The online versus in-person responses to Kirk’s killing drew a contrasting picture.

In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, a stark contrast emerged between the reactions of some Washington and Lee students on anonymous social media and the general public campus sentiment.

One student wrote on the social media app Fizz that “hitler could die and some of yall would still be like ‘someone lost a father.’”

In a separate conversation, when another user asked — “so you think he deserved to die?” — a peer replied, “Yep! Glad you understand!”