There probably would have been little Charlie Kirk and and I would have agreed upon in the rough and tumble of politics, but all those differences were rendered ‘moot’ by the news of his assassination. From the moment I heard the news, the world of politics was set on a shelf because something irreversible had occurred. The court of my mind was moot. A young man died, a mother of two became a widow of two children who will wonder through this world with whatever thoughts occur to them questioning who their father was and who he might have been to them at each stage of their lives. For me, no one on this planet has that kind of authority that allows them to assassinate. The bullet is a time traveler. The gun broadcasts its consequences far beyond the finger on the trigger. 

One might say that hundreds and thousands of people die to war and violence everyday. I would respond, that may be so and the consequences are no less grave for each and every one of them. People are violated and die in detention in this current era and the harsh consequences will also breach the moment to travel into the future of America to paint our children’s future. There are nonviolent methods of resolution for every problem we have right now on this planet. Our Constitution was originally written to force nonviolent methods of political resolution. 

A Modest Proposal for Good

From assassination to capital punishment the human mind and human court assume an authority many would consider the realm of the divine. Mortal retribution is a fools game. Retribution multiplies everything and solves nothing. We can start resisting violence with ourselves and our children. Maybe in some dimensions of our lives, can we set toxic politics aside? If we must have an outlet for intolerance, could that be focused on the use of mortal violence to resolve human problems on this side of life and death. That might be good.