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2017-08-28 Home Front: Politix

Glenn K. Beaton: There were no good guys at Charlottesville

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Posted by Fred 2017-08-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I think it's just the opposite. We know that nazis and commies are bad. But the politicians and media are still hiding behind the fantasy they are the good guys.

The worst of the bad guys are:

1) The media, because they deliberately withheld important facts about the story. Then they focused on Trump's reaction to it and accused him of sympathizing with nazis. They ignored the obvious story which was the police not doing their job. Their obvious intent was to slant the news to make Trump look bad even though Trump had nothing whatsoever to do with it.

2) The Charlottesville mayor and police chief and the governor of Virginia because their job is to maintain law and order. They didn't just fail, they deliberately refused to do their jobs. The obvious and highly important question the MSM refused to ask these people was "Are you really that stupid or did you want violence so you could blame it on Trump?"

3) Antifa and BLM were determined to keep the white whatever-you-call-them from exercising their Constitutional rights to free speech and assembly.

4) The white whatever-you-call-them. Nobody likes these people but that doesn't matter. If they lose their right to free speech we all lose it.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-08-28 11:55|| 2017-08-28 11:55|| Front Page Top

#2 What everyone seems to be forgetting is that the whole thing was started by a group of First Amendment advocates who didn't want history erased, not by neo-Nazis, white supremacists, alt-righters, Brown Shirters of various flavours on the left, and the rest. There really were good guys at Charlottesville, but the mayor and governor fed them to the jackels -- with the assistance of the police.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-08-28 14:55|| 2017-08-28 14:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Once again a reasonable voice of reason.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-08-28 18:59|| 2017-08-28 18:59|| Front Page Top

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