I’m just not sure I could see them using him as a martyr for their cause, maybe as a cautionary tale like “This is what happens when you are too extreme in your views, so we need to censor extreme views to keep people safe” sort of way. But it feels like it could be a bit too muddy and messy for them to really succeed, though that could just go back to the “they don’t really know what they’re doing” angle.
The right don’t need to use him. They just need a left wing martyr to say “See, this is what happens! Now let’s crack down on xyz” to Democrats and they’ll jump aboard something that they wouldn’t have done for Kirk.
I’m just not sure I could see them using him as a martyr for their cause, maybe as a cautionary tale like “This is what happens when you are too extreme in your views, so we need to censor extreme views to keep people safe” sort of way. But it feels like it could be a bit too muddy and messy for them to really succeed, though that could just go back to the “they don’t really know what they’re doing” angle.
The right don’t need to use him. They just need a left wing martyr to say “See, this is what happens! Now let’s crack down on xyz” to Democrats and they’ll jump aboard something that they wouldn’t have done for Kirk.
Could it also work as a threat to any other left wing public figures? A sort of “stay in line or we’ll turn you into the next Hasan”?
If he’s killed then yeah. Sure.
If he’s not then it really seems to only be doing him favours so far.