Woke Madness Must End

By Timothy D. Naegele[1]

Two innocent people were just killed, Charlie Kirk in Utah and Iryna Zarutska in North Carolina. These were senseless murders, but they are a sign of the times. No public figure is safe[2]; and as private citizens, we are not safe either. This is an international phenomenon, although I am focused on the United States.[3]

Excuses are made by the Left as to why life-ending retribution should not be dispensed. An eye for and eye, and a tooth for a tooth should be meted out.[4] Cowards stay silent. Even worse, wokers defend the killers and excuse their actions, thereby becoming co-conspirators.[5]

This madness must end, or the future is imperiled. Like the fall of Rome and other civilizations, our end is being predicted. Will it be a self-fulfilling prophecy, or simply more negativity? Why didn't God stop the descents of the past?[6] For better or worse, we have been given free will, to shape our own destinies.

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[1] Timothy D. Naegele was counsel to the United States Senate’s Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and chief of staff to Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal recipient and former U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass). See, e.g., Timothy D. Naegele Resume-21-8-6 and https://naegeleknol.wordpress.com/accomplishments/ He has an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), as well as two law degrees from the School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California, Berkeley, and from Georgetown University. He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency at The Pentagon, where he received the Joint Service Commendation Medal (see, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commendation_Medal#Joint_Service). Mr. Naegele is an Independent politically; and he is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, and Who’s Who in Finance and Business. He has written extensively over the years (see, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/articles/ and https://naegeleknol.wordpress.com/articles/), and studied photography with Ansel Adams. He can be contacted directly at [email protected]

[2] See, e.g., https://www.westernjournal.com/stephen-millers-wife-responds-leftists-try-intimidate-neighborhood/ ("Stephen Miller's Wife Responds After Leftists Try to Intimidate Them in Their Own Neighborhood")

[3] See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/11/are-these-the-dark-ages/ ("Are These The Dark Ages?")

[4] See, e.g., https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15097981/Killer-Ukrainian-refugee-Iryna-Zarutska-revealed-member-notorious-crime-family.html ("'Killer' of Ukrainian refugee is member of family of criminals")

[5] Some have lost family members in the past, and perhaps they are so beaten down by Life that it is easiest to follow a coward's trajectory.

[6] See supra n.3.