fr, we don't need to swing right back the other way
let the right make unproven claims, and then bury them for it after, if appropriate
and in any case, we can still say that Kirk was a shitty person, that we do not mourn his death, that the world is better off without his messages of hate; and none of that is at odds with holding the view that he shouldn't have been killed, even if he himself is on record stating that democrats should be killed.
I'm annoyed by all the partial context quotes of Kirk's, too. he said enough bad shit that has full context that we don't need to exaggerate the possibly-misleading stuff at all