Sept. 10 will forever carry a haunting echo in the shadow of Sept. 11. Just as the unforgettable tragedy of 9/11 left scars of death, division and disbelief, the day before now bears a wound of its own.

Charlie Kirk, a bold advocate for free speech and traditional values, was shot and killed by a young man who believed silencing a voice was justified simply because it differed from his own.

This was not an accident of fate, nor a random act of violence. The young man who pulled the trigger was both a product of the cultural indoctrination we’ve allowed to fester on countless college campuses and a cold-blooded killer in his own right.

Progressive administrators, armed with an agenda of intolerance disguised as tolerance, have nurtured an atmosphere where disagreement is treated as violence and silencing opposition is celebrated as virtue.

In that twisted environment, it is no surprise that hatred ripened into murder.

Killing someone because their words offend you — what do we call that? The answer is clear: It is terrorism.

The very definition of terrorism is to use force, fear, or violence to coerce people into changing their thoughts or behavior.

Charlie’s assassin, shaped by years of ideological conditioning, became an instrument of terrorism when he believed death was a justified answer to dissent.

How do you fight........

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