Judge everyone as an individual, please. Regardless of melanin count. For every Ilhan Omar there is an Ayaan Hirsi Ali someone can point to.
But for the love of God, DON’T pretend all cultures are of equal worth.
His name was Hersh Goldberg-Polin.
He was an American.
He was a Jew.
He was a person of color, a descendent of ancient Judea.
And he was a man of peace.
His life mattered.
You know what? Fuck it.
I’m a Zionist again.
Not because I love nationalism or anything stupid like that.
Because the world has proven it doesn’t care what happens to us, or worse. Sometimes far worse.
All Jews should be in mourning today.
Kirk wasn’t Jewish, yet he resisted the urge to fall into the woke right trap and defended our people as well as Israel when debating leftists and the far-right alike.