Victor Davis Hanson has suggested that the assassination of Charlie Kirk is a turning point for American society as well as Western Civilization. Hanson talks about the resolve many people feel right now to reject the anti-Americanism that has increasingly dominated our culture and our politics.
Most normal people have lost all tolerance for the Left following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, particularly due to the Left’s immediate and unacceptable reaction to his death. The ghoulish reaction of so many on the Left has exposed the evil that resides there.
Are those on the Right engaging in the same tactics that the Left is famous for? No. The Right is not resorting to the violence that characterizes the Left’s reaction when they do not get what they want. However, the Right is saying that enough is enough.
.@VDHanson: The Right Isn’t Getting Violent—Just Saying ‘Enough.’
This is a turning point in American politics.
The Right has lost all tolerance for the Left following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, particularly due to the Left’s immediate and unacceptable reaction to his… pic.twitter.com/lxdlpz5j9u
— The Daily Signal (@DailySignal) September 19, 2025
Partial Transcript:
What is this moment? We’re seeing it in the United States with thousands of people commemorating the death of Charlie Kirk. There’s no tolerance for the usual left-wing, socialist craziness, the abhorrent, violent smears of conservatives who’ve died. And you don’t see major bureaucrats, or generals, or Hollywood figures—increasingly, they’re not coming out and rejoicing because they feel that they’re going to get a big pushback.
This is not violent. It’s just a collective shrug. And what is the shrug, basically? It’s saying we’re tolerant of people with alternate lifestyles. But whether we like it or not, the nuclear two-parent family, for 2,500 years, has ensured the survival of Western civilization. It gives us two to three to four children, and we can reproduce the species.
We’re tolerant of Islam and Buddhism, Hinduism. We have a multiracial, multicultural population. But whether we like it or not, the foundations of the United States are Judeo-Christian, as they are of Western civilization in general. We have no apologies for that. Sermon on the Mount is a unique document.
We also are tired of what I call boutique anti-Americanism. We see Rep. Ilhan Omar suggesting that our elected government is worse than the dictatorship in Somalia; or we see Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calling President Donald Trump a fascist, as she has in the past; or we see Rep. Rashida Tlaib just demonizing and damning the United States, even though her parents fled the Middle East to come here. And we’re tired of it.
As usual, all of Hanson’s commentary is calm, well thought out and constructive.