Not too surprised by the response from some people to this, so I'm going to reiterate my position. Some of you see this as defending him? I'm not.
I have for the last 10 years cultivated one of the biggest trans friendly spaces on the entire internet. I am someone who disagrees with the majority of his beliefs openly, (and that includes his trans identity beliefs) and have pridefully cultivated a safe space for all identities.
It's within this safe space that I have seen people celebrating an assassination and find it foul. It's because I lead such a diverse community that I'll open myself up to the obvious hatred that comes along with saying what I've said.
Violence begets violence. Rhetoric doesn't disappear when people die. A public assassination solves nothing and activates more violence.
And yeah I'm a YouTuber who barely comments on this stuff and should probably stay in my lane but I'm a student during the rest of my life. I'm just a YouTuber to you guys. This happened at a college campus and my campus hosts him like yearly. This shit scares me. But don't get it twisted, I am a frequent defender of free speech and this shouldn't really surprise you at this point.
Stay safe.
Whatever your personal beliefs, political beliefs, world views, moral positions... Irrelevant. What has happened today is sad, sickening, and scary. These words should be true regardless of your beliefs.
Conversation and differing opinions, LISTENING and UNDERSTANDING, and being given the freedom to choose your own beliefs is as equally important as the freedom to speak your own beliefs. The cornerstone of human growth is being presented with new information and ideas which then every individual gets to decide what they choose to believe in.
Today someone died for spreading their beliefs, when the appropriate and opposite reactions to combat this should always be more conversation. Rhetoric that opposes your beliefs doesn't disappear when the man who speaks them dies.