For years the left has terrorized conservatives on many universities. What has emerged on the left is the view that ideas they dislike should not be expressed, should be shut down, using force and violence to do so. So speakers who challenge affirmative action, global warming, abortion, gay rights, the Palestinian right to Israel, gun control, etc. are simply not heard on most campuses. At most universities the right of free speech has disappeared, replace by the view that hate speech should be shut down, and hate speech is anything that the left disagrees with. This outrageous notion of "free speech" has infected most Democrats and many liberal Republicans.
During the 2016 campaign these ideas were fought in the streets. When Trump supporters in California were terrorized and beaten upon leaving Trump rallies. The cops did nothing, and the lib Dem mayors blamed Trump. Even the media showed how left wing antifa, BLM, Occupy, and other Soros funded mobs used violence against Trumpsters and other innocent citizens who might be walking in the wrong place. The left wing Mayors, and their stand-down cops, encouraged violence of the Left.
In Charlottesville, that happened again. The vicious left attacked the far right. I do not agree with many of their views, but that is no reason for violence against them. The police often stood down and let the Left attack. There was blood.
One from the right apparently got tired of being the victim. He drove his car into the left agitators. One killed, many injured. That violent act must be condemned. But so too must the numerous violent acts of the Left against a lawful meeting by people with whom they disagree.
President Trump was correct in blaming many sides in promoting the violence. We need to keep free speech in American, even if we disagree with what is said.
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