A former Reno-based frontline emergency dispatcher for REMSA Health has taken down her LinkedIn, while a REMSA Health post responding to anger from local Charlie Kirk supporters has disabled comments.
"REMSA Health's core values of compassion and integrity guide the work of our providers every day. Our promise to the communities we serve is to help people feel healthier and cared for," the REMSA Health Instagram has as a screenshot with no comments allowed.
"We are aware of a recent social media post by one of our employees on their personal page. The post did not reflect our organization's mission and principles. The person is no longer a part of the REMSA Health organization,” the screenshot indicates.
This follows a flood of angry comments from Charlie Kirk supporters across Facebook targeting REMSA Health and the former employee who wrote on her personal social media:
"Unpopular opinion: I hope that the death of Charles Kirk has drastically altered the whole familys [sic] life (even extended) existence SO much that they no longer believe the things he was teaching them.
I do not feel bad; he himself stated this is just what happens.
I'd also like to point out that several indigenous & minority families have watched their parents being slaughtered & y'all attempt to demonize the murdered person sooooo,
... I dunno maybe Charles Kirk asked for it. You will speak into existence your reality. I guess he succeeded?"
One commenter on our previous Facebook post about this pointed to a website called “Expose Charlie’s Murderers” which had as a threat “Is an employee or a student of yours supporting political violence online? Look them up on this website. Send information on anyone celebrating Charlie’s death.” The affiliated Twitter/X now points to a website called the Charlie Kirk Data Foundation with modified about language, indicating: “This is not a doxxing website. We lawfully collect publicly-available data to analyze the prominence of support for political violence in the interest of public education. We do not publish data which identifies individuals.”
Those who disagreed with Kirk’s stance have issued their own statements such as on our Reddit query which offers more anonymity through user handles. Comments there ranged from blasting REMSA Health for poor pay and staffing to tracking how attempts at cancel culture are evolving.
On our previous Instagram post about this one commenter wrote referring to the former REMSA Health employee: “She should sue, she absolutely has the right to have a political stance on his death just the way he had shit takes about human rights.”
The phenomenon is not unique to Reno, nor is divided commentary about it, as this is happening nationwide.
A recent headline from the Daily Beast indicates “‘Nazi Karens’ Go Full Cancel Culture on Charlie Kirk Critics”
The piece begins with this line: “Keyboard warriors have reacted to this week’s assassination of self-anointed champion of “free speech” Charlie Kirk by launching an online campaign to get anyone who criticizes him fired from their jobs.”
Others on local social media indicated they had heard some of their employed friends had been called in for meetings today to discuss their own recent online commentary.