Professed “conservatives” - Podhoretz - condemns other conservatives because he WISHES he was conservative. White Supremacists is a label affixed by the left and the media, much like being what “racist” means if they disagree with you. Once we get past the labels, Charlottesville is ALL about guaranteed constitutional rights and free speech. The law was followed by citizens and protest permits were obtained. Coordination with local police was undergoing for TWO months, according to the organizers and police protection was coordinated and agreed. It appears that the Charlottesville mayor and / or managing director pulled the plug, AGAINST a Federal judges orders and allowed the anti protest groups to interfere and become violent. It is not a matter of conservatives or progressives at stake her. It is adherence to our Constitutional rights or abandonment of those rights by a responsible government.
Trump had as much to do with the Charlotteville incident as I did with the Challenger blowup. An arguably unstable kid in a 3000# vehicle which was being pummeled by leftist thugs, panicked and ran over some of the said thugs as he tried to get away. End of story.