Tristan Pinnock

The problem as I see it as that “The Right” hasn’t sorted out among everyone what the response should be to such an incident. If you were to ask 100 different right-wing folks what should be done to that girl as a consequence to her words, you’d get 100 different answers. Everything from “Nothing because she’s exercising the free speech we champion” to the Uday Hussein treatment. As long as the coalition is thinking this way, then there’s nothing that can really be done. Now, imagine if the assassination she was mocking wasn’t Charlie Kirk, but a mafia don back in the day when the Italians were at the peak of their power. Something would likely happen to her that ensured she never behaved in such a way again…and that no one else would either. And all the Italians would be cool with it. They might not agree but they’d shrug and say “Well, that’s what happens…” But no such groups exist…or if they do, they’ll be denounced by everyone else on their side the moment they do someone heavy-handed, even if it’s just getting her booted out of school or whatever.

The hell of becoming Cluster B-Aware is that you solve the mystery thinking you’re Sherlock Holmes…and discover that you’re actually Cassandra. No matter how many times you get it right, people will insist on making the worst possible decisions…and at the end of the day, you’re forced to stop feeling heartbreak for the victims and just take satisfaction in the deferred gratification of “I told you so”