Back in 2015, after being targeted by sociopaths, I wrote that free speech in America is an illusion. I saw then what remains true today: when truth threatens the powerful, silence follows. Those who claim to be “truth-tellers”—from comedians like Bill Maher to tech moguls like Elon Musk—avoid the naked truth when it exposes the lies and hypocrisy of their own side. They talk endlessly about freedom, but when confronted with real evidence of manipulation, they turn away.
Now, after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, we see the same script playing out. The assassin, Tyler Robinson, is a 22-year-old raised in a conservative, authoritarian household. His father, Matt Robinson, is a veteran sheriff’s deputy who personally turned him in. The irony is heavy: a young man shaped by authoritarianism becomes a murderer, while Trump and his allies posture as victims of a war they themselves fuel with lies.
Trump now says “the country will heal.” But the truth is, healing never comes from repression and silence. Healing requires confronting the lies—on all sides—that ignite violence in the first place.
Democratic leaders, including Bernie Sanders, rush to condemn the violence, but remain silent on the propaganda and misinformation that feeds it. Republicans, when one of their own is the killer, quickly downplay it as the act of a “troubled young man.” But when violence comes from the other side, they exploit it relentlessly to demonize entire groups.
As I wrote in 2017, debating my ghostwriter:
“When the evidence is put in front of you that a white man has committed a crime that could have destroyed my livelihood, you have a hard time believing it and questioning me?! …When a criminal of other races or from different countries is caught committing a crime, they are called thugs and terrorists… But when a white man commits a crime, there is sometimes a big cover-up… If many people are killed, and they can't cover up the crimes, they say he is troubled, mentally ill, a lone wolf—but never a thug or terrorist. That’s racist and discriminatory, don’t you think?!”
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The hypocrisy is glaring: when the violence suits their narrative, they amplify it to gain power. When it threatens their narrative, they minimize it or stay silent. Both sides are guilty, because both sides fear the truth more than violence.
And as I wrote in 2015, Free Speech in America Is an Illusion, those in power do not want authentic voices heard. They want the illusion of free speech—words that fill the air without ever breaking through the walls of repression.
Until humanity has the courage to face the truth about childhood repression, lies will continue to fuel violence, and silence will continue to protect the powerful.
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