Charlie Kirk’s Murder Exposed The Left’s Deadly Hatred—And It Should Cost Them Their Jobs

The era of accountability as a one-way street may finally be over.

As expected, the usual voices on the Left openly celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination on Wednesday. But unlike in the past, some of them actually faced consequences.

Since Kirk’s horrific murder, MSNBC fired senior political analyst Matthew Dowd after he implied Kirk was responsible for his own death. Middle Tennessee State University dismissed Associate Dean Laura Sosh-Lightsy for suggesting he deserved it. And on Thursday morning, the Carolina Panthers cut Charlie Rocker from the team’s communications department after he mocked those mourning Kirk’s killing.

Cue the inevitable question: "But, Bobby, I thought you and OutKick were against cancel culture?"

We’re glad you asked.

Cancel Culture vs. Accountability

Cancel culture, in its rawest form, is about punishing someone—stripping their job, sponsorships, or social standing—for voicing an opinion or joke that challenges the prevailing narrative. Think back to 2020, when broadcasters lost their careers for saying "all lives matter." Their point—that safety and dignity shouldn’t be reserved for one race—was true, yet they were erased for it.

That’s cancel culture.

What happened this week is not.

Dowd, Sosh-Lightsy, and Rocker weren’t punished for expressing political opinions. They were punished for something far darker: downplaying, mocking, and in some cases celebrating the assassination of a 31-year-old father of two, targeted because of his politics.

That’s not politics. That’s hate. And there’s a difference.

The Real Danger

There should be no place in American media, academia, sports, or politics for rhetoric that dehumanizes opponents and makes murder seem acceptable—even deserved. Yet since 2020, the dehumanization of Trump supporters has been one of the Left’s core political tactics.

The hysteria. The lies. The relentless drumbeat of division.

This climate isn’t just ugly—it’s deadly. It fuels the kind of madness that leads to a woman having her throat slit on a train because she's white, assassination attempts against political candidates, and now, the murder of one of the most prominent conservative activists in America.

The consequences are damning. And accountability cannot stop with Matthew Dowd, Laura Sosh-Lightsy, or Charlie Rocker.

The Google employees cheering on Kirk’s assassination should be held accountable:

So should a pre-K teacher working for the Department of War, who condemned Kirk’s life as his family mourned:

And the school teachers gleefully wishing Kirk would "suffer in eternity":

Or the news anchor who called the shooting "delicious":

These are not normal responses to someone being shot and killed, leaving behind a wife and two young children. These are the responses of troubled, vile people who wish harm on anyone who doesn’t share their politics.

This hatred must end. And it starts with accountability. A properly functioning society cannot tolerate the normalization of political violence and murder.

The firings this week were a start—but only a start.