This is the full text of the post that got a Ball State University employee fired. I do not agree with her post, especially the claim that Charlie Kirk sowed "violence" and "hatred." She misrepresented his comments about the Second Amendment.

But she did not celebrate his death. Her comments were well within the norms of political speech. Ball State was wrong to punish her for what she said.

Sending obscenity-filled hate mail and death threats to her was radically disproportionate to what she said. Charlie Kirk himself would be opposed to this behavior.

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Let me be clear: if you think Charlie Kirk was a wonderful person, we can't be friends.

His death is a tragedy, and I can and do feel for his wife and children.

I believe in the Resurrection, and while it's difficult, I can and do pray for his soul.

Charlie Kirk's death is a reflection of the violence, fear, and hatred he sowed. It does not excuse his death, AND it's a sad truth.

The shooting is a tragedy, and I can and do feel for a college campus experiencing an active shooter situation.

The deaths of Melissa and Mark Hortman, the children shot and killed in Minneapolis last month, and the children shot in Colorado today are all tragedies that also deserve your attention.

Charlie Kirk excused the deaths of children in the name of the second amendment.