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Re: Trump. Vaguely cheering news.
Jul 20, 2018, 03:34
Rhiannon wrote:
yes, but days later. He says one thing and then he later changes it to something else. So he gets his cake and eats it. It's becoming a bit of a repeat pattern (yesterday and the would/wouldn't being a case in point) and surprise surprise, people have noticed it. You can't say "there were fine people on both sides" of that rally, as he did. They were neo Nazis.


For the Charlottesville protest, Trump's first response was to "condemn the hatred, bigotry, and violence on many sides," while also stating that "there were many fine people on both sides." Two days later, Trump specifically condemned the KKK / neo-Nazi presence at the rally. Trump's second statement simply clarified what he originally said, it was not a case of "saying one thing and changing it to something later."

Right-wing violence was obviously included in Trump's condemnation of "violence on both sides." A youtube search of the Charlottesville rally will uncover ample evidence of mutual carnage. Right- and left- wing extremists came to the rally hoping to fight. Trump's comment of "many fine people on both sides" was an effort to differentiate those extremists from those who were peacefully taking part in a legally sanctioned protest. It didn't refer to those who were violent or who were spewing hate. Least there be any doubt, Trump explicitly condemned the neo-Nazi presence at the rally two days later.

One can of course argue that Trump's response was problematic. It would have been better to condemn the neo-Nazi presence explicitly at the beginning, instead of lumping it within the "violence of both sides". And I question how many "fine people" one could find at the rally, even if they were acting peacefully. Still, it's a stretch to read Trump's comments as an unequivocal endorsement of fascism. It makes more sense to simply see them as a bumbled initial response to a national tragedy.
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