Wave of Digital Violence After Charlie Kirk’s Assassination: Conservatives Report Threats
Posted on 09/16/25 at 21:21
- Threats against conservative figures after Charlie Kirk’s death
- Rowling and Shapiro respond firmly
- Website exposes violent messages
Following the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, social media was flooded with posts celebrating his death and even listing new conservative figures as targets.
Among the names mentioned are podcaster Joe Rogan, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, and political commentators Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh.
Reports indicate that the messages not only included expressions of joy over Kirk’s death but also explicit calls for more violent acts against political and cultural personalities with conservative ideologies.
Social Media Flooded With Death Threats After Charlie Kirk Assassination
Reactions From the Targeted Figures
Faced with the wave of messages against her, J.K. Rowling responded sharply:
“If you believe free speech is for you but not for your political opponents, you are illiberal.
If no contrary evidence can change your beliefs, you are a fundamentalist.
If you think the state must punish those with opposing views, you are a totalitarian.
If you think political opponents should be punished with violence or death, you are a terrorist.”
Ben Shapiro also made a strong statement:
“We will never stop debating and discussing. We will never stop defending what America is and what it should be. And we will never let Charlie Kirk’s voice die.”
Matt Walsh, for his part, noted that he had received dozens of screenshots of threats:
“A lot of concerned people are sending me these screenshots (and dozens more). I appreciate their concern. But I’m not surprised and I won’t hide. We have to be stronger and clearer now than ever. Otherwise, the demons who killed Charlie win. And they cannot win.”
A Website to Document the Messages Appears After Charlie Kirk’s Death
In parallel, a site titled Expose Charlie’s Murderers was launched to collect social media posts that celebrated the crime or incited more violence.
The site claims to have received nearly 20,000 submissions and plans to transform into a searchable database, including public information on the authors: employers, universities, and even the cities where they live.
Among the most controversial phrases were:
“We need to find people with better aim”
“Are guns a problem now?”
These were often accompanied by graphic images.
Other posts labeled Kirk and his supporters as “Nazis” or celebrated his death with remarks like “One less white supremacist.”
Rising Tensions and Official Response
The impact also reached college campuses, where graffiti appeared with phrases like “Kill all the Charlie Kirks.”
Some professors, according to reports, even described the assassination as “karma.”
Commentator Sarah Stock warned:
“Not only are leftists gleefully celebrating Charlie’s murder, now they are using it to incite violence against conservative college students. This is political terrorism.”
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Utah Governor Spencer Cox called the incident a political assassination and announced the arrest of the alleged killer, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson.
He also pledged to pursue the death penalty in this case.
Meanwhile, as thousands of posts celebrate the assassination and point to new targets, religious leaders are calling for prayer so that Charlie Kirk’s death becomes a catalyst for values in the United States.
The country now faces a dilemma between political polarization and the risk that digital violence could translate into more physical aggression.
Do you believe political radicalization on social media is crossing a dangerous line toward real violence?
SOURCE: The Center Square
