Politics / Alleged Free Speech Champions Are Campaigning Against Speech They Don’t Like Prominent Republicans are attacking anyone who insists on describing who the late Charlie Kirk and his movement really were, even trying to get them fired. Charlie Kirk in Phoenix. (A few posts did seem to celebrate Kirk’s death, which seems like questionable judgment but would still seem to be protected speech.) The Department of Defense announced that it was reviewing service members’ social media posts for errant Kirk opinions, including expressing insufficient grief over his death. We shouldn’t be surprised that right-wingers who purport to favor free speech only want freedom for their own views.