Glenn H. Reynolds - Leftists’ masks are coming all the way off — revealing the ugly truth

Arguably the big reveal began with the leftist celebration of Luigi Mangione, who murdered UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson in late 2024. - Glenn H. Reynolds

• It was a watershed moment: Suddenly, many on the left felt free to proclaim that they saw killing CEOs as virtuous.

And in recent weeks the vitriol has flowed ever more openly.

• Now it isn’t just CEOs; when Erin Placenti, a 32-year-old Bank of America vice president, was fatally stabbed last month by a nut in Times Square, leftists cheered...
• Last week, the anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s assassination — which occurred while he was politely debating leftist college students in an open forum — spurred “Happy Kirkiversary” and “Merry Kirkmas” outbursts on campuses around the nation...
• Meanwhile, a lone black man who stood up to the bullying of 11 white jurors to prevent the acquittal of confessed killer Lindsay Clancy has been subjected to widespread threats and character assassination by fellow jurors, the media, Clancy’s defense lawyer (as well as his wife) and a host of ghouls via TikTok.

More and more, leftists support violence and threats of it against anyone who openly disagrees with them...