Death Penalty for Kirk Assassin? Bad Idea
American Thinker,
by
Alicia Colon
Original Article
Posted By: FlyRight,
9/23/2025 4:45:22 AM
I am not opposed to using the death penalty for specific heinous crimes. Certainly, it was warranted for Timothy McVeigh, and Charlie Kirk’s killing was indeed heinous. However, the alleged assassin is Tyler Robinson and that gives me pause, because there are thousands of Tylers out there ready to make him a martyr.
This hate-filled, deluded, brainwashed community has been groomed deliberately by a Machiavellian academia since the 1960s.
There was a time when public education institutions were staffed with unbiased professors and educated their students with genuine facts and encouraged independent thought. That was back then.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Highlander 9/23/2025 5:16:54 AM (No. 2007668)
About Ms. Colon’s statement on the change in public schools since the Sixties; as one who graduated in 1965, I can confirm that she knows whereof she writes. My public schools education and my Christian upbringing kept me from getting swept up in the radicalism of the following years.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
billa57 9/23/2025 5:26:28 AM (No. 2007671)
Life without parole would be a fate worse than death for him.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
franq 9/23/2025 5:54:43 AM (No. 2007675)
So make him a martyr. That line of reasoning is akin to the Supreme Joke not wanting to rule on the 2020 election fraud, due to fear of civil unrest.
Ecclesiastes 8:11.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Petronius 9/23/2025 5:56:08 AM (No. 2007676)
I agree with life in prison for the assassin, but you know Democrats will pardon him once they are in power again.
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Death penalty is the right punishment. Scripture is very clear. Murders should die because they have not honored the image of God in their victim, humans being the only one of God's creatures made in His image and likeness. You can look it up in the Bible.
In short, someone who commits murder forfeits his right to live.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
singermom9 9/23/2025 6:50:40 AM (No. 2007700)
I think murderers should die the way they killed their victims..
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
mc squared 9/23/2025 6:51:39 AM (No. 2007701)
I thought I was the only one who laughed at the Albert Shanker line. Alicia remembered it too. How prophetical.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Red Jeep 9/23/2025 7:42:05 AM (No. 2007709)
Tyler should have been executed by now.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
bpl40 9/23/2025 7:52:30 AM (No. 2007716)
Like Red China charge the family for the bullet!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
felixcat 9/23/2025 7:59:43 AM (No. 2007724)
Dead or alive - he will be a martyr for their "cause."
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DVC 9/23/2025 8:06:42 AM (No. 2007731)
If w don't fry him, some future softheaded morons will turn him loose.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Venturer 9/23/2025 8:10:22 AM (No. 2007733)
Of course all prisoners are innocent until proven guilty.
After the proof is final take him out and put a bullet in his throat.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Newtsche 9/23/2025 8:10:31 AM (No. 2007734)
.30.06 to the neck, video from several angles, leak the videos.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 9/23/2025 8:24:21 AM (No. 2007745)
I have no problem with executing him. He plotted and planned the murder and endangered thousands of others by shooting into a crowd.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
hurricanegirl 9/23/2025 8:27:39 AM (No. 2007747)
It seems to me that this pathetic attitude of Alicia's (i.e., that we can't do something because we might upset somebody) is how we got here in the first place. If the death penalty, which is lawful in Utah, is what is needed to punish Tyler, then use it! And if people break the law protesting, then hold them accountable, too!
At what point did we conservatives become such wusses?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Hazymac 9/23/2025 8:32:17 AM (No. 2007751)
The problem with mercy for the assassin is (as others have pointed out) that a future Democrat in the White House who believes the Left's "conservative = Nazi" narrative could grant some sort of amnesty to the killer, even set him free. He needs a firing squad with thirty aught-sixes. And the Left needs to find different martyrs.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Strike3 9/23/2025 8:38:12 AM (No. 2007755)
If the Left wants to pay for the lifetime of support that it will take to house this young frankenstein monster and keep him alive, they are welcome to do it. I would rather help to pay for a couple of bullets or a few seconds of 10,000 volt juice. Send him onward so he can say hey to Thomas Crooks, Usama bin Laden, Jeffrey Epstein and St. George of Floyd, a few of our recent martyrs.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 9/23/2025 8:48:34 AM (No. 2007759)
FTA - "The death penalty is a difficult topic to even consider, and I asked my brilliant Millennial daughter what it meant for her. She answered wisely that it should only be used when the criminal is beyond rehabilitation or a threat to the community."
I agree with Alicia's daughter. Robinson should be dispatched. He is beyond rehabbing. But it will be many years before he meets his maker. Meanwhile, after he is sentenced to life without parole, chances are that his fellow inmates will take him out anyway.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
udanja99 9/23/2025 8:58:06 AM (No. 2007763)
Sorry, Alicia. I know you lurk here and sometimes post and I usually agree with you. But not this time.
Robinson has confessed and he will be tried in mostly conservative Utah. He deserves the death penalty and I would like his execution to be a public hanging, televised live, using a short rope so that his neck isn’t snapped and he writhes in agony for 3-4 minutes before dying. THAT would certainly be a deterrent to future would be assassins.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
chillijilli 9/23/2025 9:42:20 AM (No. 2007787)
There are many possible ways for this issue to be resolved ranging from a death penalty to life in a locked-down mental institution with no possibility of ever being set free. I trust that whatever is finally decided will have been considered with the deepest respect for the profundity of the moment...and I have only 1 request: That the shooter is forced to watch the full Charlie Memorial including Erika's speech every single morning, afternoon, and night and I don't care if they have to use toothpicks to prop his eyes open in order to see it.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Falconer 9/23/2025 9:46:30 AM (No. 2007790)
You should not embolden your adversaries by being weak. Stand strong! Execute the killer ASAP. Send the message that the consequences are the most severe available. You cannot negotiate with snakes and expect not to be bitten.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
janjan 9/23/2025 9:56:03 AM (No. 2007796)
Let his death be a symbol and a deterrent to anyone else who thinks they can be a hero.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Aubreyesque 9/23/2025 10:04:16 AM (No. 2007800)
NO its a VERY good idea. It has been a necessity since the Bill Ayres and Bernadette Dorn. THEY were the ones that should have been put in front of a public firing squad and executed for their crimes to serve as a reminder that TREASON is a real threat to this country. Im sick of these people getting away with their horrific-ness and yet allowing troglodytes like Islamic terrorists to infiltrate and take over our communities, cities and councils. Im tired of talking softly. Use the big stick!
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
earlybird 9/23/2025 10:15:02 AM (No. 2007806)
Robinson was only in college for one semester. He got his weirdness one the internet where his obsrssive "gaming" involved perverted sexual stuff involving transgenderism and furrys. His mind became seriously twisted.
Utah is a death penalty state but they don't often do it. Report said 4 on death row now - for 29 years. I think that would be just right for this coward who was afraid of being shot. Alone in a cell, waiting to be shot, for years? Perfect.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
PrayerWarrior 9/23/2025 10:18:54 AM (No. 2007808)
What does God think of the death penalty? Read Romans 13 where God the Holy Spirit through His Word states the governing authorities are God's servant to bear the sword (death penalty) to execute God's wrath. Amp. Bible, Romans 13:3
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Mad Dog 9/23/2025 10:31:31 AM (No. 2007817)
If not a televised public execution, then yes, make the rest of his life a living Hell in big boy prison.
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If the death penalty is not for people who kill in cold blood specifically to punish someone for exercising a Constitutional right, what is it for? Ayn Rand's contention that the state should not impose a punishment that cannot be corrected if the conviction is wrongful is the only persuasive argument I have ever heard against the death penalty. In this case my conscience is clear because Robinson's guilt couldn't be clearer. Rehabilitation is usually a hope when punishment is imposed but Robinson is not a petty shoplifter
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Samsquanch 9/23/2025 11:23:15 AM (No. 2007841)
The problem is some Dim in the future could pardon him.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
dbdiva 9/23/2025 11:45:41 AM (No. 2007853)
Typically I can always be found in "Camp Colon" but this time not so much. I'm in line with #s 14 and 15. I definitely do not want to see this killer be pardoned and with ANY dem in the WH, that would be a very high probability.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
mifla 9/23/2025 11:45:49 AM (No. 2007854)
If I had to choose between the death penalty and life without parole in a state prison, I would initially choose the latter, but after a few years in prison, I would be begging for the former.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 9/23/2025 12:09:18 PM (No. 2007868)
The death penalty is the BEST deterrent in the world. Leaving some scum of humanity alive doesn’t make them immune from a cult following.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Strike3 9/23/2025 12:23:31 PM (No. 2007873)
The perfect solution just hit me. Put Tyler Robinson in a cell. Put his boy/girl friend Lance Twiggs in the cell right beside his. Put Bubba in with Lance. Tyler would be entertained nightly by Lance's screams.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
chance_232 9/23/2025 1:08:36 PM (No. 2007893)
Oh please. The left will have a replacement mayrtr before the end of the week. If they don't have a reason for their insanity, one will be created.
The party that we are talking about creates crisis out of whole cloth, ramps every perceived slight to hair on fire moments, stages hate crimes, doctors facts when not fabricating them and elevates criminals to sainthood. If Tyler isn't their mayrtr du jour, someone el
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 9/23/2025 1:11:20 PM (No. 2007895)
Good point #16 on a possible release in the future. That nearly happened in 2020, when due to COVID, Washington state planned a mass release of prisoners over age 50 who had good behavior. Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer (killed at least 49), would have qualified. By one vote the state Supreme Court halted the plan.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Geoman 9/23/2025 2:00:54 PM (No. 2007913)
How about allowing Utah to hold a trial first? However he may be sentenced, after the next democrat president is elected, he/she/it will pardon Robinson and position him for a financial windfall. Disney will give him a talk show platform. That may also encourage the left to normalize and accelerate their tradition of killing those public figures with whom they disagree, which may further encourage right-of center citizens to begin killing them back in ever-increasing numbers. The death penalty is already restricted to those convicted of "specific heinous crimes," a. k. a., capital crimes that warrant capital punishment.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
homefry 9/23/2025 2:19:27 PM (No. 2007916)
Yep, bad idea. Give him 30 days. In a walk in freezer.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
Zumkopf 9/23/2025 3:45:11 PM (No. 2007938)
I’m less worried about us making a martyr of him that I am about them making martyrs of us. Which they are already doing. Fry him.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
danu 9/23/2025 4:27:28 PM (No. 2007960)
all political assassins should go to gitmo or el salvador, never to be heard from again. cha cha cha.
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