chief editor, Stéphane Charbonnier, had refused to be silenced by the French government and declared, "I would rather die standing than live on my knees." He was the first person the gunmen asked for in an attack on the office, and he was one of the first to be killed.

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At the time, I wrote about the breathtaking hypocrisy and noted that one of the few surviving editors of the magazine refused to join the march with those who relentlessly pursued them with criminal investigations. After the march, France,........

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