There's a part of me that wants to just stop talking about this. People are getting so angry with each other, to the point where people who should know better are actually accusing other people of being Nazi sympathizers because they think all parties bore some responsibility for what happened in Charlottesville. When things get to that point it sort of seems like we all need to take a break.
But you can't, really, because in the midst of such tumult, someone has to bring some truth - especially when there are people who are pushing this intentionally because it's part of an agenda. So take it away, boss:
He's right about the how the media and the Democrats keep moving from narrative to narrative trying to make something stick, although I don't think it's simply a matter of "let's try racism this week." There's been a notion within the left and the media that Trump is a racist ever since he started running for president. When the white supremacists demonstrated in Charlottesville, the Trump statement on the matter was scrutinized the way another president's wouldn't be - and the unspoken reason was that the media think they can sell Trump as a racist, or even as a Nazi sympathizer.
So when Trump condemned hatred and bigotry, they had to find a way to say it wasn't enough. "He didn't mention them specifically by name!"
It was dishonest and idiotic to think that was required, since everyone could see who he was condemning. So fine, he came out and condemned them specifically by name two days later. But in making that statement he did not back off, nor did he need to, the assertion that all sides were responsible for the violence.
Then we came to Monday, when Trump calls a press conference to talk about infrastructure. When it's time to take questions, the media don't want to talk about infrastructure. They want to talk about Charlottesville, and Trump once again says what he's been saying since Saturday - and they go ballistic.
The sad thing here is that Trump is not and should not be the story, and it's not his fault that he's become the story. There was nothing wrong with what Trump said on Saturday, or on Sunday, or on Monday. They were all true statements.
There was a lot wrong with the violence on Saturday in Charlottesville, and if we had a serious media in this country, they'd be delving into that instead of trying to pin the whole thing on a president who wasn't even involved with it and has done nothing but condemn the people they want you to think he sympathizes with.
Now we've got people on social media accusing each other of being Nazi sympathizers for not buying this media narrative. I really wish we could just talk about something else, but when things get this heated and irrational, someone has to say what's true.
