Romanian voices deplore Charlie Kirk’s assassination: It’s time we saw the dangers of the far left

The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has also stirred strong reactions on Romanian social media.

Gabriel Purcăruș, a Romanian-born conservative author, wrote that he first learned who Charlie Kirk was from his son, last year.

“He was an authentic Christian, one of the few true witnesses of our times—intelligent, cultivated, articulate, free of malice or vehemence. His ‘battles’ were fought with the power of argument, not with hysterical shouting,” he wrote.

The writer also mentioned that Charlie Kirk’s audience “consisted mostly of young people in search of a role model, in a world where militant atheism and the supremacy of ‘feelings’ had already destroyed millions of souls through the promotion of nihilism in all its forms.”

“His assassination represents the death of innocence in public debate, and at the same time the death of argument itself. It is not a sign of courage to assassinate your opponent because you cannot defeat him in debate—it is a sign of cowardice,” affirms Gabriel Purcăruș.

“Yet sadder than Kirk’s assassination is the fact that his ideological opponents are rejoicing. And this is beginning to characterize our times, from which, unfortunately, no political camp is immune. To rejoice at the killing of an adversary is no virtue; it is a sign of mental alienation.”

This is where we have come, as a result of the constant pushing of imagined “rights,” the promotion of unhealthy ideologies, and political correctness, ready to silence anyone who does not think the “right way,” warned the writer.

Alexandra Nadane, pro-life activist and founder of two support centers for pregnant women in Bucharest, Romania, was among the first to react on Thursday on social media.

She pointed to the fact that Charlie Kirk “was killed in a shooting at an event that should have been an expression of American democracy: a debate at a university”.

She went on to say that the “hatred continued after his death, when many on the far left cynically celebrated the tragedy”.

“For those shocked by such reactions, the explanation is simple and painful: when you despise the life of an innocent unborn child, you quickly come to despise the life of anyone who holds principles different from yours,” wrote Alexandra Nadane.

“To laugh at the death of a man shows that something essential has been extinguished in one’s heart—the respect for human dignity.”

“Probably many pro-life people, who face aggressive reactions online or physically, are asking themselves: did Charlie Kirk know the risks he was taking when he chose this path? Personally, I do not know what was in his heart, but I believe that anyone who places the needs and sufferings of others above himself and chooses to act publicly realizes, to some degree, that he is exposing himself to the risk of being attacked—even physically,” she added.

In a beautiful tribute, she concluded that “his efforts to do good will continue, for the death of the righteous is a martyrdom that bears fruit for the good”.

Romanian historian Filip-Lucian Iorga-Bărbulescu noted that in the US, around the same time as Charlie Kirk’s assassination, “a young Ukrainian refugee, Irina Zarutska, was murdered by a repeat offender of color—without this giving rise, so far, to a ‘White Lives Matter’ movement”.

Also, “in France, violent leftists, led by a hypocritical, demagogic, and antisemitic millionaire named Melenchon, set fires, destroy, and assault journalists and peaceful citizens”, the Romanian went on.
“The far left kills!” warned Filip-Lucian Iorga-Bărbulescu.

“May God rest the victims! And may He open the eyes of those who pretend not to see this danger—because it is not ‘politically correct,’ or because speaking about it does not bring funding and comfortable positions,” he concluded.