The cover of Eugene Weekly is no coincidence—it’s part of the culture that fueled Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Before the shooting ever happened, they published a cover that glorified violence: a person posing with an AR-15 under the headline “Are You Triggered?” and a story about being “armed and ready to bash back.”
This is not harmless art or satire. This is incitement. When a local paper normalizes the image of guns in the hands of activists who openly call for violence against conservatives, it creates the climate where someone thinks pulling the trigger is justified. Eugene Weekly didn’t just report on culture—they pushed it, promoted it, and poured gasoline on the fire.
They share responsibility for what happened. Because:
If a conservative paper had run a cover suggesting armed resistance against the left, the outcry would be national, advertisers would flee, and boycotts would already be underway. Yet when it’s aimed at us, silence.
That silence ends now. We must boycott Eugene Weekly. Do not read it. Do not advertise in it. Do not support the businesses that fund it. Every dollar given to them is a dollar that helps normalize violence against our community.
Charlie Kirk’s death should be a wake-up call. We cannot allow publications like this to openly incite violence and escape responsibility.
