The events in Charlottesville this past weekend and the aftermath that followed really upset me. From the riot/demonstration in Charlottesville, VA, to the death/murder of a young woman, to Trump’s first statement; it was all so damn sad and wrong. I was going to write a timeline of how everything went down but to save time, I have included a link instead: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/local/charlottesville-timeline/?utm_term=.8043005ef2d7

I’m not here to discuss how things went down, I am here to discuss my opinion as to why it was one-sided. Yes, there were groups from two sides involved, yes both sides hurled insults, used weapons and caused damage but this wasn’t about both sides because behaviour like this can be expected at any rally. This is about those people calling themselves “Nationalists”, it is about those people proudly wearing swastikas, it is about those people chanting “Blood and soil” and “Jews won’t replace us.” It is about those people who have the audacity to claim they are fighting and speaking for all of America.

While I was reading up on the story I noticed some comments in the news feed. I saw people comparing these Nationalists to Black Lives Matter. They are not the same. BLM was formed to protest the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer in 2012. They seek to protect all black lives regardless of religion, sexual identity, handicaps, etc. They simply want everyone to know that all Black Lives Matter globally. It has nothing to do with the U.S. specifically and for the most part they are peaceful. They do have some extremists but every group does. White Nationalists, on the other hand, have been around for years and believe that “White” is it’s own race. They seek to ensure the survival of their own and have been known to promote racial violence as a means to promote this so-called white race. They believe that immigration should be allowed only to those with European ancestory and with the U.S. allowing non-white immigration they are producing a culture that is morally inferior. The two cannot be compared at all, it’s like comparing apples and oranges.

Now, why is it one-sided? It is one-sided because the man who ran down the protesters in Charlottesville drove all the way from Ohio in his Charger to attend the rally and deliberately set out to hurt people. It is one-sided because not one statement was made declaring it a terror attack, which is funny because DT didn’t hesitate to berate the mayor of London for not declaring the murder of 7 people (and the injuring of many more) a terror attack. It is one sided because David Duke, a former KKK leader, tweeted…”Thank you President Trump for your honesty & courage to tell the truth about Charlottesville & condemn the leftist terrorists in BLM/Antifa.” It is one-sided because Richard Spencer an alt-right activist praised the president for his statement and blamed the police for not stopping the violence. It is one-sided because a Neo-Nazi website posted an article entitled: “Trump Defends Charlottesville Nazis Against Jew Media Lies, Condemns Antifa Terrorists.” To put it bluntly, it is one sided because Nazis and White-Nationalists decided to cause s**t and basically got away with it.

In conclusion, this was a one-sided event. Swastikas, Nazis, and Supremacy do not belong anywhere in North America.

And I am outta here!