[Vanity] Some Thoughts on Charlottesville

My computer | August 12, 2017 | TBP

[TBP]

Some thoughts about the horrible events in Charlottesville:

First of all, the ideology of the white nationalists who showed up to protest is vile and unacceptable. The same can be said of many of those who showed up to counter-protest. Everyone has a right to protest, and to counter-protest. I’ve done it myself. They have every right to demonstrate peacefully, to carry signs, to shout slogans, no matter how vile they may be. They have every right to shout at each other back and forth, no matter how fruitless that may be. This is America. You get to do that.

What you do not get to do is commit acts of violence. And let’s be honest, there was violence among the white supremacists and violence among those who came to protest against them. It’s all wrong, and it all needs to be condemned. I agree with Sen. Ted Cruz that it should be investigated as domestic terrorism. All of it.

I thought President Trump sounded a good tone. He condemned the violence from all sides and called for national unity and love. Exactly what I expect from my president at times like this. I think the criticism of him for not singling out one side or the other is unwarranted and unfair. But his political opponents couldn’t help but attack it.

Now the tough but necessary points:

If you heard about this and your first thought, or your second, or your third, was how to gain political advantage from this, you’re part of the problem.

If you are upset by these events but you were justifying the riots around the Inauguration, or in Baltimore, or in Ferguson, you’re part of the problem.

If you’re offended by the white supremacist ideology but not by chants like “Pigs in a blanket. Fry ‘em like bacon” or “What do we want? Dead cops! When do we want it? Now!”, you’re part of the problem.

If you consider one of these mobs fascist thugs, but not the other, you’re part of the problem.

If you condemn one side of this or the other, but leave the other side(s) unmentioned, you’re implicitly justifying and excusing the violence of the side you won’t mention. That makes you part of the problem.

I’m sorry if that offends you, but it’s the way it is.

What we need most right now is prayer and unity. We need to pray for the victims of the violence, their friends and families, for law enforcement, for the public officials, for the people who perpetrated this horrible violence, for our leaders, for our country, for each other. And we need to stop politicizing events like this.

And we need to unite in rejection of these extremist ideologies – all of them – and in support of civilized, ordered liberty for all. We need to address each other more civilly. We need to stop feeding the hatred of extremists on all sides who promote this kind of hatred and horror. Remember, we’re all Americans. We’re all human beings. We’re all the heart and hands of God. It’s time to start acting that way.

Let us recognize the divine in each other and let us work together, hand in hand, even though we vigorously disagree, to solve this in peace and love. Together.

Now, let’s get to it.

[TBP]

Antifa are Soros creeps

So is "Unite the Right."

[TBP]

We’ve been played

And we'll fight it.

BTW, guess who agrees with you on this.