JONATHAN TURLEY: Piker's Charlie Kirk attack shows he is hateful Left's Pied Piper

We have seen protesters on the left around the country mocking the assassination of Charlie Kirk, even reenacting his murder .

Hate traffickers like Jennifer Welch have even justified his assassination .

It is all shocking and depressing, but none reached the level of Hasan Piker leading a huge crowd in mocking Kirk and his faith.

Before he was murdered, Kirk debated Piker and called him a "socialist hypocrite." What is shocking is not the utter depravity and cruelty of Piker, but the ecstasy of the crowd in relishing the death of someone with opposing views.

It is part of the conditioning in what I have previously called an " age of rage ." In the video, Piker leads the crowd in the meme song "We Are Charlie Kirk" at a stop of his "Fear& LIVE" tour, including such lines as "We are Charlie Kirk, we carry the flame.

We’ll fight for the Gospel, we’ll honor his name." His co-hosts and the crowd seem to be laughing with joy.

Joining him at this hatefest at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco on August 21 were reportedly Will Neff, QTCinderella, and AustinShow .

HASAN PIKER SINGS MOCKING 'WE ARE CHARLIE KIRK' SONG AT LIVE PODCAST SHOW Hasan is wearing his now- signature Mao jacket as the young crowd and his co-hosts laugh hysterically.

It is the very essence of this movement to desensitize people, particularly young people, to violence and hate.

In Rage and the Republic , I wrote about this national ragefest.

It allows people to hate completely and without thought to the humanity of those being hurt.

What people will not admit is that they like it.

Rage is addictive, and it is contagious.

Just look at the crowd in San Francisco, and you will see the addictive quality of uncut, undiluted hate: BILL MAHER TORCHES FAR-LEFT ASSASSINATION CULTURE AFTER STRING OF HIGH-PROFILE ATTACKS Piker, Will Neff, QTCinderella, AustinShow, and these fans have every right to spread hate.