The backlash against criticism of Charlie Kirk

The dead are irreproachable, it seems, and the backlash against any form of criticism agaist MAGA martyr Charlie Kirk has already begun, even here in Canada. 

A Manitoba cabinet minister was called out by the Conservative opposition and forced to publicly apologize for calling Kirk racist, sexist and transphobic, and a "white nationalist mouthpiece". Now, that is not virulent and offensive in the way that the pretty extreme views  University of Toronto prof expressed about Kirk, which resulted in her dismissal.The Manitoba legislator, it seems to me, was just stating facts. Kirk - a noted proponent of free speech - will have had much worse than that to his face.

The backlash in America is, predictably, even worse, with a big clamp-down on any comments not complimentary to Kirk. JD Vance has actively called for people to snitch on anyone vaguely critical of the new MAGA martyr, Soviet-style. 

Ultra-popular late-night host Jimmy Kimmel was summarily dismissed by the Disney-owned ABC network (after pressure from the administration) for comments that were only slightly critical - actually more critical of the administration than of Kirk - when he said: "The MAGA Gang [is] desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything to score political points from it. In between the finger-pointing there was grieving." 

Nothing wrong with that, just telling it like it is. But Trump and his administration have the bit between their teeth and are making the best of this opportunity (also telling it like it is).

UPDATE

There have been many other such occurrences in the following days and weeks, but one that stands out for me is the resignation of four journalists from three Alaska newspapers after pressure from a Republican lawmaker to change the wordng of an article about Kirk.

Kudos for having the guts to put their morals before their careers, something that cannot be said of the Republican lawmaker (or the corporate owners of the three papers). I hope they land on their feet.