{"id":2668210,"date":"2026-09-23T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignpeople-noticed-democrats-enjoying-violence-new-york-times-says-its-just-free-speech\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T08:17:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T12:17:45","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignpeople-noticed-democrats-enjoying-violence-new-york-times-says-its-just-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignpeople-noticed-democrats-enjoying-violence-new-york-times-says-its-just-free-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"People Noticed Dems Enjoy Violence. NYT Says It&#8217;s &#8216;Free Speech&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignpeople-noticed-democrats-enjoying-violence-new-york-times-says-its-just-free-speech%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2668210&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article criticizes The new York Times for its perceived biased portrayal of political violence and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-coronavirus-rules-are-stifling-free-speech-on-campus\/\" title=\"Report: Coronavirus Rules Are Stifling ... On Campus\">free speech issues<\/a>. It highlights a recent incident where charlie Kirk was shot, and condemns the media&#8217;s double standards-describing violent acts against right<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >-wing figures<\/a> as free speech, while framing similar actions against leftists as threats to democracy. The piece recounts how liberals and Democrats have celebrated or mocked violence toward conservatives, including online disrespect and even celebrating violence after Kirk&#8217;s death. It also cites polls indicating many Democrats would feel indifferent or pleased if Trump were assassinated, illustrating the contentious nature of free speech debates. The author argues that liberals are inciting violence while condemning efforts to suppress it, portraying the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/backlash-against-disney-grows-after-liberal-actor-in-show-with-gina-carano-made-similar-posts-still-has-job\/\" title=\"Backlash Against Disney Grows After Liberal Actor In Show With Gina Carano Made Similar Posts, Still Has Job\">current political climate<\/a> as deeply divided over the issue of free expression and violence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lyXEgDBZcZQ\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Kirk\/YouTube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/09\/23\/people-noticed-democrats-enjoying-violence-new-york-times-says-its-just-free-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=People Noticed Democrats Enjoying Violence. 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New York Times Says It\u2019s Just \u2018Free Speech\u2019&#038;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/09\/23\/people-noticed-democrats-enjoying-violence-new-york-times-says-its-just-free-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\">                     <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); pfTrackEvent(&#039;People Noticed Democrats Enjoying Violence. 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Namely, that it\u2019s their free speech right if Democrats want to celebrate murder and advocate more political violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Why, this is America, isn\u2019t it?!<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4014864087\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 fdrlst__b89e9-entity-placement\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Writing in the Times on Tuesday, authors Matthew Purdy and Alan Feuer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/09\/22\/us\/charlie-kirk-trump-free-speech.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/09\/22\/us\/charlie-kirk-trump-free-speech.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warned<\/a> of the Trump administration\u2019s \u201cnearly exclusive crackdown on left-leaning organizations and activities,\u201d which they described as a \u201cpitched battle over political dissent and free speech.\u201d Lest there be any doubt this was related to Kirk\u2019s assassination by a psychotic leftist, the headline on the \u201canalysis\u201d piece was \u201cHow Trump Has Cracked Down on Dissent Since the Killing of Charlie Kirk.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a transgender-loving freak allegedly pulls out a gun in front of children in broad daylight to murder a man who was a husband and father of two, and was widely regarded as a political leader on the same level as presidents, the Times will call it \u201cpolitical dissent and free speech.\u201d But only if the target is a right-winger. If it\u2019s a leftist, then the foundation of democracy across the globe is threatened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To wit, the Times piece quoted a Democrat woman in her 80s who, after joining an anti-ICE riot, wrote in her diary that \u201cthe threats to our democracy by this administration seem immediate and real and very personal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is how they justify their sick fantasies and frequent bouts of violence. When they\u2019re not <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/09\/08\/leftists-are-still-openly-mocking-charlie-kirks-assassination-because-they-love-violence\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/09\/08\/leftists-are-still-openly-mocking-charlie-kirks-assassination-because-they-love-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">celebrating the explicit harm and death<\/a> brought onto their political opponents, they\u2019re declaring in their diaries and on social media that the real threat is from Trump voters having an opinion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After Kirk\u2019s murder, TikTok was flooded with Democrats mocking the moment he was blasted in the neck with a rifle and glorifying the result. Someone who opposed their political positions was no longer a threat. That it happened in brutal fashion was a bonus they hadn\u2019t expected but were more than happy to see. And when others noticed and drew attention to it, some of those ghoulish violence advocates lost their jobs. Or as the Times put it, \u201cHundreds of people who criticized Mr. Kirk\u2019s politics online lost or were threatened with losing their jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, the woman who immediately after Kirk\u2019s death <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1967109571237081594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1967109571237081594%7Ctwgr%5E407bf35ddc52c8f21570e56a1c4c85bbee42ec28%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fwardclark%2F2025%2F09%2F14%2Fhateful-charlie-kirk-detractors-are-losing-their-jobs-and-its-glorious-n2193938\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1967109571237081594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1967109571237081594%7Ctwgr%5E407bf35ddc52c8f21570e56a1c4c85bbee42ec28%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fwardclark%2F2025%2F09%2F14%2Fhateful-charlie-kirk-detractors-are-losing-their-jobs-and-its-glorious-n2193938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a>, \u201cF\u2014\u2014 his kids. F\u2014\u2014 his ancestors, especially the b-tch who birthed him\u201d had merely \u201ccriticized Mr. Kirk\u2019s politics online.\u201d And a pus-filled infection that needs to be amputated is just a boo-boo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A survey of Democrat voters <a href=\"https:\/\/stratpolitics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Liberal-Currents-2028-Democratic-Presidential-Primary-Poll-Crosstabs-Sep-2026-For-Public-Release.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/stratpolitics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Liberal-Currents-2028-Democratic-Presidential-Primary-Poll-Crosstabs-Sep-2026-For-Public-Release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this month<\/a> published by the Center for Strategic Politics asked respondents how they would feel if in the morning they read a news headline that President Trump had been publicly assassinated. Not even half said they would feel bad about it. Roughly a third said they would actually feel good. Nearly another third said they would be indifferent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the \u201cbattle over free speech\u201d that the Times is talking about. Democrats get to wish for and stoke more political violence. Only when there\u2019s any attempt to \u201ccrackdown on left-leaning organizations and activities\u201d is there a problem.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Eddie Scarry is the D.C. columnist at The Federalist and author of &#8220;<a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0FR8XCMYC\">Traitors: The Democrat Party\u2019s Collapse into Anti-American Filth<\/a>.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Eddie Scarry<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eScarry\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\">@eScarry<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/eddiescarry\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags no-print bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/assassinations\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">assassinations<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/center-for-strategic-politics\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Center for Strategic Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/charlie-kirk\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Charlie Kirk<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Democrats<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/free-speech\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">free speech<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/left-wing-political-violence\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">left-wing political violence<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/left-wing-violence\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">left-wing violence<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/new-york-times\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/political-violence\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">political violence<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NYT defends Democrats&#8217; 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