The case of the lists on social media

Written by Jason Miller

The case of the lists on social media

The last episode of Charlie Kirk Show It was conducted by JD Vance. The Vice -President of the United States wanted Take Kirk’s place after his death. The activist linked to the sorceress movement was killed with a bullet around his neck the 10 September 2025 while he was leading an event to Utah Valley Universityto Orem. The main suspect, Tyler Robinson, gave himself to the authorities. On the bullets he had engraved several sentences, including Bella Ciao, but the picture of the murder must still be clarified.

JD Vance celebrated Kirk. He recalled his work but also spoken of those who in the hours after his death exulted on social media or commented on the news with memes or jokes. Kirk has entered the Italian political debate only in the last few days but in the United States it was a media case for some time. Founder of the Think Tank US Tourning PointKirk between podcasts and events grew a lot on social networks overcoming the 7 million followers on Instagram. After his death they have now arrived at 12.8 million.

JD Vance’s words

Referring to Who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s deathJD Vance said: “If you call them, you also call their employer. We don’t believe in political violence, we believe in civilization”. They are not words chosen by chance. The track line from Vance is the same as others Politicians of the Republican Arealike the deputy of Florida Randy Fine: “I will ask for their dismissal, the suspension of funding and the revocation of the license”. The declaration can still be read in an X post.

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Cases of dismissed employees collected by the BBC

An in -depth analysis of the BBC has put together several cases of workers who have received calls, suspensions or layoffs after celebrating Kirk’s death. There is Anthony Poughan employee of the secret services to which the authorization to work in the security sector was revoked. Office Depota chain of office supplies, fired of Employees in Michigan who had refused to print the flyers for a wakefulness organized in memory of Kirk.

We clarify it. In the United States the labor rights law is different from Italy. Among the examples that are circulating in these days there is also the story of Karen Attiahjournalist of Washington Post. He worked in the Opinion section, already interested in the past by the indication of Jeff Bezos. In his newsletter on Substack he said he was fired after commenting Kirk’s death on the platform Bluesky.

The list that circulates on X

Not only that. On X circula them Lists of people who celebrated Kirk’s death in published. They have the name, surname, country of origin and workplace. Not only that. There is also one column at the bottom of the table which is called “FiG”, fired. As the layoffs continue, a check is added. The list has been reported various times but its creation seems to be attributed to the account @lisakipy.

Jason Miller

I'm Jason Miller, and I've been passionate about technology and storytelling for over a decade. As a lead writer at Herald Editorials, I strive to bring clarity and creativity to complex tech topics. When I'm not writing, you'll find me exploring the latest gadgets or hiking in the great outdoors.