Charlie Kirk shooting: Simplicity KiwiSaver boss Sam Stubbs says freedom of speech being lostOutspoken Kiwi businessman Sam Stubbs, who received flak for comments on Charlie Kirk, says the US conservative’s opinions made him angry and he wanted to express that. Whatever you think of Charlie Kirk and his incendiary rhetoric, Free Speech is a paramount value that can not be attacked in the despicable manner of his assassination. I will not celebrate the death of Charlie Kirk, because that is ghoulish and the principle of free speech is too important, but equally – I’m not going to pander to martyring him as a free speech hero either – he was protected by Free Speech, he wasn’t a champion of it! Charlie Kirk was a Christofascist Hate Grifter who would go to Colleges and beat up on kids intellectually weaker than him with hard right rhetoric designed to cause offence! Sam Stubbs was 100% right.