Is this the War for the West?
By Sean Bateman | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice
It has now been just over two weeks since Charlie Kirk was assassinated, and the articles, news stories, podcasts, and posts have not slowed down. The reactions have ranged far and wide, but the mainstream narratives have bifurcated into the Left asking to “tone down the rhetoric” and the Right discussing how this was “the crossing of the Rubicon,” “the shot heard round the world,” or the start of “war.”
Naturally, many have fussed and worried over this “violent rhetoric,” calling it unacceptable, inflammatory, and any number of other terrible things.
However, if we care about truth, we should not be worried about people saying this is war; we should be concerned about whether war is actually upon us.So is this w...
