I’ve been really shocked at the martyrdom of Kirk. I’m sure he was important to his family and friends but both sides in this deal have lost their minds.
Its more about the culture war than it is Kirk. If he was in a car accident he would have gotten some thoughts and prayers and would have been forgotten in a month. But when there was a chance to blame the left, well go back and look at some of the comments when it started looking like his "roommate" was transitioning. People don't care about Kirk as much as they want to use it as an opportunity to dehumanize political opposition. And to be fair this isn't something that started organically with normal people on the right. People that use social media to influence their cause probably started it.