Free speech is a precious right

"You should be allowed to say outrageous things."

"There's ugly speech. There's gross speech. There's evil speech. And all of it is protected by the First Amendment."

Both of the above quotes are attributable to Charlie Kirk, a political activist, media personality and evangelical Christian who was recently murdered, allegedly by a young man angered by Kirk's views on homosexuality and gender transitions.

It was a sickening crime, witnessed by hundreds of students attending a Kirk event at a Utah college.

Such violence is abhorrent, and has no place in American political discourse. (On the sam...