‘Human water fountain’: Aussie mental health advocate mocks Charlie Kirk assassination
An Australian mental health advocate says it is “not wrong to laugh” about Charlie Kirk “becoming a human water fountain”.
An Australian mental health advocate has hit out at critics after she claimed in a viral video that it was “not wrong to laugh” or joke about Charlie Kirk “becoming a human water fountain”.
Lizzy Page is a Melbourne-based “writer, speaker, poet and advocate weaving lived experience with psychoanalysis and ethics”, according to her LinkedIn bio.
In a video to her 10,500 TikTok followers in the wake of the assassination of the 31-year-old conservative activist at a university event in Utah last week, Page said it was “not wrong or unethical or unkind to laugh at the misfortunes of terrible people”.
“That Charlie Kirk incited violence, that’s what he did, and then that came back to haunt him, that was his decision,” she said.
“It’s got nothing to do with the people who are laughing and joking about him becoming a human water fountain.
“If you want some perspective, I would strongly recommend this book [Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl] … it’s really insightful and helpful to understand why it’s so important for us to be able to laugh in the face of terrible things.”
Page later doubled down after receiving criticism.
“If you are upset about the Charlie Kirk situation then you could have done something to stop this from happening,” she said in another video.
“You could have pulled him up and told him not to speak so terribly about other people and not to be so abusive out in public. This wouldn’t have happened if he hadn’t had continued to abuse people in the way that he did.
“And for those people trying to say that his position as a father or his children are somehow an excuse for feeling sorry for him or feeling empathy for him — no, he was advocating for what is by legal definition in the United States child abuse.
“So no, his children are not in a worse position now. He was open about his views towards children and they were not good.”
Page did not elaborate on how Kirk allegedly advocated child abuse.
“Let’s never forget that Charlie Kirk used his whole head to defend your second amendment rights to own guns,” she said in another clip.
According to her LinkedIn, Page previously worked at the Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC) as a project specialist on a “lived experience workforce training project”, and as a mental health advocate on an NDIS information and support project.
VMIAC is a non-government peak body for “people with lived experience of mental health issues or emotional distress”, funded by the Victorian and Commonwealth governments.
VMIAC has been contacted for comment.
After her videos were widely shared by a number of right-wing accounts on X, Page took to LinkedIn to condemn people for contacting her “former employer”.
“Important reminder: in Australia, bullying and harassment are criminal offences,” she wrote.
“I’ve been advised people are directing their anger about my views towards my former employer. Let’s be clear: disliking someone’s jokes or opinions does not entitle you to harass them — or the organisations connected to them.
“That is not debate. It is not accountability. It is targeted harassment — and it’s unlawful.
“We can (and should) disagree on ideas. But when disagreement turns into doxxing, bullying and threats, it crosses a line that damages not only individuals but workplaces, communities and the broader culture of free expression.
“Let’s manage our emotions and hold ourselves to a higher standard.”
Page has been contacted for comment.
She describes herself as an “advocate, researcher and emerging scholar committed to transforming mental health and social systems through an ethical lens” who is “currently pursuing further study in bioethics” and training to become a psychoanalyst.
“My work has included policy submissions to government inquiries, advocacy within the NDIS and mental health sectors and contributions to projects addressing family violence and systemic reform,” her bio states.
“I am particularly interested in how ethics, psychoanalysis and decolonial thought can reshape our approaches to care, justice and human dignity.”
Kirk, the founder of influential conservative youth organisation Turning Point USA and a key ally of President Donald Trump, was shot in the neck with a high-powered rifle during a Q&A at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah on Wednesday.
Horrifying footage, widely shared online, showed blood gushing from Kirk’s neck as he collapsed to the ground in front of the screaming crowd.
Kirk was rushed to hospital but could not be saved.
He leaves behind wife Erika, 36, a three-year-old daughter and a one-year-old son.
While the killing of Kirk sparked a wave of condemnation and tributes from across the political aisle, a large number of people from all walks of life — from school teachers, students and university professors to lawyers, journalists, real estate agents, firefighters and military personnel — have also shared comments publicly celebrating the murder.
Many suggested Kirk’s conservative views on topics such as gun control, abortion, gender and race relations made his killing justified.
In response, right-wing activists have launched a concerted revenge campaign to spotlight such comments and alert employers, sparking a wave of firings.
A newly created website to collect examples, which news.com.au has chosen not to name, claims it has received tens of thousands of submissions that will be turned into a searchable database.
“This is a permanent and continuously-updating archive of radical activists calling for violence,” the anonymously run website states.
It claims it is “not a doxxing website”.
“This website is a lawful data aggregator of publicly available information,” it says. “It has been created for the purposes of public education.”
Following a massive manhunt, alleged shooter Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested on Thursday after a family friend alerted his father, who then handed him in to police.
He is being held without bail on several charges including aggravated murder, according to officials. Utah Governor Spencer Cox said he would be formally charged on Tuesday.
In a series of interviews on Sunday morning, Mr Cox said Robinson’s romantic partner, as well as his family were all co-operating with the FBI investigation into the shooting.
“It’s very clear to us and to the investigators that this was a person who was deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology,” Mr Cox told The Wall Street Journal.
Mr Cox said Robinson had been living with his unidentified transgender partner at a home in Utah. “The roommate was a romantic partner, a male transitioning to female,” he said.
Originally published as ‘Human water fountain’: Aussie mental health advocate mocks Charlie Kirk assassination
