from CNN:

But in the last few days, Palmetto Bay, like many communities around the country, has been consumed by the wave of ferocious indignation directed at people who declared their lack of remorse about Mr. Kirk’s death or merely took issue with things he had said or believed. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/us/florida-charlie-kirk-free-speech.html?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAQx5nN5JPIms12GIjFmcyzq52urwEqDwgAKgcICjCO64oDMJavPA&utm_content=rundown&gaa_at=la&gaa_n=ASWzDAjvJ1TrlzvZ3Q_z6KvJwn-M1mygcrKLNa8Fd3ATvWa5LGedty9GQrMHNaj8WyyuTmE8U6LWSk--R1djW1MvMn871YDH&gaa_ts=68ced2ee&gaa_sig=8JZY-YU8xU4W4sXTFq7hMCGZ2stQ8QhuIC2cIr_rSCHShmmN6I2Bc2ezgp3TsPyFb76JmvrFQ7PWmZdG1sJ4Jw%3D%3D

Campaigns have been mounted to publicly shame these critics, and in many cases to get them fired from jobs or expelled from schools — a conservative version of the cancel culture that only a few years ago was wielded by the American left. Those facing repercussions — more than 100 people, according to one analysis — include police officers, students, medical professionals, public schoolteachers and university professors.