"I'm putting aside your piece, but I'm just thinking about the moment we're in. When I hear or see people who are honored and commemorated in such a way that they almost become a national religious figure, and then I see their content, and I see that their content is actively destructive to humanity, I have to draw a line there."
"I'm all for unifying, I'm all for bridging gaps. But not at the expense of my neighbor's humanity. I just can't."
"Going to people when they're grieving like that and saying, Listen, I want to tell you want I really thought of your friend just feels like not what you do in a community, Klein said."
Ta-Nehisi Coates doubled down on harsh criticism of Charlie Kirk, repeatedly labeling him a hate-monger and accusing him of cultivating hatred at Turning Point USA. Coates used the word "hate" eight times while describing Kirk and rejected calls to soften his stance after Kirk's recent murder. Coates said he supports unity but not if it sacrifices others' humanity. Coates accused Kirk of harvesting hatred from racist Republican voters, holding disagreeable views such as anti-abortion stances and indifference to Palestinian humanity, and reveling in open bigotry. A commentator expressed unease about criticizing Kirk so soon after his death.
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