Neighbor turned on neighbor after Charlie Kirk's killing. Is the divide here to stay?

The assassination of far right activist Charlie Kirk opened the floodgates of neighbor-on-neighbor doxing. A year later, the damage to political discourse in the U.S. remains.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5500x3668+0+0/resize/5500x3668!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1f%2F03%2Fd62a2bdb4a0eb5a218f50b31beb6%2F2025-09-29t144314z-1005934355-rc2q1hardga2-rtrmadp-3-usa-shooting-kirk.JPG' alt='People walk in front of a memorial for slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on September 29, 2025.'/><p>The assassination of far right activist Charlie Kirk opened the floodgates of neighbor-on-neighbor doxing. A year later, the damage to political discourse in the U.S. remains.</p><p>(Image credit: Jim Urquhart)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5952234' />