Professor Jan-Werner Müller writes for Project Syndicate on the asymmetry in reactions to the killing of far-right activist Charlie Kirk and how it is part of a trend of normalizing political violence by the right. 

The horrendous killing of the far-right activist Charlie Kirk has been met with calming, statesman-like responses on both sides of the political aisle. But it has also demonstrated yet again the fundamental asymmetry of contemporary American politics.

Jan-Werner Müller