I was watching Fox News a little while ago, and everyone on there were of the opinion Tyler Robinson should get the death penalty for Charlie's assassination. Let me give you my case for life.

First of all let me (try) to make clear my thoughts on the death penalty itself. Yes, I think there should be one, for the most serious of crimes. And no, I am not in favor of the death penalty the way it's used in the US today. There are people on death row right now who, in my opinion, should not be there. And I can personally name at least four people who are walking around free on parole who should have been executed years ago. As for the method of execution, I don't really care. Hanging, shooting, the guillotine, they're all okay by me. (I would draw the line at burning at the stake, or drawing and quartering.)

Does the murder of Charlie Kirk warrant the death penalty? Yes. I do not favor life in prison for Robinson out of any sympathy for him, for I have NONE.

Rather, it's out of sympathy for Robinson's father and the family friend, who turned him in. I can't imagine how hard that decision must have been. Would they have done so knowing Robinson would be executed? I don't know. Certainly it wouldn't have made the decision any easier, and it is they who should be rewarded for their courage.

If Robinson's friend and family were a bunch of bozo's and knuckleheads, I would have no problem whatsoever with the death penalty in this case. But they're not.

That's my opinion. Fire away.

Onward and upward,
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